Is God Dead? The God of Miracles.
Are miracles still real? Do they still happen? For many believers, that question stirs both wonder and uncertainty. The Bible is filled with miraculous accounts: seas parting, fire falling, the dead being raised, the blind receiving sight, and multitudes being fed with just a few loaves and fish. From Genesis to Revelation, the miraculous is woven into the fabric of God’s interaction with humanity. But somewhere along the way, many began to believe that the age of miracles had come to an end. This belief is known as Cessationism , and it dates back not to modern times but to the Reformation era of the 16th century. It teaches that the “miraculous gifts” such as tongues, prophecy, and divine healing were given only for a specific period to validate the ministry of the apostles and to establish the foundation of the early Church. Once Scripture was completed and the apostles passed away, Cessationists argue, those particular gifts were no longer necessary. This view found its most sy...
