Episode Chapters

  • Hearing God's Voice

    Starting at 0 min 
    40 sec

    God may be speaking, but how do you know it's really Him?

  • Metal Detecting at the Beach

    Starting at 3 min 
    13 sec

    Ken compares learning to recognize God's voice with learning the language of a metal detector—every signal means something.

  • The Find That Called the Bomb Squad

    Starting at 13 min 
    47 sec

    Ken shares the childhood discovery that brought Singapore's bomb squad to his neighborhood—and what it teaches about telling treasure from trash.

  • The Blind Man Who Heard Jesus

    Starting at 25 min 
    58 sec

    The man born blind in John 9 had never seen Jesus. At first, all he knew was the sound of His voice—and he chose to follow it.

  • My Sheep Know My Voice

    Starting at 35 min 
    22 sec

    Jesus describes how His followers learn to recognize His voice above every other voice competing for their attention.

  • Four Ways to Hear God

    Starting at 46 min 
    02 sec

    Four practical safeguards for recognizing God's voice: be willing to listen, spend time in His Word, expect Him to speak, and respond when He does.

  • A Prayer to Hear God Clearly

    Starting at 64 min 
    19 sec

    A closing prayer asking God to help us recognize His voice with confidence in our everyday lives.

  • Episode Notes

    Ken and Julie compare learning to recognize God's voice to learning the language of a metal detector—every signal means something, and some sound like treasure but lead to trash. Drawing on Ken's own metal-detecting stories and the healing of the blind man in John 9, they walk through what it actually looks like to hear from God today.

    • How metal detecting became an unexpected metaphor for hearing from God
    • Ken's childhood discovery that brought Singapore's bomb squad to his door
    • The Guam beach search that recovered a stranger's lost wedding ring
    • Why the blind man in John 9 could follow a voice before he ever saw a face
    • How Jesus's sheep learn to recognize His voice above every other
    • Four practical safeguards for telling God's voice from your own