Most authors who write this type of book are well educated high profile ministers and pastors or well established professors of divinity. The author of this writing is quick to acknowledge that he ...view moreMost authors who write this type of book are well educated high profile ministers and pastors or well established professors of divinity. The author of this writing is quick to acknowledge that he has no degree of high importance (especially in theology). However, he did have a vision of the Lord Jesus Christ while driving on a Wisconsin highway on a business trip during the month of January in the year of 1974. This inspired him to pursue years of experience fortified by attending church, Bible study, and seeking out the council of the Holy Spirit and learned mentors along with some serious praying. The result was this book, "My View from the Pew", which when translated means...a layman's attempt to simplify and bring to an understandable and workable theology that which otherwise might be (in some cases unnecessarily complicated.view less