Many explanations of the miracle stories heard in churches and schools seem to get stuck at the supernatural element, speculating whether such things could possibly have occurred. Yet this is to mistake the shell for the kernel. The Gospel writers are seeking to do far more than provoke open-mouthed amazement: they want to prompt us to ask, 'What sort of changes does Jesus bring into the world and to our experiences of it?' And in the healing stories they are challenging us to consider whether and how we too want to be healed.
In this wide-ranging, stimulating and often moving book, Jeffrey John revisits Jesus' miracles and shows them to be loaded with prophetic and theological significance. Reflecting on the depths and dimensions of meaning the Gospel writers intended to convey, we encounter afresh the One whose works of power were always a means of announcing the good news of his transforming love - then and now.
In this wide-ranging, stimulating and often moving book, Jeffrey John revisits Jesus' miracles and shows them to be loaded with prophetic and theological significance. Reflecting on the depths and dimensions of meaning the Gospel writers intended to convey, we encounter afresh the One whose works of power were always a means of announcing the good news of his transforming love - then and now.
