The Miracles Answer Book

Seeing God Work in Divine Ways

Lee Strobel, Mark Mittelberg

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780310339625
• eBook ISBN:
  9780310453673
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

Is God still in the miracle business today?

This is the question Lee Strobel asked himself. A former atheist turned Christian, Lee launched a two-year investigation into the supernatural. The results will amaze you and strengthen your faith as you discover surprising truths. Using the popular question-and-answer format, Lee will lead you on a voyage of discovery and discernment as he takes on tough questions such as:

• Can you explain the difference between a divine miracle and an ordinary coincidence?
• Aren’t there a lot of fake miracles?
• Haven’t studies proven that prayer doesn’t make any difference?

Why is it important to know God acted in history? It’s so you’ll know He is able to continue to work today—in our world and in your life. The Miracles Answer Book will provide you with a more profound sense of the lengths that God will go to strengthen the faith of His people.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Ebook Instructions
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. What Do You Mean By Miracle? I Hear That Term Used In So Many Ways
• 2. Can You Explain the Difference Between a Divine Miracle and an Ordinary Coincidence?
• 3. Aren’t a Lot of Miracle Claims Just Plain Weird—Like People Who See Jesus’ Face On Their Burned Burrito?
• 4. How Common Are Miracles? Aren’t They Pretty Rare?
• 5. Aren’t Claims of Miracles More Common Among Uneducated People?
• 6. Have You Heard Stories of Dreams That You Would Consider to Be Miraculous?
• 7. You Were Once a Skeptical Journalist. What Made You Start Believing In Miracles?
• 8. Have You Ever Seen an Actual Miracle?
• 9. Have You Ever Seen or Experienced a Divine Healing?
• 10. Why Do You Think Miracles Are So Important?
• 11. Can Miracles Really Persuade Skeptics Today?
• 12. David Hume Said Miracles Would Violate the Laws of Nature, and Therefore They Are Impossible. Your Response?
• 13. How Can We Best Scrutinize Stories About Miracles?
• 14. “Following the Evidence Wherever It Leads” Seems Wise. Where Does It Lead Concerning Miracles Today?
• 15. Why Do So Many Accounts of Miracles Come from Faraway Places?
• 16. Can God Still Raise People from the Dead Today?
• 17. Why Don’t Credible Stories of Miracles Convince Skeptics That Supernatural Events Are Possible?
• 18. How Can God Hear My Prayers—Especially When So Many Other People Are Praying At the Same Time?
• 19. Why Doesn’t God Always Answer My Prayers and Give Me What I Ask for?
• 20. Haven’t Studies Proven That Prayer Doesn’t Make Any Difference?
• 21. Have There Been Other, More Positive Studies Done On the Impact of Prayer?
• 22. Can Science Really Investigate the Effects of Prayer?
• 23. Are There Any Keys to Praying In Ways That Lead to Supernatural Results?
• 24. Does Prayer Change God’s Mind? How Can Prayer Make a Difference When God Already Knows the Future?
• 25. Aren’t There a Lot of Fake Miracles?
• 26. Can a Miracle Be Real But Not Be from God?
• 27. How Did the Critics of Jesus Respond to His Miracles?
• 28. Can God Heal a Broken Heart?
• 29. What About a Physical Heart—Can God Heal That Too?
• 30. What Would You Say to a Cessationist—a Christian Who Doesn’t Believe Miracles Still Happen Today?
• 31. Why Trust the Biblical Accounts of Jesus’ Miracles? Weren’t the Writers Biased, Since They Were Already Believers?
• 32. Does Believing In the Evidence for Miracles Compete With Simple Faith In God?
• 33. How Did Your Muslim Friend Know That His Dreams Were from God?
• 34. Why Do You Think So Many Muslims Are Having Dreams About Jesus?
• 35. Can You Give Examples of Dreams and Visions Impacting Muslims Even In the Middle East?
• 36. Is This Muslim Dream Phenomenon Limited to the Middle East?
• 37. Aren’t the People Having These Dreams Religious Types Who Are Predisposed to Experiencing Such Things?
• 38. Do These Dreams Really Change People’s Lives, or Are They Just Passing Curiosities?
• 39. Has God Ever Used a Dream In Your Life?
• 40. Have You Personally Seen Someone Else’s Life Impacted By a Dream from God?
• 41. Have You Ever Heard God Speak to You?
• 42. If God Wants More Followers, Why Doesn’t He Just Do More Miracles In Order to Convince Everyone?
• 43. How Can I Believe In Something That I’ve Never Seen or Experienced Myself?
• 44. What Would You Say Is the Most Spectacular Miracle You Know of?
• 45. Doesn’t the Idea of the “Big Bang” Remove the Need for a Divine Creator?
• 46. What Do You Think Is the Most Convincing Miracle for Skeptics?
• 47. How Has the Scientific World Responded to the Evidence for Fine-Tuning?
• 48. Why Should Life On Earth Be Viewed As Evidence for the Supernatural When So Many Other Planets Can Sustain Life?
• 49. What If There Is an Infinite Number of Universes, and We’re Just Fortunate to Be In One That Sustains Life?
• 50. What Do You Think Is the Most Important Miracle God Ever Performed?
• 51. What Was the Evidence That Convinced You Jesus Really Rose from the Dead?
• 52. Much of the Evidence for the Resurrection Is Based On Eyewitnesses. But Aren’t They Often Unreliable?
• 53. What About the Discrepancies Between the Gospels? Do They Discredit The Miracle of the Resurrection?
• 54. What Kind of Impact Does the Miracle of Jesus’ Resurrection Have On Individual Lives?
• 55. You’ve Written That Many Christians Are “Embarrassed By the Supernatural.” Can You Explain?
• 56. How Does Our Experience of God’s Supernatural Activities In the West Compare to Other Places?
• 57. How Can I Handle the Disappointment of Not Having My Prayers Answered . . . of Not Getting a Miracle?
• 58. When Miracles Don’t Happen and Suffering Continues, Which Worldview Offers the Best Answers?
• 59. Do You Have Any Thoughts for Those Who Still Doubt the Possibility of Miracles?
• 60. You’ve Convinced Me Miracles Really Do Happen. But What Difference Should That Make In My Life?
• Recommended Resources
• About the Authors
• Notes