Tag: miracle study
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The Witch of En Dor
Introduction When the mother of magician Harry Houdini died, he made an effort to contact her through mediums. As he visited them, it came to his attention that they were nothing more than charlatans preying on innocent people claiming to be able to speak to their ancestors. Houdini spent that latter half of his career…
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Balaam’s Donkey
Introduction Anyone who knows the classic Rex Harrison movies, would be familiar with the film, Doctor Doolittle. A man who was capable of talking with the animals. There was an updated version, with Robert Downey, Jr., in which you could hear the animals speak to him in the English language. Although this is simply movie…
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What about the 120 from Acts 1?
Introduction In this final article on the study on miracles, we’re going to look at one of the reasons why so many people think that miracles are still happening even today. It’s a charismatic movement that involves those present in Acts chapter 1. First, Let’s Review Before we touch on this subject, let’s review what…
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Negative Miracles
Introduction For the past several weeks, we’ve been studying the subject of miracles. Most people’s concepts of miracles are that all miracles had a positive result: Making the blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk, raising the dead, etc. However, there are a handful of miracles which had a negative connotation to it and…
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Are there Miracles Today?
Introduction In our last article on miracles, we learned that the miracles were temporary and ended, mostly by the end of the first century. As the apostle Paul stated, Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.…
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The Duration of Miracles
Introduction Writer, Geoffrey Chaucer, coined the phrase, “All good things must come to an end.” And like ‘all good things’ miracles had an end to them as well. Not everyone is in agreement with this but we’ll look at the scriptures for the answer. How Were the Miracles Given? There were two ways the power…
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Did Jesus Heal Everyone?
Introduction When one reads the gospels and learns of Jesus’ ministry (which includes healing people), we sometimes assume that Jesus healed everyone. But that isn’t true. Here’s what J.D. Tant, Texas preacher, had to say about this subject— It should be obvious to all that the main purpose of gifts was not to heal the…
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Of Miracles and Misplaced Zeal
Introduction After Jesus was resurrected, He revealed himself to His disciples, twice, and John the concludes chapter 20 with this statement, And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the…
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A Study of Miracles
Introduction There is a continuous misconception of what miracles are, what their purpose is, and whether or not there are miracles even today. In this article, we’ll address all three of these. In an upcoming series, I’m going to address miracles in scriptures that didn’t have faith around it. What is a Miracle? The definition…
The Christian Caravan 