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Mark 8:35 “those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake, and for the sake of the Gospel will save it.” What in the world does that mean? Truly for … Continue reading →

A very significant part of any message is the content. Communication theorists state that all messages break down to two basic parts:  the content level and the relationship level. The relationship level of a message is the part of the … Continue reading →

Dr. Willard says that the “weight of authority” is the first element of the voice of God. Then he states that the next element is the spirit. Spirit is a tough thing to quantify, tough to describe, tough to explain … Continue reading →

When I was a speech teacher in college, I spent a little time toward the end of the semester talking about the human voice.   I always joked with my students about how there were so many other things to work … Continue reading →

We sometimes look for a formula, a means of assurance, some notion that we are doing things right. I hate to write this, but it is true. We are about to enter a season of the year, a season that … Continue reading →

Here we are in Chapter 8, entitled “Recognizing the Voice of God”. I began posting on Hearing God on August 24th with the first post “Meet our Author Dallas Willard”. Since then it has been a wild ride as Dr. … Continue reading →

Dr. Willard ends Chapter 7 with a very surprising recommendation for reading the Bible.  He states “the eager use of the Bible leads naturally and tangibly to the mind of God and the person of Christ.” But what gets in … Continue reading →

All Christians are familiar with Paul, the apostle who was the persecutor of Christians, the writer of 14 of the 27 books of the New Testament. Paul wrote so much about salvation, especially in Romans, that it is inevitable that … Continue reading →

I have always been fascinated by habits, how they happen, how to create one, how to break a habit.  Sometimes we think of a habit as a good thing; of course, many of us have bad habits. When I work … Continue reading →

Christians use images to explain their religion.  When I began to “hang around” a Christian crowd, it was very common to refer to a person’s life with Christ as a walk.  “My walk with Christ” is my life I live … Continue reading →