Popular author Lee Strobel is preparing to explore the paranormal again with his new film, The Case For Miracles, which will be released from December 15th to 18th.
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Strobel told CBN News that he believes Christmas is the perfect time to release a film about God’s supernatural powers.
“A lot of people who are spiritually curious become even more curious around Christmas because all the activity in this culture is centered around December 25th,” he said. “And they start wondering, ‘What the hell is this? What does it really mean?'” and so on. ”
Strobel continued, “So I think this time of year is when people are more spiritually open, and I think it’s the perfect time to make a movie that questions the reliability of God working miracles today.”
The author of “The Case For Christ” said his pursuit of the paranormal deepened and expanded his faith, especially his realization that God is still moving today.
“It’s the fact that God still performs miracles today, despite solid medical documentation, incredible eyewitnesses with no motive to deceive, and no natural explanation that makes any sense at all,” he said. “And it happens in the context of prayer, where these four conditions are met. I think it’s logical and reasonable to conclude that God intervened supernaturally. And when that happens, you’re just in awe.”
Strobel shared some of the most compelling stories he has come across, noting that his favorite is about a woman named Barbara. She suffered from multiple sclerosis as a teenager and “deteriorated rapidly.”
“We have all the medical records of her case, to the point where she was in hospice a few years later,” he said. “She’s on her deathbed, curled up like a pretzel, stiff, with one lung collapsed and the other half open, and a tube in her throat.”
Barbara was virtually blind, lost control of her bowel movements and urination, and her legs atrophied.
“She hadn’t walked in seven years at that point, so she was dying,” he said. “Then someone said, ‘Hey, why don’t you call a (Christian) radio station in Chicago and ask people to pray for poor Barbara?'”
People did just that, and in the end, 450 people prayed for Barbara and wrote letters about how they turned to God for her.
“On Pentecost Sunday, some of her friends were in the room with her reading letters from people who were praying for her,” Strobel said. “And she’s curled up in her bed like a pretzel, and from the corner of the empty room she hears the voice of God saying, ‘My child, get up and walk.'”
At that moment, she reportedly pulled the tube out of her throat and jumped out of bed against all odds. Her feet and legs, which hadn’t had surgery in years, suddenly and miraculously carried her. That’s not all. Her vision returned quickly.
Her church was also shocked to see her step into service.
“There was a church service,” Strobel said. “The pastor was in the front, and he said, “Someone has something to announce,” and Barbara walked down the center aisle. No one had seen her walk in seven years. The whole room was filled with people singing, “Amazing Grace. Once I was blind, but now I see.”
Her doctors were completely stunned, with one saying, “When I saw her turn the corner and head into my office, my first thought was, ‘Oh, she’s dead. That’s a ghost.'”
But God took on the “medically impossible” and made it a reality. Strobel said he knows many skeptics will still dismiss the story, but there is no explanation other than something supernatural.
“In a sense, they’re eliminating miracles from the beginning,” Strobel said, adding that he hopes “A Case of Miracles” will help inspire people to see God’s truth. This is just one of the stories this film explores.
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