Yesterday, I began a series of posts about hearing God with the question, "Does God Speak Today." Today, I want to continue that theme by asking a second, but related question. If God speaks, how does He speak? And what does it mean to “hear God”? The various ways God speaks[1] Dallas Willard outlines six …
Does God Still Speak Today?
Working through a preaching series on the minor prophets, again and again I come across a phrase, “The word of the Lord that came to…” That phrase appears more than twenty times in the minor prophets (at least 10 of those are in Zechariah alone!): “The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son …
Returning to Square One: Eugene Peterson on the Essence of Christian Spirituality
Last Friday, I read a pointed, pastoral call to basic attention to God and His word throughout our lives, and it resonated so deeply with me that I wanted to share it. These words come from Eugene Peterson's essay "Back to Square One: God Said (The Witness of Holy Scripture)," included in a collection of …
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Seeking God’s Will: The ‘Three Lights’ of God’s Guidance and Hearing God’s Voice
Many of us search for God's will in our lives. In fact, one of the most pervasive questions I receive as a pastor is: how do I know God's will in my life? In his book, The Secret of Guidance, F. B. Meyer writes these words: God's impressions within and his words without are always …
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Is There a God Who Hears Us?
This weekend at Eastbrook Church, we began a new series entitled "Expecting a Miracle." My message from this weekend centered on the question: "is there a God who hears us?" The message drew on various texts from Exodus 2-6, exploring what it means that there is a God who not only exists but who also hears …
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