Voices and influences
Mark Virkler
Virkler's theological project is the practical-pedagogical systematization of hearing-God methodology — the recovery and training of believers in the operative experience of God's voice through specific scripture-anchored practices.
Summary
This site quotes Mark Virkler 2 times across 2 books, and lists 8 works.
- Quoted here most in 2 Corinthians: 1 of 2.
Mark Virkler
- Era
- Communion With God / 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice mid-1980s — 25+ years of teaching across 6 continents — present
- Tradition
- Charismatic evangelical
- Portrait
- None held under a licence this site can print
2 of 2 quotations
Own words
Quoted at 50 words or fewer, because Mark Virkler's works are in copyright.
Even satan's thoughts come to us as spontaneous thoughts, which is why we are commanded to "take every thought captive" (2 Cor. 10:5).
Four Keys to Hearing God's Voice (Christian Leadership University)
Undated in the archive this site cites.
2 Corinthians 10:5 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. BSB
John used the same four keys that Habakkuk did. In Revelation 1:9-11 we find he was in the spirit (stillness), he heard a voice behind him (tuned to spontaneity), saying, "Write in a book (journaling), what you see (vision)."
Four Keys to Hearing God's Voice (Christian Leadership University)
Undated in the archive this site cites.
Revelation 1:9–11 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus. On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” BSB
Influence, on the record
This site quotes Mark Virkler 2 times across 2 books.
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Dr. Mark Virkler is an American Charismatic-evangelical teacher, author, and the co-founder (with his wife Patti Virkler) of Communion with God Ministries (CWG; CWGMinistries.org) and Christian Leadership University (CLU; ChristianLeadershipUniversity.com) — an internet-based Christian-formation institution offering Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral programs. He has taught on hearing God's voice for 25+ years across six continents to substantial international audiences, training pastors and lay believers in the practical methodology. His foundational book Communion with God (1986; later expanded as Dialogue with God and most recently as 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice with Patti Virkler) systematized what became the "4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice" framework — methodology that has trained substantial numbers of believers globally and shaped subsequent hearing-God-stream voices. He earned a doctorate (Doctor of Practical Ministry) from Vision International University. His book catalog is substantial — 50+ titles — including 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice, 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice — Teen Edition, How to Hear God's Voice, How to Walk by the Spirit, Counseled by God, Naturally Supernatural, Through the Bible — How to Apply Scripture (and the broader CLU / CWG curriculum). He is one of the most-systematized contemporary articulators of hearing-God methodology and has trained substantial portions of the contemporary charismatic-evangelical hearing-God stream.
8 works
How to read this voice
4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice
foundational 1986 Communion with God; expanded as Dialogue with God; current canonical edition with Patti Virkler
Foundational architectural articulation of the four-keys hearing-God methodology. Pastor Marc's library copy. Substantively shaped subsequent hearing-God-stream voices.
Not quoted on this site yet
4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice — Teen Edition
with Kay Velker
Adapts the framework for teen formation; widely-used in charismatic-evangelical youth-ministry contexts.
Not quoted on this site yet
How to Walk by the Spirit
Companion volume on Spirit-led Christian life; integrates hearing-God methodology with broader walk-by-the-Spirit framework.
Not quoted on this site yet
Counseled by God
with Patti Virkler
Application of hearing-God methodology to counseling-and-inner-healing context.
Not quoted on this site yet
Naturally Supernatural
Articulates supernatural-Christian-life as normal believer experience rather than reserved-for-specialists.
Not quoted on this site yet
Christian Leadership University curriculum
extensive online courseware; 100+ online courses
CLU's curriculum is substantial deployment of Virkler's pedagogical framework — Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral-level programs in biblical studies, hearing-God, leadership, and ministry.
Not quoted on this site yet
Through the Bible — How to Apply Scripture
Virkler's framework for applying Scripture to daily life integrated with hearing-God methodology.
Not quoted on this site yet
CWG / CLU online "School of the Spirit" and various course-bundles
Not quoted on this site yet
Their whole shelf sits at Communion With God Ministries.
2 quotations across 2 books
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