Recently, I noticed a television commercial for a cellular phone company. In it, they emphasized the fact that you could have a special group of people (5, I believe) that you could have unlimited access to via cell phone. They called this group "My Favs" (favorites). As I pondered this, I realized that we all have "favorite" people in our lives. Whether it is a brother or cousin, co-worker or mentor, we all have people we gravitate to, or hold our relationship with them in the highest regards.
Being a minister now for 18 years, I too have "my favs" as it relates to other preachers. As I see it, my favorite ministers fall into one of four categories:
1. Pure Preaching/Expository skill set
2. Ministry/Administration Gifts
3. Superior Writing/Intellectual abilities (authors)
4. Mentor/Personal relationship in my life
Therefore, "my favs" (Pastors/Preachers) include:
Maurice Watson
H.Beecher Hicks, Sr.
Charles Booth
Rudolph McKissick, Jr.
John R. Adolph
Joel Gregory
David Jeremiah
Charles Stanley
Michael P. Williams
Anthony Evans
E.K. Bailey
George T. Brooks,Sr.
Warren Wiersbe
Stephen Olford
Robert Smith - Beeson Theological Seminary
Fred Craddock
John Henry Brown
Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sr.
H.B. Charles, Jr.
All of these anointed men of God have touched my life in a very significant way, and I am eternally grateful that God has allowed them to do so. These are truly my favs!
