The Good Shepherd: Forty Biblical Insights on Leading and Being Led

by Timothy S. Laniak

Overview

Learn from the Good Shepherd how to lead in your home, church, or community. After spending months among Bedouin shepherds in the Middle East, Tim Laniak offers 40 short readings that explore every leader’s responsibility to provide, protect, and guide. Each chapter begins with observations from Tim’s travels, continues with insights into Bible stories about shepherding, and concludes with what this means for you in your own spheres of influence. 
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640702974
Publisher:	Our Daily Bread Publishing
Publication date:	04/02/2024
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	656,368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Tim Laniak (ThD, Harvard University) has enjoyed traveling to and opening up biblical lands to students and leaders since 1978. He has authored several books including Shepherds after My Own Heart: Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible. Tim serves as senior vice president of global content for Our Daily Bread Ministries.
 

Editorial Reviews

Tim Laniak agrees that, as Christian leaders, we should think of ourselves as shepherds, but he brings to our identity an unsettling biblical and cultural realism. . . . He guides us to appreciate—and embrace—all that biblical shepherding involves.

Philip 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.

From the first edition - Dr. Haddon W. Robinson (1931–2017)

A brilliant integration of knowledge and application and an invaluable gift to those who are looking for exceptional tools for their sabbatical or for daily reflection during the forty days of Resurrection to Ascension. Thank you, Dr. Laniak, for this inspiring work on biblical shepherd leadership!

Dr. Bekele Shanko

Laniak’s work has helped me see the shepherd image in an entirely new way. I am particularly struck by the way shepherding connects with peacemaking—it is vital for church leaders not only to have a shepherd’s tender heart, but also to have the courage to protect and the wisdom to guide their flocks.

From the first edition - Ken Sande

[Laniak] has superbly woven together Scripture’s pastoral culture and its leadership themes, modeling for us the genuinely biblical leadership of our Chief Shepherd.

From the first edition - Leighton Ford

A warm, winsome, and captivating forty-day journey to godly leadership.

From the first edition - Anne Graham Lotz

Sharp observations, reflective descriptions, with meaningful application of Scripture, The Good Shepherd brings to life how leaders are formed—biblically, theologically, and practically. I highly commend this important book to you.

Rev. Samuel E. Chiang

This book equipped hundreds of leaders in our congregation to see themselves as biblical shepherds of people, not merely organizational managers of roles.

Rev. Dr. Mike Moses