(Forgive the car noises. Sometimes it is easier for me to think and talk while I am driving. I was picking up Nina, my wife, at the airport and decided to present you all with an intro to the book.)

What is my book about? Why did I write it? In this 30 min clip I tell you a little about the content and context of my book. I try to explain the whys and whatfors for this literary and semi-academic venture.

I wrote this an introduction to philosophy. An appetizer to have us challenge our thinking process, and even what we think about thinking. A lot of us hold beliefs and have thoughts that are contradicting but yet we've never challenged those beliefs or thoughts. This book is the space and time to begin to take up that challenge.

This is an semi-academic look in to my own personal journey of discovery into truth. I say semi-academic because (probably to the surprise of many) I have tried to popularize, or bring the language down to a more common level. Not in a condescending manner but so that I can reach as many people as possible; both the common thinking and the deep thinker.

It is the goal to help people become confident in what they believe and why they believe it so they can share with others. Not in an effort to defeat people or win arguments but so they can communicate those beliefs correctly. Also, for us to be so unabashed in our beliefs that we can in fact say with confidence, "I don't know", when we don't know, instead of attacking people or making up an answer just to look like we know what we are talking about.

It is the essence of I Peter 3:15, "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." NIV