My nephew recently encouraged me to write "whatever God was speaking to me about" unless he added "that ceased with the book of Revelation." I certainly understand his question and concerns, and I think it is one that many people share today. There are many charlatans who claim "Thus saith the Lord" when in fact the Lord has not said. So this is an honest attempt to answer the question "does God still speak?"As a Christian pastor, my inclination is to start with Scripture. Critics would rightly point out the circular fallacy to claim that "I know God speaks, because the Bible says so." So I won't start with Scripture, but I will end up there. The difficulty with determining if God still speaks, is that we live in such a loud culture. We are constantly screamed at by this world. Media demands our attention. Our lives are so busy and loud that we miss God. Because God whispers...
