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

Joel R. Beeke (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the chancellor and professor of homiletics and systematic theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has served as a pastor since 1978 and currently ministers at the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the editor of the Puritan Reformed Journal and The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth magazine, the board chairman of Reformation Heritage Books, the president of Inheritance Publishers, and the vice president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.

Beeke has written and coauthored 120 books, edited 120 books, and contributed 2,500 articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. He frequently lectures at seminaries and speaks at Reformed conferences around the world. The Lord has blessed him and his wife Mary with three children and eleven grandchildren.

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.