I
know a man who has been in the ministry approaching fifty years. Forty years
ago he once said in my hearing that whenever he perceived trouble arising in a church where he was pastor his habit was to resign
immediately and moved on, leaving the problem for the next guy to
resolve. His conduct since then bears out what he said. He has probably
averaged a new pastorate every three or four years. That, dear reader, is the
behavior of a hireling. And the one thing you know about such a fellow is that
he does not care for the sheep, the Lord Jesus Christ said as much in John
10.13.
