Mike McGregor (MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary) is Director of College Ministry at First Baptist Church in Durham, N.C. You can follow him on Twitter at @m5mcgregor.
Listening is a biblical command, but it's also an essential way in which we love others and imitate God who heard our cry for mercy and turns his ear to us.
Some say the Bible doesn't contain what was originally written down. But we have very good reason to believe that we have the very words, which the Holy Spirit inspired.