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Miracles

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  • J. I. Packer

The best way to summarize the biblical teaching on miracles is through the words "wonder, mighty work, and sign." This article explains them.

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Fathers of the Early Church on the Special Gifts of the Holy Spirit

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  • R. Dean Anderson

This article looks at the early church fathers' convictions regarding the gifts of tongues, prophecy and miracles.

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Pentecostalism: A Work of the Holy Spirit or Some Other Spirit?

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  • P. Den Boer

Did Pentecost introduce a new age of speaking in tongues, healing, and miracles for the church? This article examines some biblical texts that Pentecostalism uses to make their claims.

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Reason to Believe The miracles have adequate and reliable testimony

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  • P. E. Little

By a miracle we are referring to an act of God breaking into, changing, or interrupting the ordinary course of things. This article shows that the question behind miracles is not about miracles but the existence of God. It gives four reasons why we should believe that miracles mentioned in the Bible indeed happened.

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Jonah and Genre

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  • T. Desmond Alexander

This article wants to discuss the genre of the book of Jonah and what its readers are to make of the miracles recorded in the book.

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Can We Believe the Bible's Miracles?

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  • Mark Pickering, Peter Saunders

Should we believe in biblical miracles? Were they real? This article evaluates how deism and naturalism impacted the belief in miracles. It looks at the objections given for miracles. The article argues that at the heart of biblical miracles is the resurrection of Christ.

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Jesus' Miracles: Types of Spiritual Realities

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  • Nicholas T. Batzig

This article explores the thesis that the healing miracles of the Lord Jesus are really spiritual parables for us. It offers five observations, drawn from Herman Ridderbos' The Coming of the Kingdom, about what the miracles teach us, concluding with the note that Jesus took the sickness of his people upon himself at the cross.

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Why Don’t We See Miracles Like the Apostles Did?

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  • Justin S. Holcomb

Why don’t we experience today the miracles we read about in the New Testament? The answer lies in understanding the purpose of miracles. This article explains this purpose and shows how it should impact the life of the church today.

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Three Reasons Jesus's Miracles Still Matter Today

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  • Vern S. Poythress

This article gives three reasons why the miracles of Jesus are still relevant today: they show that he is fully God, fully human, and the one and only Messiah.

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Miracles

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  • J. W. Maris

Does God still perform miracles today? This article’s answer is "Yes." If so, what is the place of miracles in the church? Listen to how the article answers.

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A Critique of Certain Uncritical Assumptions in Modern Historiography

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  • John W. Montgomery

Montgomery interacts with the view that biblical documents for the most part are not firsthand eyewitness accounts of the events they describe, but merely the product of faith reactions of editors and redactors of literature.

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Defining Miracles Biblically

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  • David Dunham

What are miracles? This article defines miracles as extraordinary manifestations of our covenant Lord. Based on this definition it seek to understand the relationship of the miraculous to both nature and immediacy.

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New Testament Miracles and Higher Criticism: Climbing up the Slippery Slope

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  • Craig L. Blomberg

How does a historian need to view supernatural events or miracles? This article argues for the historicity of the miracles and surveys some of the difficult passages in this regard: Mark 4:35-41, Mark 6:32-44, Mark 11:12-14, and John 2:1-11. Blomberg also asks the question whether Matthew 17:27 functions as a pure metaphor.

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Elijah the Broken Prophet

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  • Ronald Barcley Allen

This paper raises three issues that often trouble readers of the Elijah narrative in 1 Kings: the nature of his miracles, the problem of his character, and his place within the prophets of Israel.

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The Hellenistic "Divine Man" and the Figure of Jesus in the Gospels

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  • Walter L. Liefeld

In Greek culture in the New Testament period, there were men who claimed to work miracles—wise men who were known as "divine men." There are scholars who in trying to prove a Hellenistic origin of the gospel compare Jesus Christ to these men. The title of Son of God is seen as from a Greek background. This paper compares Jesus with these Greek men

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Inerrancy and Worldview – Modern Science

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  • Vern S. Poythress

Chapter 4 considers the challenge of modern science to the understanding of Scripture. Science, it is said, demonstrates that the Bible is just one among many collections of human religious ideas. The author explains that challenges arise both with respect to natural sciences and social sciences.

