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Popular author Lee Strobel is preparing to once again explore the supernatural in his new film \u201cThe Case For Miracles,\u201d hitting theaters Dec. 15-18.<\/p>\n
Strobel told CBN News he believes Christmas is the perfect time to release a movie about God\u2019s supernatural power.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people who are spiritually curious become more curious around Christmas because all of this activity in the culture [is] focused on December the 25th,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd they begin to wonder, \u2018What is this really all about? What does it really mean?\u2019 And so forth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Strobel continued, \u201cSo I think that people are more spiritually open this time of year, and I think it\u2019s a perfect time to do a film that looks at the credibility that God is still in the miracle business today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Case For Christ\u201d author said that his exploration of the supernatural has deepened and enlarged his faith, especially the realization that God is still moving today.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact He\u2019s still doing miracles today in ways where we\u2019ve got solid medical documentation, where we have multiple incredible eyewitnesses with no motive to deceive, where we have no natural explanation that makes any sense whatsoever,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it takes place in the context of prayer, where we have those four conditions met. I think it\u2019s logical and rational to conclude that God has intervened supernaturally. And when that happens, you\u2019re just in awe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Strobel shared some of the most compelling stories he encountered, noting his favorite involved a woman named Barbara. She was struck with multiple sclerosis as a teenager and \u201cdeteriorated very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got medical records all documenting her case, to the point where several years later she\u2019s in hospice,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s on her deathbed, curled up like a pretzel \u2014 rigid, one lung collapsed, the other lung at 50%, a tube in her throat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barbara was virtually blind, lost control of her bowels and urination, and her legs had atrophied.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe hadn\u2019t walked in seven years at that point, and she\u2019s dying,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then somebody said, \u2018Hey, why don\u2019t we call the [Christian] radio station in Chicago \u2026 and ask people to pray for poor Barbara?’\u201d<\/p>\n
People did just that and 450 individuals ended up praying for Barbara, writing in letters to report how they had turned to God on her behalf.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Pentecost Sunday, there\u2019s a couple of her friends who were in the room together with her reading her some of these letters from people praying for her,\u201d Strobel said. \u201cAnd, because she\u2019s curled up like a pretzel in bed and she hears from the corner of the room, where nobody was, the voice of God saying, \u2018My child; get up and walk.’\u201d<\/p>\n
In that moment, she reportedly pulled the tube from her throat and jumped out of bed, defying all of the odds. Her feet and legs, which hadn\u2019t operated for years, suddenly and miraculously carried her. And that\u2019s not all: her eyesight immediately returned.<\/p>\n
Her church was shocked to see her walk into service as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a church service,\u201d Strobel said. \u201cThe pastor\u2019s up front and he says, \u2018Anybody got any announcements,\u2019 and Barbara comes walking down the center aisle. Nobody\u2019d seen Barbara walk for seven years. The whole place erupts with people singing \u2018Amazing Grace. I once was blind and now I see.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Her doctors were totally dumbfounded \u2014 so much so that one physician said, \u201cI saw her walking down the corner to my office, and my first thought was, \u2018Oh, she died, and that\u2019s a ghost.’\u201d<\/p>\n
But God had taken what was \u201cmedically impossible\u201d and made it true. Strobel knows many skeptics will still dismiss the story, though he said there\u2019s no other explanation than something supernatural.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a sense, they\u2019re ruling out the miraculous at the outset,\u201d Strobel said, noting he hopes \u201cThe Case For Miracles\u201d will help inspire people to see God\u2019s truth. This is just one of the stories into which the film delves.<\/p>\n
Find out more about \u201cThe Case For Miracles\u201d and get tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n
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