Sublime

Does God communicate to us at all? Does God “speak” to us through nature? Did God give us a Book to guide us? Are the words in that Book God’s or ours? What is the relationship between the Book we now possess and the content God wants us to possess? Does God speak to us now? Is God’s communication limited to the Book, or are there other venues as

to you.1 Imagine—the God of the universe speaking right to you. It’s that personal.

Many Christians haven’t stopped believing in God; we have just become functional deists, living with God at a distance. We view the world as a box with clearly defined edges. But as we learn to pray well, we’ll discover that this is my Father’s world. Because my Father controls everything, I can ask, and he will listen and act. Since I am his

As for Ehrhardt, the Vietnam veteran, was it possible to gather with God over Zoom? “Let me think for a minute before I speak,” he said. We sat in silence.

“I think so,” he continued. “Most of us are quiet enough to hear the gentle voice.”

I think the difference in my life came when I realized, after reading those Gospels, that Jesus didn’t just love me out of principle; He didn’t just love me because it was the right thing to do. Rather, there was something inside me that caused Him to love me. I think I realized that if I walked up to His campfire, He would ask me to sit down, and

If asked the theological question, “Who is God?” one black person might say: “I don't know much about him. All I know is that I was weak and God gave me strength. I was lost and God found me. I was crying and Jesus wiped away the tears from my eyes.” Another might proclaim her testimony in this manner: “God is a heart-fixer and a mind-regulator.

Nancy Mairs profoundly observed, “Who one believes God to be is most accurately revealed not in any credo but in the way one speaks to God when no one else is listening.”