This is one of the four textbooks in my Pastoral Theology class at Every Nation Seminary. Peterson shares valuable insights and lays a solid foundation for pastoral ministry through five Old Testament books. I encourage every pastor to give it a read.
It is the unique property of pastoral work to combine two aspects of ministry: one, to represent the eternal word and will of God; and, two, to do it among the idiosyncrasies of the local and the personal. . . . If either aspect is slighted, good pastoral work fails to take place.