Two television evangelists were talking. One was explaining how he was seeking to be the ideal shepherd to his television flock. “There are three ways I seek to do that,” he said.

“What three ways do you mean?” asked the other evangelist.

“Well” he explained, “First, we FIND them. Every year we find new stations to carry our ministry. Then we FEED them. I give them the plain unvarnished word of God.”

“But what’s the third thing?” asked the second evangelist.

“Well,” he answered, “Once we’ve found them and fed them, then we FLEECE them!”

Some TV evangelists have become quite proficient at fleecing their flock.

I hope you understand that nothing could be farther from the example of Christ. Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep . . .” Fl…