It wasn’t all that long ago, but a different world nevertheless, when comedy came into our homes in the form of records. The long-playing albums could hold 20 to 25 minutes of material on a side — oh, and did I mention there were two sides?
That’s how we first got to know Bill Cosby — on vinyl. And thanks to his routine about Noah and the ark, Cosby taught us something else — what the voice of God sounded like! He created a wonderfully disembodied voice that was clear, commanding and authoritative. At last people knew what God sounded like.
Of course, he wasn’t the only entertainer to speak for God. George Burns taught us God sounds like a kindly retiree from Florida. Morgan Freeman gave us a God who is patient and kind with a sense of humor necessary when dealing with humans. You can probably think of other examples. But if the voice of God isn’t George Burns, Morgan Freeman or Bill Cosby — what does God’s voice sound like? More important — what does the voice of God say?
Can you hear me now?
The Bible tells us that sometimes the voice of God is so powerful we can hardly understand it, but we’re impressed just the same. In Psalm 29 we read, “The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.”1 The power of that voic
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