Do miracles really happen?
Yes. The Bible records them as real events of history, not myth, and the church across two thousand years has continued to see God act in ways that exceed natural explanation. The greatest miracle is the resurrection.
The biblical writers do not present miracles as fairy tales but as testimony — eyewitnesses, time and place, named people. Luke begins his Gospel by appealing to "those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses."
Miracles are unusual because they are signs — moments when God’s usual ordering of nature steps aside to reveal him. They were never daily currency; they cluster around the great hinges of revelation.
The supreme miracle is the resurrection of Jesus. If God can raise the dead, the smaller miracles are no philosophical problem. They serve the story he is telling — the story of redemption.
Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.