
The Big Question: What’s the Difference Between Miracles and Magic?
What’s the difference between miracles and magic? It’s a question we asked pastors, authors, and even a few magicians.
Miracles don’t just come from ancient stories and myths–everyday miracles are all around us, if we only have our eyes open to see them.

What’s the difference between miracles and magic? It’s a question we asked pastors, authors, and even a few magicians.

Two teens prayed for safety while nearly drowning at sea. Then a boat miraculously appeared.

She and her husband were trapped in their van during a devastating twister, but she spotted a penny that assured her they would be all right.

Linda Stratigakis shares how she and her husband managed to emerge from a violent tornado without a scratch.

She had felt guility after her father-in-law passed away.

She had never heard of the patron saint of mercy, but when she visited her shrine in Lithuania she was miraculously healed.

After being forced to part with her beloved dachshund, she feared she would never find the right dog.

An unbearable toothache the night before a trip kept her up with worry, until she decided to let go and trust God.

A garage sale find turned out to be a message from her mother.

She worried about her late mother everyday, then she received a reassuring sign.

Lost on a mountain in the Colorado Rockies as the sun set, he began to pray.

The Old Testament is full of displays of God’s power—protecting Daniel in the lions’ den, the parting of the Red Sea, the ten plagues of Egypt. These feats are incredible. When reading about them, it’s hard not feel a sense of awe… and fear. Because a power like that can be terrifying. But if God is a God of love—of forgiveness—should we fear him? It’s a question that great thinkers, authors, and religious figures have been asking for centuries.
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