Over many years of ministry and through publishing several books, I’ve become aware of the potential to offend some folks by claiming a certain familiarity with God.
I do teach, speak and write as if I know Him — who He is, what He wants, what He is saying. I know it stretches boundaries of belief for some, who cannot imagine such familiarity except in those who are more spiritually important and powerful than me, a simple layman and redeemed child of God. I am not remotely close to the likes of Peter, John, James, or Paul. I get it. It’s a stretch for some. But it is my genuine experience of God.