A Fresh Voice
Being one who is always looking to God and asking Him to speak into my heart with a fresh word, I do a great deal of reading and listening of men who seem to be somewhat successful in leading people to come to Christ, follow Christ, and serve Christ. Most of the time these men are Southern Baptist, but sometimes not. In recent years, I have read a great deal of Thom Rainer, Michael Catt, and Chuck Lawless, just to name a few of many. This past week, I encountered a new person via a twitter feed from a friend. His name is Carey Nieuwhof, a Canadian pastor. who has some keen insight (at least for me) into leading, preaching, as well as spiritual and strategic thinking. Sometimes it is forgotten that God expects us to use our minds to overcome the schemes of Satan. For instance, we see that the church of our membership is declining. Some would say, “No problem, God will take care of it,” In actuality, God may have determined to ‘take care o...