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Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion? is unavailable, but you can change that!

Does the Bible teach Christians to “find” God’s “special will” for their lives? No, it does not, says respected biblical scholar Bruce Waltke, contrary to much popular evangelical teaching. In this acclaimed book Waltke clearly distinguishes between pagan divination (“guessmancy”) and solid, Bible-based guidance as he distills from Scripture a six-point program to help guide Jesus followers on...

that militates against authority in our lives. This disconnect is what motivates believers to seek a divine authority to assist them in making wise choices. And yet our spiritual immaturity often causes us to seek guidance from God in improper ways. I have often had young people in my faculty office asking, “Is it God’s will for me to be at this school?” To which I can only reply, “What do you mean by God’s will?” I want to know about the student’s walk with God, about his or her motives and ambitions;
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