Signs and Wonders
Overview
Some Christians claim to be able to heal the sick and even raise the dead. Some people applaud this, while others are skeptical. Are these healers using the power of God? Are they faking? Or is their power from Satan? And what about nonbelievers who also claim to perform wonders? Are they tricksters or agents of the occult? Can we believe their claims about past lives, seeing the future, UFO encounters, and spirit channeling?
Norman L. Geisler takes a sane and solidly biblical look at miraculous healings and other amazing phenomena today. With penetrating insight, he constructs guidelines for judging whether any so-called miracle is truly from God or from the realm of the demonic. Signs and Wonders also includes material on speaking in tongues and on the use of objects in faith healing. In addition, Geisler looks carefully at the clever trickery that charlatans use to dupe and swindle people. He shows that what often passes as supernatural can be explained as merely unusual.
Here is a book for anyone who wonders about the power and the sincerity of those who claim to be wonder-workers.
Product Details
- Title: Signs and Wonders
- Author: Norman L. Geisler
- Publisher: Wipf & Stock
- Publication Date: 2004
- Pages: 182
About Norman L. Geisler
Norman L. Geisler has taught at university and graduate levels for nearly fifty years and has spoken, traveled, or debated in all fifty states and in twenty-six countries. He holds a B. A. and M. A. from Wheaton College, a Th. B. from William Tyndale College and a Ph. D. in Philosophy from Loyola University.
After his studies at Wheaton, he became the graduate assistant in the Bible-Philosophy department at the college. He has since taught Bible, Apologetics and Philosophy at Detroit Bible College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Dallas Theological Seminary, and was Dean of Liberty Center for Research and Scholarship in Lynchburg, VA. In 1992 he co-founded and served as President of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, until 2006. Currently, he is professor of Theology and Apologetics at SES.
In addition to the books in this collection, Geisler is also the author of A General Introduction to the Bible and I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, as well as the books in The Norman L. Geisler Apologetics Library and Norman L. Geisler’s Systematic Theology (4 vols.).
Sample Pages from the Print Edition
Top Highlights
“The wonders that continue to elude scientific explanation are called anomalies. An anomaly is an odd event that seems to deviate from the normal way that nature operates. It is not necessarily a miracle, only a deviation from the normal.” (Page 12)
“The supernatural acts of God in the Bible were and are always successful” (Page 29)
“Magic is divided into three levels: the puzzler that fools only the eye; the fooler where both eye and mind are deceived; and the baffler where the mind is fooled but not the eye (Korem 1981, 19).” (Page 65)
“There are seven miracles Jesus performed that could not have required faith by the recipient. This is certainly true of the three persons Jesus raised from the dead.” (Page 85)
“On the other hand, psychological healings require faith on the part of the recipient.” (Page 89)
- Title: Signs and Wonders
- Author: Norman Geisler
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 1988
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Miracles; Supernatural
- ISBNs: 9781592447343, 1592447341
- Resource ID: LLS:SNSWONDGEIS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:04:13Z
Norman L. Geisler (1932– 2019) has taught at the university and graduate level for over 50 years. He holds degrees from Wheaton College, William Tyndale College, and Loyola University, and is known for his scholarly contributions to the subjects of Christian apologetics, theology, and philosophy.
After his studies, he became Wheaton's graduate assistant in the Bible-Philosophy department. He has since taught theology, apologetics, and philosophy at Detroit Bible College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Dallas Theological Seminary, and was dean of Liberty Center for Research and Scholarship in Lynchburg, VA.
In 1992, Geisler co-founded Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2007, he co-founded Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California, where he serves as chancellor and distinguished professor of Apologetics.
Geisler is the author or co-author of over 80 books, including the books in the Norman L. Geisler Collection, The Norman L. Geisler Apologetics Library, and his three-volume Systematic Theology.