How ignorant of you! - The Lord is in constant communication to all that are his. He keeps us safe, and healthy, and that is a promise he made to us in his word. Gnostics don't even believe that the Lord came to this earth and died on the cross. They also don't believe that he would talk to them (and they're probably right).
"I wonder if my friend the Christian minister knows God is supposed to talk to him..."
If your minister is not in constant communication with the Lord, then I'd be looking for another minister.
He's not my minister, he's my friend. And prayer is not like a phone call.
If your minister is not in constant communication with the Lord, then I'd be looking for another minister.
Maybe, maybe not.
NIV 2 Timothy 4:2-3
2. Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction.
3. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.