The Care of Souls

The Bible is mysterious, surprising-and often deeply misunderstood.

Dr. Michael Heiser, an expert in the ancient near east and author of the best selling The Unseen Realm, explores the most unusual, interesting, and least understood parts of the Bible and offers insights that will inspire, inform, and surprise you on every page.

Dr. Heiser has helped to remind the church of the supernatural worldview of the Bible. In The Bible Unfiltered, you will see his methods and expertise applied to dozens of specific passages and topics. Gleaned from his years working as Faithlife's scholar-in-residence, this is some of the very best of Dr. Heiser's work.

1. Opening Credits and Foreword
2. Introduction: The Pastoral Craft: One Farm Boy's Story
3. Chapter 1: What Is a Pastor? The Classical Model
4. Chapter 2: The Word of God: Ministry's Source and Norm
5. Chapter 3: The Cure of Souls: Attentive Diagnosis
6. Chapter 4: The Cure of Souls: Intentional Treatment
7. Chapter 5: Sheep-Dogging and Shepherding: The Noble Task
8. Chapter 6: Guild and Shame
9. Chapter 7: Holiness and the Cure of Souls
10. Chapter 8: Drawing Near to God: Proximity and Holiness
11. Chapter 9: Invincible Powers: Spiritual Warfare
12. Chapter 10: Christ's "Other Sheep": Mission and the Care of Souls
13. Chapter 11: The Shephering of Shepherds
14. Chapter 12: Always Be Steady: Equilibrium in Ministry
15. Conclusion
16. Closing Credits