The Death of a Christian Quip
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 :: 325 Views ::
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In the past week I've heard three different pastors give the following quip: "Shepherds don't make sheep. Sheep make sheep." The point is that the members of the church are the ones who share Christ with their neighbor so that the neighbor can come to faith in Christ. It also suggests that pastors are not the ones out and about people seeing them come to faith. I've never been a fan of the analogy because pastors are also members so everyone is really engaged by God in the process.
It took me more than a decade but I finally realized that this quip died a long time ago. We can finally lay it to rest.
Remember Dolly the sheep? It was acclaimed the first mammal clone. So while shepherds may not make sheep, scientists do. And scientists are not sheep.
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