Therefore Be Alert

The futility of trying to be always positive:

"God's plan for church leadership does not call us to leave the wolves to munch."

~ Mark Dever (via Phil Johnson)

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock,

in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God,

which he obtained with his own blood.

I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things,

to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert...

~ The Apostle Paul (Acts 20:28-31)

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep,

sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees,

and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

~ The Lord Jesus Christ (John 10:11-12)