Surprised by the Voice of God by Jack Deere reflects the author’s ideas about prophecy, revelation
Revelation
Deere talks much about revelation. Deere suggests that people need to hear the voice of God outside of the Scriptures. He suggests that people do not have a choice if they should believe other peoples’ visions over the Bible.
Antidotes
Many, many stories are presented by Jack Deere seemingly to substantiate his points.
Deere’s denial of the Sufficiency of Scripture
While discussing the Sufficiency of Scripture, Deere suggests that if a person truly wants to fully experience the Holy Spirit, the Bible is not enough to accomplish this task. Deere relates Sufficiency of Scripture directly to Deism. Saying Deists define Sufficiency as …show more content…
Before a discussion of Deere’s purported sense of normal, a discussion of what normal means will be presented, since it is imperative that the author and reader have the same understanding of a term that is to be dissected. Some make the distinction between the definitions in the dictionary for normal and normative. Although the two words do in fact have unique definitions, the reality of America today is that normal is used in everyday language to mean something that occurs regularly and is not unusual. Deere is a scholar and may know the difference, but when an expert is writing for a common reader, he finds success by speaking the everyday language of the reader. This writing will work on the definition of something.
Agree with Deere that God does do miracles now. Many personal experiences.
In conclusion, there could be much misunderstanding of Deere’s work, partly due to imprecise wording. Deere’s target audience is not academia, people with doctorate degrees, or people dedicated to the study of the subject. His audience was intended to be the common person, therefore, one can easily see why the language he uses in the book is appropriate for those with lesser academic credentials. Some amount of leniency should be extended to Deere, with the understanding that the terms used were presented for an average person in America to understand and identify
Revelation
Deere talks much about revelation. Deere suggests that people need to hear the voice of God outside of the Scriptures. He suggests that people do not have a choice if they should believe other peoples’ visions over the Bible.
Antidotes
Many, many stories are presented by Jack Deere seemingly to substantiate his points.
Deere’s denial of the Sufficiency of Scripture
While discussing the Sufficiency of Scripture, Deere suggests that if a person truly wants to fully experience the Holy Spirit, the Bible is not enough to accomplish this task. Deere relates Sufficiency of Scripture directly to Deism. Saying Deists define Sufficiency as …show more content…
Before a discussion of Deere’s purported sense of normal, a discussion of what normal means will be presented, since it is imperative that the author and reader have the same understanding of a term that is to be dissected. Some make the distinction between the definitions in the dictionary for normal and normative. Although the two words do in fact have unique definitions, the reality of America today is that normal is used in everyday language to mean something that occurs regularly and is not unusual. Deere is a scholar and may know the difference, but when an expert is writing for a common reader, he finds success by speaking the everyday language of the reader. This writing will work on the definition of something.
Agree with Deere that God does do miracles now. Many personal experiences.
In conclusion, there could be much misunderstanding of Deere’s work, partly due to imprecise wording. Deere’s target audience is not academia, people with doctorate degrees, or people dedicated to the study of the subject. His audience was intended to be the common person, therefore, one can easily see why the language he uses in the book is appropriate for those with lesser academic credentials. Some amount of leniency should be extended to Deere, with the understanding that the terms used were presented for an average person in America to understand and identify