1. MIRACLES

2. What is a miracle?

3. A true miracle is an event in the external world brought about by the immediate agency or the simple volition of God, operating without the use of means capable of being discerned by the senses, and designed to authenticate the divine commission of a religious teacher and the truth of his message

4. Merriam-Webster: An extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs

5. Attitude

6. Listen Love Learn

7. What do they mean by miracle

8. What is their reason for unbelief

9. Discuss the existence of God

10. Share your own personal experience

11. Ask: what would a miracle look like to you?

12. Areas of science where we are moving farther and farther from a naturalistic explanation

13. Origin of the universe Origin of life Origin of man Nature of consciousness

14. These are the same areas where the Bible the Bible says God has intervened

15. Why is there order in the universe in the first place?

16. Miracles are an interruption in that order

17. Miraculous vs. Impossible odds

18. Complexity: Everything in our everyday experience teaches us that any structure that is complex and has parts that are highly specified in their design and construction are purposefully designed by a conscious mind (man) who has the means to build them, ……

19. Therefore it is reasonable to infer that biological systems which are complex and have parts that are highly specified in their design and construction are also designed by a conscious mind (God) who has the means to build them

20. Same argument with information Same argument with something from nothing

21. A creator is a more reasonable argument than impossible odds

22. Purely naturalistic worldviews are self defeating

23. Divine intervention similar to human intervention

24. We, as free will beings, can intrude on the natural process of cause and effect for reasons of our own using means at our disposal Why would it be any different for God?

25. God uses miracles to communicate with us This is the best response to deism

26. No need to discuss from a defensive position