“At 10,000 feet above sea level, when I pray, I’m practically whispering in God’s ear,” I texted a friend the other morning. “Hahaaaa! That’s really cool,” was his response. As often happens, when I am trying to be clever, I often hear God whisper back to me, “Is that what you really believe?” As a Christian, I must be careful that I don’t let my frequently irresponsible sense of humor convey a distorted theological truth. Factually speaking,...

The prophet Jeremiah recorded what God told him. “Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord?” (Jeremiah 23:23-24, ESV). There may be times when you feel like God is far away, but that’s because you have turned your back to Him instead of turning your face toward Him....