Friendship relates to persons and the exchanges that exist between those persons. Friendship exists in the exchanges that people make with one another. To have a personal relationship with God requires a personal exchange.
I’m worried that within evangelical Christianity we are not very clear on what we mean when we suggest to people that they need to have a “personal relationship with God.” Do we have a personal relationship with Him? Do we speak with Him? Does He speak with us? If so, in what way? How do we know...
