Hearing God

Short review: This is a classic book on hearing God. And I think it will be reading in another 25 years as well. There are others books that tread the same ground. And some of them are about as good. The strength of Willard is his grounding in historical Christianity, his strong biblical and theological understanding and his awareness that no one will ever really fully understand God. So he is humble in his presentation, not because he is unsure, but because he knows that we are fallen.

I think this would be matched well with Bill Hybels' Power of a Whisper because this focuses more on theology and philosophy behind hear from God (as well as seeking after God in a more general sense). While Power of a Whisper has a more biographical bent. There is benefit from hearing how real people hear from God, but I think the weakness of Power of a Whisper is that it might be too directive and not as deep theologically. Both are good, I think together they are better.

Full review on my blog at http://www.mrshields.com/hearing-god-developing-a-conversational-relationship-with-god-by-dallas/