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”
Category Archives: Miracles
#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”
#8 Protection from Danger
Another big category of miracles is the miraculous provision of food or money when none was available to a person in need with no means of support. Also, akin to this is the provision of protection in a dangerous situation – On this note I once met a woman in a charismatic prayer group inContinue reading “#8 Protection from Danger”
#7 Provision and Guidance
There is an instance of a sign that I will always remember. I was in Chile living on the edge of the desert where there is a scarcity not only of water, but also of books. The internet had not been invented at this point. In my writing project studies I decided that I neededContinue reading “#7 Provision and Guidance”
#6 Sign to Encourage
Through my life I have witnessed the signs of God’s presence on several notable occasions. The first miraculous sign I remember hearing about was told by a preacher at a Christian conference run by the evangelist Harry Greenwood from South Chard. The conference was at Bognor Regis Butlins camp and I had been taken thereContinue reading “#6 Sign to Encourage”
#5 Personal Testimony: Psychological Healing
Many years ago I received a psychological healing after a traumatic experience which constantly troubled me. I was at Taizé in France and it was Easter time. At the Good Friday liturgy of the cross I saw that some young people were approaching the cross on their knees. I decided that I had to doContinue reading “#5 Personal Testimony: Psychological Healing”
#4 Laws of Nature are General; Miracles are Specific
God has given humans the ability to decide on their actions and to desire outcomes. The human will interacts with God’s will, and this is important in the sphere of miracles. On occasions, through prayer illness can be reversed and health restored, and death can be forestalled. Healing and the prolonging of life depend onContinue reading “#4 Laws of Nature are General; Miracles are Specific”
#3 The Purposes of God
We live in a world that runs by natural processes that take their course according to general laws of nature. Is the world governed by laws of nature, or is it governed by God? Some say that the way God acts is actually through laws of nature and this alone; others believe that although naturalContinue reading “#3 The Purposes of God”
#2 Gullibility, Credulity or Faith?
Part of me doubts the miracles I hear about – maybe there was always a simple, natural explanation for what’s been told me was a miracle. Maybe what I heard or read about was exaggeration, or wishful thinking on the part of devout, but gullible religious people. Maybe money was involved like on God channelsContinue reading “#2 Gullibility, Credulity or Faith?”
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