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- The top definition for "miracle" in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is "an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs." Skeptics say that miracles may not happen because God may not exist. Or, if God exists, he may not intervene in people's lives. But believers say that miracles happen constantly as God works in the world.
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Jan 18, 2018 · It is often thought that miracles are just grand “magic tricks.” But that’s not the right way of thinking about miracles. Miracles are not arbitrary displays of God’s power. Instead, miracles are given in order to point to the redemption that God accomplishes in Jesus Christ.
Sep 7, 2019 · In Miracles, C. S. Lewis takes this key idea and shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in creation. Using his characteristic warmth, lucidity, and wit, Lewis challenges the rationalists and cynics who are mired in their lack of imagination and provides a ...
Oct 11, 2010 · Miracles. A miracle (from the Latin mirari, to wonder), at a first and very rough approximation, is an event that is not explicable by natural causes alone. A reported miracle excites wonder because it appears to require, as its cause, something beyond the reach of human action and natural causes.
Jan 24, 2022 · When God uses such events to draw attention to his message, we usually call them miracles. Why do you think contemporary Westerners are so skeptical that miracles happen or are even possible?
Mar 26, 2018 · The underpinning of Christian faith is the belief in a miracle – the resurrection of Jesus. As we approach Easter, a philosopher-physician asks whether miracles can make sense.
Miracles are thus counter-productive; the way in which we are certain of God's existence is through the unchangeable order of Nature. By admitting miracles, which break the laws of Nature, warns Spinoza, we create doubts about the existence of God and are led into the arms of atheism!
Mar 22, 2021 · According to the Pew Research Center, as many as 79 percent of Americans believe in miracles—events that lie outside natural law and any explanation by science.