The Supernatural
Signs of God
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem. On Holy Saturday, the day before Easter on the Orthodox calendar, the phenomenon of the spontaneous arrival of holy fire occurs. See one site which explores this, including pictures. Photo credit: Pentax K200D, Max Pixel.
Introduction
Christian tradition holds that God intervenes in particular ways in the world, and that while God made the universe to operate by natural, scientifically observable laws, He gave it its own creaturely freedom. Personal beings like humans and angels have moral agency and free will. And in the rest of the natural world, perhaps quantum mechanics discerns a certain degree of non-deterministic freedom.
The Supernatural: Topics:
This section on the Supernatural is organized as follows: The Natural highlights how creation itself is miraculous, since there is something rather than nothing; and creation points in its own way to God. General Accounts highlights how people who are not Christians have observed supernatural phenomena. Christian Accounts spotlights specifically Christian experiences and interpretations of the supernatural. Making Sense explores different ways of understanding supernatural events. Biblical Israel examines how the origins, literature, and early history of Israel point to a supernatural origin. The Decisive Miracle considers Jesus to be the supreme miracle of a God who reveals God’s own self.
