deepbrew

The swarm of emergency vehicles is still encamped on the road outside my house. Just tonight at least 2 people lost their lives in a car accident on 608 North of Stuarts Draft. Eric and I went out to look. We could see the 2 bodies laying there under sheets outside their mangled green Camaro. The souls in the blue Trailblazer fared better by all appearances, and I think they both got shipped off to the hospital.

I don’t know who they were. I am feeling a bit numb. God, please be very close to everyone tonight.

I am really wanting to know if it can be my normal experience to have God speaking to me in an extra-biblical way. This is something Christians obviously don’t agree about. I came in here this morning and was reading Amy’s blog and was Totally THRILLED to discover a link to a John Piper article about God speaking to him. Turns out he was “only” talking about the Bible, and he doesn’t seem to have much faith in extra-biblical revelation at all. I was highly disappointed.

Doesn’t the Bible testify to direct communication from God to us? What about “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” It seems to have been Jesus’ normal experience, at any rate. “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness…”

If Piper is right, then how can anyone hope to be led by the Spirit of God?