Does God Speak Audibly to People Today Like He is Portrayed Doing in Bible Times?

In this second blog post that’s part 2 after a review I did of Bill Hybel’s The Power of a Whisper, I clarified some the title. The part 1 blog title was, “Does God Speak?” When I read it again, I thought, of course He does. He speaks anytime He wants, and has throughout time.

Foster Bible Pictures 0060-1 Moses Sees a Fire Burning in a Bush (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The clarified question is, “Does God continue to speak audibly to people today like He is portrayed doing in the Bible?”

First, let’s review how God speaks in Bible times:

1. Through messengers called Angels (to many)
2. Through donkeys (to Balaam)
3. Like a friend (to Moses)
4. Through tablets (10 Commandments)
5. By burning stuff (burning bush, pillar of fire showing presence, burning up wet sacrifices – Elijah)
6. Through dreams (Joseph, Daniel, kings, prophets)
7. Whispers (Elijah)
8. By tricks or tests of God (Gideon – was his fleece test appropriate as a test of God?)
9. Direct voice (to Moses, many prophets)
10. Prophets themselves as messengers
11. Through incarnate Son Jesus
12. Through written texts of Law, Prophets, Gospels, Letters, and Apocalypse
13. Through the Holy Spirit in tongues of fire causing Apostles to speak intelligible languages spoken in first century world
14. Through blinding light and vision of the Son (to Saul later named Paul)
15. Through visions called Apocalypses (to Daniel, John)
16. Apostles thought God speaks by casting lots or drawing straws for decisions

Have I left some examples out? I’m sure I have. Comment and write your examples from Scripture, citing who and the situation.