EP: 170 Miracles with Dr. Craig Keener

Blurry Creatures

Nature, Science, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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There are countless stories and documented accounts of supernatural experiences that defy our understanding of life on Earth. Those who have faith in God, call these miracles. Due to the skeptical nature of humanity, there is often a reluctance to share these experiences. How can we make sense of "miracles" or quantify or document them as reliable and verified experiences? This week, we welcome author Dr. Craig Keener, of Asbury Theological Seminary to discuss his research, discoveries, and experience writing a best-selling book on miracles. A theologian, biblical scholar, and professor who studied the New Testament and Christian Origins at Duke University for his Ph.D., Dr. Keener has sold well over a million copies of his thirty-plus books in circulation and won thirteen national and international awards. He is an expert in the phenomenon of the miraculous and this is a fascinating discussion of the blurriness and the enigma of miracles. We dive deep into the compilation of Dr. Keener's well-documented cases of miracles that have no other answer than divine intervention. When, where, and why do these miraculous events seem to happen? What constitutes a miracle? How do we see miracles playing out in the modern day? Tapping into the wealth of knowledge of the preeminent expert on this subject provides a fascinating look into the unexplained nature of the miraculous. Guest: https://craigkeener.com blurrycreaturespodcast@gmail.com blurrycreatures.com Socials www.instagram.com/blurrycreatures www.facebook.com/blurrycreatures www.twitter.com/blurrycreatures Music Kyle Monroe: www.tinytaperoom.com Aaron Green: https://www.instagram.com/aaronkgreen/ Mastering: Brandon Weaver https://ironwingstudios.com Outro Song: TimeCop1983: www.timecop1983.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I have a friend from Nigeria when I was working on the first book.
0:11.1	I just asked him, because a lot of my friends from Africa had seen things more often than
0:16.2	here, although they happened here too.
0:18.8	I asked him, have you seen any miracles?
0:23.1	He has a PhD now.
0:24.1	He was doing research in some different villages in Nigeria.
0:29.9	Neighbors came to him and said, you're a man of the high god.
0:35.4	Can you do something?
0:36.4	Here's our child who died.
0:39.8	He says he took the child aside for a couple of hours, praying, and then handed the child
0:44.1	back to them alive.
0:45.9	I thought, well, maybe he just hits it lucky once in a while.
0:49.4	Maybe they've been misdiagnosed as dead.
0:51.2	So maybe if he prays for everybody who's dead, maybe once or so, I said, how often did
0:55.1	you pray for somebody who died?
0:57.2	He said only twice.
0:58.9	The other was my best friend.
1:00.0	He didn't come back.
1:01.8	And at that point, he had to say, God, you are worthy of my trust, not because of this
1:09.0	or because of that.
1:10.0	You're worthy of my trust because you're trustworthy.
1:14.0	And I'm going to keep believing you.
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