Books

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I have my book list for 2018 planned. There are a number of topics that have captured my interests and come highly recommended. Over the next three blog posts I'll list all 24 titles. Yes, it is a pretty eclectic list. So is my brain.

Books

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I have my book list for 2018 planned. There are a number of topics that have captured my interests and come highly recommended. Over the next three blog posts I'll list all 24 titles. Yes, it is a pretty eclectic list. So is my brain.

Books

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This is a list of books that I read in 2017, which also influenced my perspectives. Some challenged me to rethink my positions, some were just for fun. One was to survey doctrinal landscape (Keeping abreast of unhealthy soteriology, in this particular case).

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On a recent Friday afternoon (local time in Germany), I was invited to preach live via Skype on a video projector in Pakistan. I preached from Philippians 2:1-8 to a crowd of between 120-130 mainly rural poor people near Lahore, Pakistan - in english translated live into Urdu, the local dialect. At the conclusion of the sermon, seven people responded to the invitation, repented and placed their trust in Jesus for forgiveness and salvation!

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Recently I had a conversation with my daughter-in-law, who was somewhat perplexed that while I have now flown over 1200 flights in my career, I do not enjoy the hassle of plane travel. I love to be either at point A or point B, but the inbetween is often time lost. Flying is romantic only for those that do have not flown frequently. Travel to the airport two hours early, clear security, waiting for the flight to depart, a long international flight covering multiple time zones, often a stop or two to change planes / carriers / claim your luggage, clear customs, recheck baggage, get through security (again), etc. There is no small stress placed on you physically, plus the added strain of being away from family.

So ... why? I do travel, but what is the motivation? To connect.