Most pastors today are in reality not spiritual shepherds as much as they are corporate CEOs. The same mentality, philosophy, and strategy that drive corporate boardrooms also drive the boardrooms of modern churches--to a tee. Pastors act like CEOs, dress like CEOs, talk like CEOs, manage ...
But the command in Hebrews 13:17 isn’t for pastors or shepherds to keep watch over the loud sheep, or the energetic sheep, or the sheep who take initiative. All sheep are in need of care by the shepherd God has placed over them. It saddens me that this isn’t happening. I contin...
3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be ...
My Dear Shepherds, Perhaps, with our noses pushed so hard upon the grindstone, we might lose sight of the gifts God gives us. For one thing, he has made us a Wordworker—one among the “apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, to equip God’s people for ...
Good shepherds should never allow that to happen. While there still remain faithful Christian pastors who look to Jesus Christ as their Good Shepherd and still believe in the inerrant Word of God, the fact that so many pastors have moved away from the basics of biblical Christianity toward ...
The fact that shepherds were the first to hear the good news of Jesus’ birth embodies Christ’s mission to save the undeserving (Luke 2:8-13). The glad tidings were announced by the exalted angels of heaven, not to kings or emperors, but to some of the most insignificant people in Ju...
As the shepherds did on a night long ago, I stand (or sit) in awesome wonder of God’s work. I’m overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of his faithfulness. For me, this Christmas is about hope. The hope that God is faithful, that all of his promises will come to fruition inhisti...
3 And dI will gather the remnant of my flock eout of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and fthey shall be fruitful and increase. 4 And I will set up gshepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be...
Rather than fighting imaginary opponents, why not get busy doing the work of the coming Christ—as Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, the Shepherds, and the Wise Men did? We are what we do, not what we say. We demonstrate the Gospel best by ignoring a false grievance in favor of demonstrating the...
For nearly 25 years of ministry, I have tried to surround myself with spiritually minded, Bible-believing, pastoral-hearted shepherds who love the Lord and tend to the flock of God. Throughout those years I have sought their counsel, gleaned from their wisdom, and learned from their experien...