Lee Strobel - The Miracles Answer Book
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Is God still in the miracle business today?
This is the question Lee Strobel asked himself. A former atheist turned Christian, Lee launched a two-year investigation into the supernatural. The results will amaze you and strengthen your faith as you discover surprising truths. Using the popular question-and-answer format, Lee will lead you on a voyage of discovery and discernment as he takes on tough questions such as:
Why is it important to know God acted in history? Its so youll know He is able to continue to work todayin our world and in your life. The Miracles Answer Book will provide you with a more profound sense of the lengths that God will go to strengthen the faith of His people.
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The Miracles Answer Book
2019 by Lee Strobel
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I t took the compelling historical evidence for a miraclethe resurrectionto convince an atheist like me that Jesus really is the unique Son of God. But my skeptical nature didnt disappear when I became a Christian. I wanted to know: Is God still in the miracle business today?
This launched me on a two-year investigation into the supernatural, a journey that took me to unexpected places and provocative conclusions. What I learned left me flabbergasted as I probed eye-popping cases in which God unmistakably intervened in peoples lives in dramatic and well-documented ways. Youll read about some of them in the coming pages, so get ready to be amazed!
Yet I also encountered instances in which charlatans falsely claimed miracles had occurred or where people exaggerated circumstances to make it look like a miracle happened when it clearly didnt. If theres one lesson I learned in this process, its that care and discernment are needed whenever we investigate the miraculous.
In fact, this word of caution is important: Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:1922). An appropriate application of that verse for us might be, Do not treat miracle claims with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good.
In other words, dont reject unusual stories out of hand, but dont uncritically accept them either. Be neither cynical nor gullible. Instead, scrutinize claims of the miraculous with the goal of discovering what might be genuine works from a supernatural source. The same Source who promised, You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13).
Its with that goal in mind that I wrote my larger volume, The Case for Miracles. Now my ministry associate Mark Mittelberg and I have produced this question-and-answer book to cover the key issues involving Gods supernatural intervention in our world. I believe youll find it to be helpful and inspiring at the same time.
Let me urge you to approach these topics with an open heart and mind. Ask the God of Wonders to lead you into all truth and to bless you as you seek and follow him. Youll emerge with a deeper faith and a more profound sense of awe in Gods majesty, creativity, and love for each of us.
Lee Strobel
What do you mean by miracle? I hear that term used in so many ways.
S o do Isometimes even by myself! I was recently driving through downtown Houston, its streets choked with cars at rush hour, as I inched toward a skyscraper where I was due for a meeting. Suddenly, against all odds, I spotted a vacant parking space adjacent to the door.
A miracle, I musedand maybe it was. Or maybe it wasnt. The truth is that we often throw around that term too loosely.
Not long ago I set my computer to search for the keyword miracle among the news stories on the Internet, and all sorts of articles popped up:
Boat captain rescues miracle cat thrown off bridge
Miracle on Water Street: A doctor witnesses crash, saves mans life
Miracle baby born the size of a tennis ball now home
A football player was said to need a miracle to resuscitate his sagging career
A diver who survived hitting his head on the platform is called a miracle man
So whats the best way to define the miraculous? Philosophers and theologians have offered various descriptions. Augustine was poetic, saying a miracle is whatever appears that is difficult or unusual above the hope and power of them who wonder. Scottish philosopher David Hume was skeptical: A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature. Oxfords Richard Swinburne was straightforward, calling a miracle an event of an extraordinary kind, brought about by a god, and of religious significance.
Personally, Im partial to the definition offered by the late Richard L. Purtill, professor emeritus of philosophy at Western Washington University:
A miracle is an event:
1. brought about by the power of God that is
2. a temporary
3. exception
4. to the ordinary course of nature
5. for the purpose of showing that God has acted in history.
This obviously sets real miracles apart from much of what is described today as miraculousincluding, Ill have to admit, my finding a parking spot in Houstons rush hour!
Can you explain the difference between a divine miracle and an ordinary coincidence?
R ichard L. Purtill, whose definition of miracles I quoted in the previous answer, recounted how he was once prescribed nitroglycerine tablets for a heart condition. The pharmacist said something that stuck in his mind: if two pills taken in succession dont relieve the pain, take a third but immediately call an ambulance.
Not long afterward, he awoke with chest pain. He took one pill and later another, but neither had an effect. He took a third, and his wife called 911. The paramedics arrived promptly, and his life was saved.
After he recovered, he had a flat tire on a car trip and his heart stopped while he was changing the tire. He fell unconscious, his head on the freeway. Two passing motorists stopped; both of them just happened to know CPR. One called the paramedics. Purtills heart was restarted, and his life was spared once more.
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