Lee Strobel - The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural

Contents

Also by Lee Strobel

The Case for Christ

The Case for Christ audio

The Case for ChristStudent Edition (with Jane Vogel)

The Case for Christ for Kids (with Rob Suggs and Robert Elmer)

The Case for Christ curriculum (with Garry Poole)

The Case for Christ Devotional (with Mark Mittelberg)

The Case for Christmas

The Case for a Creator

The Case for a Creator audio

The Case for a CreatorStudent Edition (with Jane Vogel)

The Case for a Creator for Kids (with Rob Suggs and Robert Elmer)

The Case for a Creator curriculum (with Garry Poole)

The Case for Easter

The Case for Faith

The Case for Faith audio

The Case for FaithStudent Edition (with Jane Vogel)

The Case for Faith for Kids (with Rob Suggs and Robert Elmer)

The Case for Faith curriculum (with Garry Poole)

The Case for Grace

The Case for GraceStudent Edition (with Jane Vogel)

The Case for Grace for Kids (with Jesse Florea)

The Case for Hope

Gods Outrageous Claims

In Defense of Jesus

Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage (with Leslie Strobel)

Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage audio

The Unexpected Adventure (with Mark Mittelberg)

My guide must be my reason, and at the thought of miracles my reason is rebellious. Personally, I do not believe that Christ laid claim to doing miracles, or asserted that he had miraculous power... There is no supernatural.

Thomas A. Edison

Events that we commonly call miracles are not supernatural, but are part of a spectrum of more-or-less improbable natural events. A miracle, in other words, if it occurs at all, is a tremendous stroke of luck.

Richard Dawkins

A scientific law is not a scientific law if it holds only when some supernatural being decides not to intervene.

Stephen Hawking

Miracles in fact are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

C. S. Lewis

If [an unbeliever] is confronted with a miracle as an irrefutable fact he would rather disbelieve his own senses than admit the fact.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

God is not a prisoner of the laws of nature... God, who set the regularities there, can himself feed a new event into the system from outside. Science cannot stop Him from doing that.

John Lennox

If miracles exist at all, they exist not for their own sake but for us, to point us toward something beyond. To someone beyond.

Eric Metaxas

Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.

Jesus, in John 4:48

The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.

G. K. Chesterton

For Emma Jean Mittelberg

Miracle Girl

I flat-out defy anyone to read The Case for Miracles and not see that miracles exist. This book constitutes what any fair-minded person must be obliged to call proof, and I recommend it to anyone wondering whether they can really know if God is real and still working among us today.

ERIC METAXAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of

If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty

If your faith was renewed and strengthened by The Case for Christ, you will fall on your knees in worship as you read The Case for Miracles. Once again, Lee Strobel lays out a clear, perfectly reasoned argumentthis time, showing that God is alive and working in miraculous ways in our world right now.

SHEILA WALSH, singer, speaker, TV host, and bestselling author

Heres a masterpiece on miraclesa powerful and persuasive book that refutes skeptics and builds a convincing case that God is still in the miracle business today.

JOSH D. MCDOWELL, author and speaker

Once again, Lee Strobel uses his brilliant mind, calm logic, clear prose, and compelling storytelling to untangle a complex topic. This time he focuses on the fascinating subject of miracles. Both skeptics and believersactually, anyone who is intellectually honestwill benefit from this fair-minded investigation of the possibility of miracles, their meaning, and the implications for our lives.

DR. RICK WARREN, The Purpose Driven Life

The Case for Miracles is an entertaining, fast-paced defense of Gods miraculous action in the world. Lee Strobels treatment is commendable for its balance, including not only positive evidence for miracles but a skeptics case against miracles; examining not only stories of contemporary healing but also miraculous works of creation and historical events connected with life of Jesus; and not shying away from cases in which a desperately needed and long-sought miracle was not forthcoming. A moving and convincing treatment.

WILLIAM LANE CRAIG, research professor of

philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and professor

of philosophy at Houston Baptist University

Just when you thought Lee Strobel had covered all the bases in his Case books, he writes this one. I couldnt put it down! The Case for Miracles is magnificent in its presentation of the facts and over the top in its engaging style. I doubt very much that you will read a more encouraging book anytime soon. God is very much in the miracle business in our day, and Strobel demonstrates that beyond a reasonable doubt.

CRAIG J. HAZEN, PhD, founder and director of

the MA program in Christian apologetics at Biola

University and author of Five Sacred Crossings

The Case for Miracles is a wonderful addition to Lee Strobels Case series. With his usual journalistic flair and integrity, Strobel chases down the best sources, stories, and evidence for the miraculous. He makes a powerful case for their reality and yet doesnt shy away from addressing the tough issues, such as unanswered prayers. This book is stimulating to the mind and moving to the heart. Its a must-read for believers and skeptics alike.

SEAN MCDOWELL, PhD, professor, speaker,

and author or coauthor of more than fifteen books,

including Evidence That Demands a Verdict

Lee Strobel hits another home run as he welcomes us alongside in his honest investigation. For anyone wondering about miracles, this is the book to start with.

CRAIG S. KEENER, PhD, F. M. and Ada Thompson professor

of biblical studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and author

of Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts

The Case for Miracles is almost a miracle in itself. I mean that it is an astonishingly powerful case for the reality of miraclesincluding reports on scientific research with which most people are no doubt unfamiliar. Every person interested in the subject of the supernatural must read this book. It demolishes claims that science disproves miracles.

ROGER E. OLSON, PhD, Foy Valentine professor of

Christian theology and ethics at George W. Truett

Theological Seminary, Baylor University

I had a front-row seat watching Lee Strobel walk into our church as an ardent atheist and eventually become a pastor on our senior staff and now a world-renowned Christian apologist. Only God! This book will catalyze your faith!

BILL HYBELS, founder of Willow Creek Church

and the Global Leadership Summit

I love this book! Lee Strobel takes us on a page-turning journey through the elation of documented modern-day miracles to the anguish felt when God is silent. Lee addresses all the hard questions, and even allows the publisher of