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March 04, 2009
Books : Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God
Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With Godby Dallas Willard
As noted in my previous post, I have been holding off purchasing any books that were available for the Amazon Kindle for over a year now, so the initial books I purchased were ones I have been very anxious to get to read. The first one certainly did not disappoint.
This book is the latest addition to my list of books that I think EVERY Christian should read.
I have written before on this blog that I believe a normal part of Christian life is God communicating personally and individually with each Christian on a fairly regular basis. When I speak of Christianity as being a “relationship with God”, I mean a real two-way relationship where both parties are active and involved.
Dallas Willard’s book “Hearing God” is a fairly comprehensive examination of this truth.
He first justifies the claim that this should be an expected part of every Christian’s normal life – that we are all meant to each be receiving communication from God and recognizing it for what it is. He then goes on to explain the role of this communication in the context of the larger purposes of God. And finally, he talks about how to learn to recognize how God communicates with you and how to avoid being misled in the process.
Not only do I agree with his analysis; but I also find myself agreeing with many of his side comments about the faith and the misunderstandings that some Christians have been led into. I am definitely going to look for other books by Dallas Willard to pick up in the future. And will be purchasing a paper copy of this book so I can lend it to people.
Posted by Steven at March 4, 2009 05:00 AM
