Lee Strobel’s Film “The Case for Miracles” Explores Modern-Day Wonders
Just in time for the miracle of the Christmas season, the new film “The Case for Miracles” will be in theaters from December 15 to 18.
The movie is based on Lee Strobel’s book of the same name. The atheist-turned-Christian investigates claims of the impossible, interviewing eyewitnesses and experts to sift through the evidence.
“We have good evidence from cosmology and physics that there is a creator behind our universe,” Strobel told “Crosswalk Headlines. ”If indeed a creator can create our universe, then for him to intervene in the same laws of nature that he created would be child’s play.”
One of Strobel’s favorite miracle accounts in the film involves a woman who said she was healed from blindness. “She was blind for a dozen years with an incurable condition,” he said. “She went to a school for the blind. She learned how to read Braille, she walked with a white cane.”
One ordinary night, though, her husband felt led to pray for her healing.
“She’s already in bed, he comes over, he puts his hand on her shoulder, he begins to cry and he begins to pray and he says, ‘God, I know you can heal my wife. I know you can do it, and I pray that you do it tonight,’” Strobel said. “And with that, she opened her eyes and said, ‘I’ve got perfect eyesight.’ She saw her husband for the first time. Her eyesight continued for the rest of her life, which was another 50 years. So, what do you do with something like that?”
He cites a Barna survey that found 38 percent of Americans say they’ve experienced a miracle in their life, which would lead to countless cases.
“I hope for Christians, they walk away ever more in love with God and ever more solid in their faith, but I hope they also reach out to a friend who’s maybe a spiritual skeptic or someone who’s maybe just spiritually curious, and say, ‘Hey, I just saw this movie. Why don’t you come with me tomorrow?’” Strobel said. “I hope people use it as an outreach, and I hope it deepens the faith of believers as well.”
Showtimes and ticket information are available at The Case for Miracles – Fathom Entertainment.
–Alan Goforth
