One of the books that I had been looking forward to reading was Miracles by Craig Keener. My hesitance was that it was a two volume hardback and thought it would take a long time […]
Miracles – Review
Tag: Miracles
Why Was That Godly Person Not Healed?
As I write this post, it has been less than a week since Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi died of cancer. Many people, including me, were praying for his healing. But God didn’t heal him. Although […]
Miracles
Close to twenty-five years ago I was a brand new Christian. I had come out of nominal Christianity, atheism and finally generic theism. I was (and am) still a skeptic at heart but wanted to […]
C.S. Lewis Challenges the Jesus Myth
Certain forms of the Jesus Myth Theory make a big deal out of the dying and rising theme where the experience of a god represents what is taking place in nature with regard to seasons […]
The Miracle Worker
A sermon based on Luke 5:12-32 preached at Queen St Baptist Church. Introduction There have been a number of movies that have stuck with me as having a real impact. One of those movies was […]
Challenging Skepticism About Miracles
A very interesting lecture about miracles by New Testament scholar Craig Keener. There is both teaching on the New Testament and testimonies of actual miracles.
On the Treatment of the Supernatural
I just had an article published in the journal Studies in Religion. The name of the article is “On the Treatment of the Supernatural by Zeba Crook.” My article is a response to one that […]
Common Miracles
One of the common obstacles to faith is belief in miracles. In fact, after the enlightenment, there was a move even among some church leaders and theologians to remake Christianity into an miracle-less religion. The […]
Impossibility of Miracles?
One of the criticisms of Christianity is the belief in miracles. Miracles by definition are impossible. The laws of nature cannot be broken. There have even been forms of Christianity that have denied miracles as […]