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Laniak closes his book with a focus on shepherd imagery from 1 Peter and Revelation. First Peter: Here he highlights 3 main themes. (1) This letter addresses Christians as “aliens and sojourners� which in OT terms, recalls the history of God’s people in exile in Babylon and in need of a “sec...

This group of chapters deals with the four voices of the Gospel writers and how they each portray the same Jesus in a different way. Laniak “tweaks� each view of Jesus to work in the “shepherd motif.� Mark: Jesus as the shepherd king for the second exodus. Laniak’s point here is that Mark ...

This section of the book focuses on the following four prophets. Isaiah: The first half of the book deals with King Ahaz facing pressure to join in opposing Assyria. In other words, the choice comes down to trusting in God or trusting in military might—a tough choice to make because one can see th...

In chapters 4-5, Laniak focuses on the two main ideal human leaders of Israel: the ideal shepherd in the wilderness (Moses) and the ideal king (David), who also served as a literal shepherd. For the stories of Israel in the wilderness, the most vital factor was the presence of God, symbolized at tim...

I am commenting on Timothy Laniak’s book, Shepherds After My Own Heart. As a pastor myself, I move back and forth in personal reading between two categories of books: (1) books that appear to be immediately practical in my work (e.g. books that give me sermon ideas or illustrations or program idea...