Kevin Mozart Speech Analysis

The speaker today is Kevin Garrett, a Christian Businessman and Entrepreneur and the President for the development of Cold Stone Creameries all around America. This lecture is about failure, and learning to succeed in the midst of failure. Mr. Garrett states that failure is required to achieve success, and I like that he talks about this, because there is a lot of failure that happens throughout life. All people fail, but only those who stand up courageously after failure can truly succeed in life. Suffering is also a part of failure, but failure does not equal suffering. Since the fall of man, people have suffered much because of the sin of man, and no one can escape this fate, even though it may be no fault of your own. While humans fall often, God can use our suffering to bring about great successes, as long as we put our faith in Christ and leave the results up to Him.
Garrett uses the book of Habakkuk to demonstrate God can use a lot of different nations to accomplish His purposes. The world is a mess, and Habakkuk cries out to God for help, just as many people cry out today for justice in a world that continually spirals out of control. Garrett’s humbleness is surprising, even though the tone of the message is extremely bland, and his presentation skills only come from the paper that he reads. This is interesting, because most of the speakers have been very engaging, and this speaker is in direct contrast with the rest of the speakers that have been at OBU. All the while, he still makes a very strong point that Christians need to serve the kingdom, even if that means we are sheep in a world of wolves in a very harsh business