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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...

but to the teachings of Proverbs (see 2:1–5). Solomon coined his proverbs to give God’s people the wisdom that God gave him. To know this wisdom we must pray and carefully study Proverbs. Speaking of wisdom, Christians are quick to point to James 1:5 as a proof text that God gives special revelation for specific decisions: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” They interpret “wisdom” to mean specific guidance,
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