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What is a Shepherd? And does it have to do with us in today’s society and culture? This is an important question to ask as we take a look into John 10, and what Jesus is saying here about who He is and what we are, and how it relates to us as leaders. In today’s culture, and mostly globally, a shepherd is seen as a dog that herds (a sheep dog) farm animals like sheep, goats and cows to where the owner or hired hands need them to be at any time. Images of men on all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), trucks, horses and even helicopters wrangling their livestock2 – so how can something Jesus tells us in the Gospel of John help us to understand?
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