FIRST-PERSON: I’m in. Are you?
Tony Wolfe envisions something like the day of Pentecost: "I get the feeling that right now in Southern Baptist life we are gathered together in an upstairs room in prayerful expectation that any day God could breathe on us and unleash us on the world anew."
FIRST-PERSON: Preaching from God & before God
A pastor can fill the pulpit with passion and humility, Tony Wolfe writes, when his message is prepared "from God" and delivered "before God."
FIRST-PERSON: This is our time
Tony Wolfe exhorts young leaders to "pour our lives out" for the Kingdom of God. "If we waste time now, time will waste us later," he writes. "God's Gospel story is passing through our generation right now.
FIRST-PERSON: ‘New’ doesn’t always mean ‘bad’
"Embrace the new things God is doing in your church," Tony Wolfe writes. "Step into them with simple faith that the God of yesterday is also the God of tomorrow. No, you've never done it this way before. But maybe that's a good thing."
FIRST-PERSON: Strategic seniors
Senior adult ministry, Tony Wolfe notes, entails far more than "health fairs, trips to Branson or backgammon." Optimally, it can yield "an atmosphere where older men and women can be intentional about reproducing themselves in the lives of younger church members."
