Nov '25 • Shepherd
What does "Shepherding" others in these Crowns entail?
Like the G1 Transformers I loved to play with as a child, the answer is both simpler and deeper than meets the eye. First Peter 5 outlines the many attitudes to avoid as a leader: not for greedy gain, not by compulsion, etc., but what is the active content that we as shepherds are supposed to track in people? That's easy: the content of each of the 5 Crowns of Reward, summarized in our "5S Cleanup" of the Church--Study, Serve, Suffer, Share, Shepherd. So as you inspire them to live out their stories in the real world, so too, you also enhance learning by comparing and contrasting your own stories as they bring theirs to the table.
Lets take an example of my own in the course of Bible study. While I was studying the many countries that will invade Israel in the end times according to Ezek 38-39, I noticed one that sounded familiar from earlier Bible study: Sheba. Hold on... could this be the same country that existed in Solomon's day who sent "the queen of Sheba" to inquire of Solomon with "hard questions"? In fact, ... YES! It is. It wil have different name in the end times, but it's the same descendants. Now if I share that story of serendipity in the Scripture, how many will seek it out or be inspired in their own studies to find other off-hand connections? As the author of Hebrews exhorted us to "provoke each other to good works" (Heb 10:24).
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What does "Shepherding" others in these Crowns entail?
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Dr. Justin R. Woods has recognized the need for new Christian leadership in America and has answered the call to reforge Christian leadership.
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