We must not mingle human philosophy with Divine revelation or human wisdom with God's wisdom. We must not depend on excellency of speech or human means as a substititue for the power of the Holy Spirit. God uses the foolish, weak and base things of this world - earthen vessels of clay, but processed in the Potter's house at the hand of the Potter. Failures cannot be blamed on God. One needs only to scan history or observe the current scene and he will conclude that God uses men with formal training, and He also uses men with little formal training.
Attitudes are contagious.
When pastors display this attitude, it will affect those to whom he ministers. I have conducted over 100 seminars across this country with more than 1,600 pastors attending. I have heard the problems. I have been aware of a multitude cf outside approaches seeking to solve the problems of the local church. I have concluded that many such efforts are humanistic approaches to solve problems created by a lack of accent on THE WORD OF GOD, in the preparation of the pastor, in the program of the church and the practice in the home.