Comments on: John Piper Responds to: “My Conversation with God” http://www.charismatica.com/2007/04/10/john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god REVIVAL RENEWAL & REFERRAL BLOG Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:15:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will Phillips http://www.charismatica.com/2007/04/10/john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Will Phillips Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:17:14 +0000 http://charismatica.com/2007/04/10/john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god/#comment-671 Thanks for your thoughts, Michael. I, too, am saddened at Piper's dismissal at extra-biblical Divine communication. However, you've done a much better job at addressing those concerns that I likely would have! Thanks for your thoughts, Michael. I, too, am saddened at Piper’s dismissal at extra-biblical Divine communication. However, you’ve done a much better job at addressing those concerns that I likely would have!

]]> By: Michael http://www.charismatica.com/2007/04/10/john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Michael Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:39:07 +0000 http://charismatica.com/2007/04/10/john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god/#comment-657 Thanks Chet, Excellent comments and on target. You have definitely added some important thoughts to the conversation. Michael Thanks Chet,

Excellent comments and on target. You have definitely added some important thoughts to the conversation.

Michael

]]> By: C.S. http://www.charismatica.com/2007/04/10/john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god/comment-page-1/#comment-654 C.S. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:29:54 +0000 http://charismatica.com/2007/04/10/john-piper-responds-to-my-conversation-with-god/#comment-654 Michael, I like the way A.W. Tozer addresses this situation. He said that God did not speak once to men, they wrote it down, and never spoke again. He said that "God speaks." Tozer's Example in Hymns: Hymns do not create truth, nor even reveal it; they celebrate it. They are the response of the trusting heart to a truth revealed or a fact accomplished. God does it and man sings it. God speaks and a hymn is the musical echo of His voice. (Warfare of the Spirit, p. 63) Tozer's Example By God Eternally Speaking: Christian believers make a great mistake when they refer only to the Bible as the Word of God. True, the inspired Bible is the Word of God speaking to our hearts and to our souls. But in referring to the Word of God, we do not mean just the book—printed pages sewed together with nylon thread. Rather, we mean the eternal expression of the mind of God. We mean the world-filling breath of God! (Jesus-Our Man in Glory, p. 71) Michael,
I like the way A.W. Tozer addresses this situation. He said that God did not speak once to men, they wrote it down, and never spoke again. He said that “God speaks.”

Tozer’s Example in Hymns:
Hymns do not create truth, nor even reveal it; they celebrate it. They are the response of the trusting heart to a truth revealed or a fact accomplished. God does it and man sings it. God speaks and a hymn is the musical echo of His voice. (Warfare of the Spirit, p. 63)

Tozer’s Example By God Eternally Speaking:
Christian believers make a great mistake when they refer only to the Bible as the Word of God. True, the inspired Bible is the Word of God speaking to our hearts and to our souls. But in referring to the Word of God, we do not mean just the book—printed pages sewed together with nylon thread. Rather, we mean the eternal expression of the mind of God. We mean the world-filling breath of God! (Jesus-Our Man in Glory, p. 71)

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