Bruce Waltke is fed up. Christians “ought to stamp out of our vocabulary the nonbiblical and misleading expression ‘finding God’s will.'” God is not a divine sleight-of-hand artist with an elusive ...

Does this ever happen to anyone else? I’m blowing my hair dry, trying to get my damp locks under key for the day … and then, wouldn’t you know! There goes my cellphone with its unmistakable ringtone.

Hearing God's voice, it seems, is no longer just for prophets. A poll recently released by an evangelical Christian research group shows that about three-quarters of Americans say Jesus speaks ...

Evangelical Christians use prayer, meditation and spiritual exercises to attempt to develop a mind that is open to revelation. Psychological anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann spent years with a Christian ...

In the Bible, God spoke directly to Abraham. He spoke directly to Moses. He spoke directly to Job. But to your neighbor down the street? Most people reading the ancient scriptures understand these ...

(THE CONVERSATION) — For years, my husband would say after we returned from the church, “I thought the sermon was good.” To that, I would reply, “I didn’t hear the sermon, as usual.” As a person with ...

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