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Tim, Thanks for your valuable thoughts! I would like to say, every leader should think that they are instruments in the Lord’s hand to help others have the opportunity to live their lives with greater significance and in relationship with God. Today, Spiritual leaders are being called into ministr...

“The Gospel writers introduce Jesus of Nazareth as a messianic figure in a variety of ways, but consistently in terms of ancient pastoral prototypes and in dialogue with the interpretive traditions that evolved from them� (p.172). The entire ministry of Jesus was based on leadership “as the fa...

Many times I read Ezekiel chapter 34 and preached from it. But now (after reading this book) I have many thoughts regarding the corrupt leadership and the flock. Many fantastic ideas are revealed from this book is valuable and insightful. Laniak says, “There is an animal higherarchy in a mixed flo...

Among the many Biblical leaders, Moses is one of my favorite leaders though every one calls him an angry man. First of all, Moses was willing to suffer for the sake of Christ. “By Faith Moses, when he had grownup, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated al...

David shows us God as shepherd and king. David is born of a humble birth, and progresses courageous, loyal, hero, to a fugitive, military strategist, architect, adulterer, to a protector, sensitive, lover and musician. He was anointed by the supreme religious leader Samuel in his youth, in front of ...

The book provides an impressive overview of a very important and often misunderstood Biblical metaphor. Metaphors are implicitly comparative (e.g. God is my rock, light or shepherded (p.32). It came to my understanding from the reading; a metaphor compares two things by identifying one with the othe...