While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks Author:Timoth S. Laniak, ThD Those of us in leadership today like to think of ourselves as "shepherds," but we may have created shepherds in our own image. Tim Laniak agrees that, as Christian leaders, we should think of ourselves as shepherds, but he brings to our identity and unsettling biblical and cultural realism. Shepherding a flock in the Near East has always been de... more »manding and often demeaning work, and it took all a person could give to do it well. Laniak, Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, has spent a portion of his life researching shepherds up close and personal, and in the following pages he guides the reader to appreciate - and embrace - all that biblical shepherding involves.
Almost forty years ago Phillip Keller wrote a soul-opening book, "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23." The journey in the following pages will take you beyond that devotional classic. With insightful words and splendid photographs, Laniak brings both a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart to his writing. Elders and deacons, pastors, parents and seminary presidents are correct in regarding themselves as shepherds. While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks raises our job description to a divine standard. - Dr. Haddon Robinson
Hardback. 288 glossy, thick pages, loaded with full color photos. A most beautiful book.« less