Miracles
34 conversations where the hosts get into miracles.
34 conversations
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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
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Rebutting proof 28 and a preview of proof 29
- How do you know your God is the right one?
The hosts answer proof 28: the counterfeit-dollar analogy (one true answer among 20 wrong ones isn't disproven by the crowd), the category error of lumping the biblical God with…
From No. 126 · December 10 2012
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Proof 14 read: examine Jesus' miracles
- If someone came to you today and said 'I am God,' what would you do?
- Why didn't Jesus write a book and leave behind real, tangible evidence?
Proof number 14 from godisimaginary.com is read aloud: if someone claimed to be God today you would demand rock-solid proof; Jesus gets no pass for living 2,000 years ago; if he were God he should have written a book and left tangible evidence.
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Timelines God ignored
- How did the placement timeline end up being so fast?
Ben asks for the impossible-timeline stories: medical power of attorney in 24 hours, the Ronald McDonald House room freed up the day they arrived, an eight-month medication wait…
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Proof 39, part 2: flat earth, bigotry, theft, and amputation
Continuing proof 39, the hosts rebut the claims that Jesus lied about seeing all kingdoms from a mountain (Matthew 4:8 — a supernatural event, and 'all' as figure of speech), that…
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Proof 39, part 3: temple, fig tree, 'hate,' and the verdict
The hosts finish proof 39: the temple cleansing (Mark 11) was righteous anger at the defilement of God's house, the fig tree (Mark 11:12) demonstrated Jesus' authority and demands…
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Rebuttal: the omitted miracles and the conspiracy argument
Rebuttal part two: the proof author cherry-picked low-brow miracles (water into wine) while ignoring the raising of the dead (three occasions, including himself) and the feeding of the 5,000 with thousands of witnesses.
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Proof #11: no scientific evidence for God
The hosts read and rebut proof #11 from GodIsImaginary.com ('Notice that there is no scientific evidence'): no physical evidence of God, Jesus' miracles left none, the Bible is…
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Proof #12: 'See the Magic'
The hosts read and rebut proof #12 from GodIsImaginary.com, 'See the Magic': religions contain 'magic' (Mormon golden plates and seer stones, the Muslim flying horse, Christian…
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Granular providence: Elijah's widow and feeding the 5,000
A host cites Elijah and the widow with the cakes as a genuinely granular example: God met her daily needs without changing her status in life.
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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.
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'You feed them': the feeding of the 5,000
- What should our first reaction be when faced with a problem only God can solve?
Ben walks through Luke 9: the disciples return from healing, 5,000 follow, and Jesus says 'you feed them' to men holding five loaves and two fish.
From No. 406 · A COVID Debrief
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The oil-producing Bible ministry fraud
- How can you tell whether a claimed miracle is real or a fraud?
A host reads a Chattanooga Times Free Press investigation of the 'His Name Is Flowing Oil' ministry in Dalton, Georgia, whose Bible allegedly produced oil that lab analysis matched to Tractor Supply mineral oil after leader Jerry Pierce admitted buying gallons of it.
From No. 397 · Interview with Blake Stanley with BLDR Apparel
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Snake-handler YouTube comment and response
- Is refusing medical treatment after a snakebite a legitimate sign of faith?
- Is handling snakes a sign to unbelievers or a testing of God?
The hosts read a lengthy comment from Dean Bowling, a serpent handler who found a 02/21/2014 clip and objected to their take.
From No. 340 · Rightfully Miffed
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Rebutting the article's selective scientism
- Who is the 'Jesus the first transgender man' article actually trying to convince?
The hosts take apart the article's logic: it accepts the miracle of the Holy Spirit causing a virgin to conceive but draws the line at the resulting child being male, applying genetics selectively.
From No. 326 · From Rib to Reality
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Testimony: the shrinking aneurysm
speaker-1 tells the story of a cardiology checkup after an aneurysm shrank from 0.54 to 0.38 following prayer: the graduating medical student insists it must have been a bad reading, while the cardiologist says the only explanation is 'a miraculous happening.'
From No. 132 · Tighten Up On Your Job, Homey
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The trouble with imperceptible miracles
- Are Christians underselling God by attributing minor, unverifiable improvements to him as miracles?
The hosts wrestle with a skeptic's claim that Christian miracle reports are always vague and unverifiable (nothing as clear as a regrown limb).
From No. 275 · Under-Asking God
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Where is the line on crediting God? Over-spiritualizing
- Where is the line between crediting God and over-spiritualizing everyday events?
The hosts wrestle with the discomfort of crediting God for small things: the instinct to explain events naturally versus accepting mystery.
From No. 265 · Praying Specifically
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Dan's heart scare
Dan, addressed by name on-air, recounts a three-week medical spiral: a doctor visit for a cough revealed high blood pressure, leading to an EKG, a cardiologist referral, a stress…
From No. 46 · February 21 2011
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A band member's son and the heart-rate miracle
An On This Rock member tells the story of his two-year-old son Malachi Paul, who after NICU time for breathing issues began sleeping through the night while seeming constantly…
From No. 46 · February 21 2011
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Ten reasons not to be a Christian, part 1: miracles and the Jesus myth
The hosts take up the first two justifications from the article. On "no scientific evidence whatsoever of any miracles": a host cites a thick book of investigated miracles (recalled as by R.T.