Shepherding the Flock: The Pastoral Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy and Titus

Lawrence R. Farley

The latest volume in Fr. Lawrence Farley’s Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series, Shepherding the Flock: The Pastoral Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle to Timothy and to Titus, combines a fresh, literal translation of the pastoral epistles with verse-by-verse commentary written “for the average layman, for the non-professional who feels a bit intimidated by the presence of copious footnotes, long bibliographies, and all those other things which so enrich the lives of academics” (from the series introduction). Arranged in brief pericopes of text with commentary following, Shepherding the Flock presents a traditional Orthodox interpretation of the scriptures along with historical, linguistic, and contextual details that bring Paul’s epistles to life for the contemporary reader.St. Paul’s epistles to Timothy and Titus contain the apostle’s instructions to the pastors under his care about how they, in turn, should care for their flocks in wisdom and love. As the last epistles St. Paul wrote in anticipation of his martyrdom, they “remain as a testimony to his pastoral love and as an inspiration for those in the Church, both the shepherds and the flock, to walk in holiness and love themselves.”

About the Author: Lawrence Farley is an Orthodox Christian priest in Langley, B. C. He is the author of Let Us Attend: A Journey Through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy (Conciliar Press, 2007); The Gospel of John: Beholding the Glory (Conciliar Press, 2006); First and Second Corinthians, Straight from the Heart (Conciliar Press, 2005); The Gospel of Mark: The Suffering Servant (Conciliar Press, 2004); and The Prison Epistles: Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon (Conciliar Press, 2003).


139 pages
Paperback
Published 2008
size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.38"
ISBN: 978-1-888212-56-3