Shepards! Tend Your Flock!
I have 3 kids with my wife. My oldest is my son 12 years old and turning a teenager at a ferocious pace. Long hair, pimples, stinky feet and his body growing at disproportional rates. His emotions are on edge and he thinks we're just trying to keep "the man down". He picks fights with his little brother for fun and turns his homework in late. Then wants to argue about us taking away the xbox because of his bad grades. Then he sternly pronounces that we don't care about him and we don't love him. With that statement, he's lucky that's all that's happening.
It's because we care about him we punish him. If we let him run his life the way he deems fit he would never take a shower, never comb or much less cut his hair. He would fail school and probably be taken away from us because he would never eat anything healthy. He would probably beat his brother all the time or be beaten by his brother.
In today's church we have people who run their lives any way they deem fit. With no regards for their pastor and their pastor has no regards for them. They both do what ever they can to make each other comfortable. Even to the point of pastor letting any type of person act any way they want with out consequence.
Right now there are people who want to go to church but they are afraid of individuals who are there. The people point fingers, spread rumors, and even bold face lie about those wanting, no..., needing help. Self professing Christians denying Christ to those who desire him.
Pastors, tend your flock!
I pulled this text from http://www.sheep101.info/201/behavior.html
While sheep are generally a docile, non-aggressive animal, this is not usually the case with rams, especially during the breeding season. Rams can be very aggressive and have been known to cause serious injuries, even death, to people. A ram should never be trusted, even if it is friendly or was raised as a pet. It is important to always know where the ram is and to never turn your back on him. Children should be restricted access to rams during the breeding season.Head butting is both a natural and learned behavior in sheep. Classic head butting among rams is highest during the rutting season which precedes the onset of heat in ewes. It is a way for rams to get into physical shape for the breeding season and to establish (or re-establish) the dominance hierarchy. To discourage butting, you should avoid petting or scratching a ram on the head. Otherwise, the ram may see this as a challenge or aggressive behavior. In general, the ram sees you as part of the flock and wants to dominate you.
The only time ewes may exhibit aggressive behavior is after lambing -- to protect their young.
Seriously. Stop petting these aggressors on the head. They are not the body of Christ but the disease that's killing the entire church. If you can not take the responsibility to correct these people then you need to resign from your position. You have made an oath to God to care for his people the moment you stood behind the pulpit and opened your bible. For when that day comes it will be you who answers for the lost you allowed to be shut out of His church.