The Lord Shepherding His Sheep

by Joel R. Beeke

Through the simple words of Psalm 23, David revealed a glorious and comforting knowledge of his covenantal Lord, pictured vividly as his gracious Shepherd and Host. We easily recite this psalm, but it describes an experience nothing less than a spiritual Holy of Holies. Yet God calls sinners to enter here by faith and walk with Him through all of life. Joel Beeke's exposition of the psalm illuminates the riches of the Reformed experiential doctrines of salvation and sanctification. The book aims, by God s grace, to help readers to grow in their understanding of God's love for His elect people, their submissive embrace of His purposes, and their glad contentment through life's distressing journey until they dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

304 pages, Paperback

Published December 16, 2015

About the author

Dr. Joel R. Beeke serves as President and Professor of Systematic Theology, Church History, and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has been in the ministry since 1978 and has served as a pastor of his current church, Heritage Reformed Congregation, since 1986. He is also editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society. He has written, co-authored, or edited fifty books and contributed over fifteen hundred articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. His Ph.D. (1988) from Westminster Theological Seminary is in Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology. He is frequently called upon to lecture at Reformed seminaries and to speak at conferences around the world. He and his wife, Mary, have three children: Calvin, Esther, and Lydia.

Reviews

[Tait Sougstad · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is lots of good things in here, and this rating doesn't reflect it's quality as devotional material. Read and be blessed.

It's just that I started this book of sermons in the beginning of the year (a Christmas gift), dropped off maybe a quarter of the way through, and didn't pick it back up. Every time I look at I on my night stand, I feel the guilty twinge that I don't really want to slog through it. This side of the year, I can't remember anything from it, other than that each chapter was well organized and thoroughly expositional on the text.

Just not my cup of communion wine, I suppose.

[Michael Schmid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb expositional and devotional treatment of Psalm 23! This is a book that definitely also goes to the heart and not just to the head, helping the reader see and rejoice in the loveliness of Jesus Christ!

[Cale Fauver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good sermons by Beeke. Psalm 23 is inexhaustible.