Abstract

In this paper I defend biblical miracles against the popular objection that they are impossible. Doing this requires three stages of development. First, we need to know what miracles are: if we do not know this, how can we then argue that miracles are not impossible? I start out by distinguishing between two categories of miracles: subjective miracles and objective miracles. Then I go on to point out that there are two types of subjective miracles as well as two types of objective miracles. Second, we need to know what the concept ‘impossible’ means: if we do not know this, how can we then argue that miracles are not impossible? I say that there are at least three senses in which we can use the word ‘impossible’. Third, we need to show that miracles are not impossible . After having show that miracles are not impossible , I draw three theological and hermeneutical consequences from the preceding discussion