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The Miracles of Christ – Introduction

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  • Gerald M. Bilkes

This article is an introduction to a Bible study about Christ's miracles.

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The Glory of Christ in His Miracles

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  • David Lipsy

This article shows that the miracles Christ performed were first of all aimed at revealing his glory.

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The Person of Christ

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  • Leon Morris

This article considers the person of Christ without trying to separate the work of Christ from his person. It reflects on Jesus' sinlessness, divinity, miracles, names, resurrection, humanity, and his temptations.

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Miracle of Faith

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  • Peter Barnes

This article is about miracles. People in biblical times were just as skeptical of miracles as people are today. To claim that biblical people were gullible and today we are more scientific is not a sound argument for denying the validity of biblical miracles.

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John 14:12 - Greater Works Than Jesus (Part 1)

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  • Nico Van der Walt

The promise of "greater works than Jesus" in John 14:12 is not limited to the disciples. Jesus promises every believer that he will do things that are greater than Christ's miracles. This two part series delves into what Jesus meant when he said this.

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John 14:12 - Greater Works Than Jesus (Part 2)

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  • Nico Van der Walt

What are the greater works that the disciples would do? This article shows that John 14:12 should be interpreted in line with the purpose of the book of John, which is that the reader would believe "that Jesus is the Christ." Through the mission work of the disciples, many would believe without having seen any miracles. The conversion of unbelievers is an even greater work than Jesus' miracles on earth.

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Is There Physical Healing in the Atonement?

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  • David Cooke

This article  examines the claim that all Christians should enjoy perfect health based on Christ's work of atonement. The author shows that this claim fails to understand the purpose of Christ's miracles and is not supported by biblical history. Besides, this claim is disastrous for pastoral care and leads to folly. In saying this, this article confirms that God gives healing.

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Symphonic Theology: Pastoral Healing in the Miracles Controversy

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  • Vern S. Poythress

Applying the theory of perspectivism can help achieve doctrinal synthesis. This article applies this theory to the debate around miracles and healing, showing how to approach individuals with different beliefs using this method.

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Symphonic Theology: A Test Case - Miracles

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  • Vern S. Poythress

This article shows how the application of the theory of perspectivism works, with the goal of achieving doctrinal synthesis. Using miracles as an example, the author gives a definition of a miracle, shows the relationship between miracles and natural law, and evaluates the claim that miracles have ceased.

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Do Miracles Happen Today?

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  • Ray McLaughlin

This article is a discussion on whether miracles still occur today. The author also distinguishes between miracles and sign miracles. 

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Miracles? Can They Happen?

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  • John L. van Popta

This article is about natural laws and miracles and the witnesses to the miracles in the Bible.

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Miracles

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  • James Visscher

This article is about the characteristics of miracles in Bible. The author also discusses the role that miracles play in Scripture, and if we can find miracle workers today.

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Miracles – and Benny Hinn

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  • Peter Barnes

Do miracles exist? Should the Christian belief every miracle story? This article makes some vital points about miracles.

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Miracles Today? Were the Miracles only for Bible Times and People?

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  • Iain D. Campbell

Are there still miracles today and how should we view miracles today? Is this special gift still found in the church? The author also looks at false miracles, and at the notion that miracles have stopped when Scripture was completed (cessationism). The relation of Word of God, miracle and faith is also discussed.

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Wonder-Working Power: The Incarnation and the Quest for Self-Importance

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  • Iain D. Campbell

This article is about the wonders God did in Scripture. What were the function of the miracles and signs in Scripture?

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Healings and Miracles Today

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  • Paul Aasman

In this article on healing and miracles, the author discusses the pain and agony of life and the forgiveness of sin.

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Miracles, Wonders and Signs

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  • J. Boersma

This article is about miracles and signs as proof of the identity of Jesus Christ, the purpose of speaking in tongues, and the use of prophecy in missions.

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