The miracles performed by Jesus were done in public, witnessed by His twelve disciples, and by crowds of other people. The miraculous events I’ve experienced were witnessed only by me, and the ones I know about from the lives of other Christians, I take on the basis of their account of what happened. A privateContinue reading “# 18 God Side-Steps Proofs”
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#17 Asking for Signs
Miracles impress crowds, but there are very good reasons for miracles not to be performed. Jesus healed people because He cared about their needs. It was an act of mercy when He healed a leper (Mark 1:40-45), but He wanted it to be kept quiet. When the leper made it known that Jesus had healedContinue reading “#17 Asking for Signs”
#16 Energy and Miracles?
Acts of creation and acts of healing would occur through the same power and in a similar way. Both involve the reordering of cells and their DNA codes. Does this involve some sort of energy? Could it be the energy I felt spring from the cross at Taizé on Good Friday many years ago? IContinue reading “#16 Energy and Miracles?”
#15 Non-Miracle and Miracle Options
Six day creation involves the miraculous creation of adult animals and plants in enough numbers to fill the whole earth. Nanocreation involves the miraculous creation of microscopic DNA in the egg cell of a limited number of organisms which then multiply to colonize the earth. The Fine-Tuning option replaces creation by God with evolution byContinue reading “#15 Non-Miracle and Miracle Options”
# 14 Creation of Life
As far as Christian beliefs concerning the creation of life are concerned, there are currently three possibilities: Belief in Fine-Tuning – the idea that God set up the laws of physics such that the universe would bring forth life. Once life had appeared, it evolved into many types through God’s guidance of the processes ofContinue reading “# 14 Creation of Life”
#13 Word of Knowledge
Jesus did not only restore health to diseased bodies and give spiritual life to His followers; He is believed to be the author of life. We say in the Creed that “we believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.” And in oneContinue reading “#13 Word of Knowledge”
#12 New Testament Miracles
Christianity is based on an extraordinary list of claims relating to the life and death of Jesus Christ. We believe that He was incarnated of the Holy Spirit and had no earthly father; after being put to death, He rose to new life and angels rolled the stone away that sealed His tomb; He appearedContinue reading “#12 New Testament Miracles”
#11 Miracles and Saints
Vatican verifications of healing in people who addressed prayers to a particular holy person is one of the issues that Peter May spoke about. If the claimed miracle meets the criteria of being a miracle – it must be sudden, complete and not relapse – then it can be used as a sign in theContinue reading “#11 Miracles and Saints”
#10 Physical Healing
As I was saying, I went to the CiS conference in October 2016 in Oxford. Peter May gave a talk at this conference entitled Miracles in Medicine. He published an article by the same name based on the talk in the October 2017 issue of Science & Christian Belief. I’ve just got round to readingContinue reading “#10 Physical Healing”
#9 Provision of Money
By 1995 I had moved from Coquimbo in the north of Chile to Castro in the south. I had made quite a lot of progress on my writing project; so much so that I had decided that I was a writer, although a secret one. Before putting my PIN in a cash machine, I alwaysContinue reading “#9 Provision of Money”
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