{"id":3005,"date":"2007-05-18T08:35:15","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T08:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=5"},"modified":"2017-09-06T23:43:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:43:37","slug":"his-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2007\/05\/his-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"His Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">\n<\/head><body><p><\/p><p> When in distress or confusion, literate medieval Christians would sometimes let the Bible drop open, and took guidance and comfort the first passage their eye alighted on. <\/p>\n<p> This could be superstitious, of course.  But it could also come from a deeply genuine faith. <\/p>\n<p> Sometimes, we don\u2019t need to hear specific, or even relevant, instructions.  Sometimes, in distress, it\u2019s enough if we can hear our Husband\u2019s voice.   <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When in distress or confusion, literate medieval Christians would sometimes let the Bible drop open, and took guidance and comfort the first passage their eye alighted on. This could be superstitious, of course. But it could also come from a deeply genuine faith. Sometimes, we don\u2019t need to hear specific, or even relevant, instructions. 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