- The parable of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16 suggests that if someone’s heart isn’t already sensitive to God’s word, seeing dramatic miracles isn’t going to change their mind about faith.
- Scottish skeptical philosopher David Hume defined miracles as “a violation of the laws of nature” and suggested that we have no rational reason to believe that miracles ever happen.
- But if we already believe that God created the world, it’s not unreasonable to believe that every once in a while he might do something in it.
Episode 2 Summary
Discussion Questions
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How do you think the stories you believe affect your life?
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Have you ever changed your mind about something big? What led to that change?
Diving Deeper
Read John 9:13-34
This section of scripture highlights the bitter apathy of the religious leaders about a miraculous healing. Jesus healed a man from blindness, and instead of being amazed and grateful to God, these religious leaders found a way to get upset about it. What do you think it says about the hearts of these Pharisees that they were more concerned about Jesus “breaking the Sabbath” than about celebrating a miraculous intervention?