Unpacking a Compassionate Shepherd and Kingdom Bob Stillerman Proper 6, Second Sunday after Pentecost, 6/14/2020 Matthew 9:35-10:8 Unpacking a Compassionate Shepherd Matthew 9.35-10.8 6-14-2020 So…there’s an awful lot to unpack in this morning’s lection, but I want to consider three key phrases, and then I’ll say a bit about what these phrases might mean for out witness in 2020. He had compassion for them. He summoned them and gave them authority. The kingdom of heaven has come near. He had compassion for them. Webster’s dictionary defines compassion as having a “sympathetic consciousness......

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