How rare were biblical miracles, really?
The hosts count up Jesus' recorded miracles against the crowds he drew — roughly thirty people out of the nine thousand fed in the feeding accounts — and argue miracles were special, purposeful signs rather than constant background events. They discuss the bleeding woman healed through her faith while crowds pressed around Jesus untouched, and conclude that healing ultimately points to Jesus' identity and the cross, not to physical health as the goal. A host adds that modern 'healers' claiming the gift of healing are suspiciously numerous in the Des Moines area given how rare the gift is in Scripture.
More on Miracles
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Should a miracle be shown? The case for evidence
- If you witnessed a miracle and skeptics demanded proof, would you show it?
The hosts land on 'show the toes': Jesus' healings were public and verifiable — the beggar at the beautiful gate jumping, 'go show yourselves to the priests' (Luke 17:14, quoted by the site's founder) — and the resurrected Jesus said 'look at me.'
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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God doesn't do back-alley bounty: public miracles and creation's pace
- Are there miracles where God stepped in but did not want people to know, after Jesus?
A host shares a painful story of faith healers who prayed over a friend with MS and then shamed him for lacking faith, and the room agrees this kind of story 'doesn't smell like God's glory.'
From No. 492 · Show Me The Toes
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Resurrection prayers and what happens when nothing happens
- What happens when you pray for a dead person to be raised and nothing happens?
- Do miracles happen so the gospel can be presented, or to glorify the person praying?
The Dorcas discussion extends into awkward territory: what if Peter prays and Dorcas doesn't rise — how awkward is that prayer in front of the family?
From No. 154 · Why People Leave the Church
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Proof #51: Think about God and Baal
- Does the Elijah-and-Baal story in 1 Kings 18 prove that God is imaginary?
The hosts walk through proof #51 from godisimaginary.com: think about God and Baal. A host reads the 1 Kings 18 account of Elijah confronting Baal's prophets on Mount Carmel, then reads the site's argument that God's failure to show himself today proves he is imaginary.
From No. 148 · Now Serving Seven