Topic(s):  Denominationalism, Miracles

Todd Clippard

My question to people who claim to believe in modern-day miracles usually goes as follows:

If miracles can be performed today as they were in the first century:
1. Where are the prophets who can specifically foretell the future (Acts 11:27-30; 21:10-14)?
2. Where are the miracle workers who can make a withered hand whole (Matthew 12:9-13)?
3. Where is the miracle worker who goes to the hospital and empties it by healing all those therein (Matthew 4:23-24)?
4. Where is the man who can go to the funeral home or cemetery and raise the dead (John 11:43-44; Acts 9:36-42)?
5. Why would a miracle worker like Oral Roberts build a hospital and a medical school in Tulsa, OK?
6. Do you not think it strange that miracles such as these were routinely performed in the presence of great multitudes so that there was no room to doubt their validity (Acts 4:13-16)?

In reality, most people who claim to believe in miracles never stopped to think about the ramifications of their belief. And when properly questioned, they will admit that they do not believe in miracles such as those in the New Testament. This also solves their running to Hebrews 13:8 in defense of modern-day miracles.