Listen "Sanjay Patel: Ruling Elder Spotlight"
Episode Synopsis
On Sept. 5, 1986, Sanjay was onboard Pan Am Flight 73. It was hijacked by the PLO in Karachi, Pakistan. Sanjay survived, but was seriously injured, including subsequently undergoing the amputation of a leg. His cousin was the first person killed by the hijackers. 22 people died. Listen to his account of how God worked all things for good and brought new life out of the horror of a terrorist attack. As an elder he now asks people in their suffering to think—what glory will God have from this? (Sanjay is a ruling elder in Theophilus Orthodox Presbyterian Church, a multi-generational and multi-ethnic church, in Anaheim CA.) https://www.theophilusopc.orgSanjay’s three recommended books;Prayer by O. Hallesby, (Augsburg Books, Updated Edition,1994)Making Sense of God: Finding God in the Modern World by Timothy Keller (Penguin Books, 2018)J-Curve: Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life by Paul Miller (Crossway, 2019)
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