Craig Keener Interview on Miracles: Transcript

The following transcript is from an Apologetics 315 interview with New Testament scholar Craig Keener. Original audio here. If you enjoy transcripts, please consider supporting, which makes this possible.

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BA: Hello, this is Brian Auten of Apologetics 315. Today's interview is Dr. Craig Keener, professor of the New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is especially known for his work as as a NT scholar on Bible background, and his popular level IVP commentary for the NT has sold over half a million copies. Dr. Keener is also the author of a newly-released book entitled Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, which is a two-volume work which we'll be discussing a bit today. The purpose of this interview is to gain some insights from Dr. Keener's study in the area of miracles, look at miracle claims today and how they relate to NT claims, and get his advice from an apologetic perspective. Well, thanks for joining me today Dr. Keener.

CK: It's great to be with you.

BA: Dr. Keener, would you mind first telling our listeners a bit more about yourself, maybe your background, and what your current work is?

Craig Keener on Miracles

"It was Hume who first spoke of miracles as violations of nature. But Christians don't believe that the Legislator is subject to any of the laws of nature."

- Craig Keener, here.

Scholar Interview: Craig Keener

Today's interview is with Dr. Craig Keener, professor of the New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is especially known for his work as a New Testament scholar on Bible background. He is also author of Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. He talks about his background and current work, how his newest book came about, defining miracles, unpacking Hume's objections against miracles, assessing miracle claims outside of Christianity, appealing to naturalistic explanations for miracles, the theological context of miracles, reasons to trust New Testament miracle claims, contemporary miracle claims from around the world, miracles in the west, verifiable and non-verifiable miracle claims, asking for "miracles on demand," miracles and naturalism, the place for miracles and an apologetic for Christianity, and more.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here (68 min)

See the table of contents of and first chapter of Miracles here.

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Craig Keener Interview on Miracles

Dr. Craig Keener has written a monumental new two-volume work entitled Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Dr. Michael Brown recently interviewed Dr. Keener on the Line of Fire program regarding this book (podcast available here). This is a 90-minute interview on the topic of miracles and the content of the book, with questions from callers.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here (1hr 28min)
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The Question of Miracles: Interview with Craig Keener

Michael Licona of 4Truth.net interviews Craig Keener of Palmer Theological Seminary on the topic of miracles. He provides numerous examples of credible miracle reports from antiquity through the present. Keener also addresses a number of objections to miracles. Interview source at 4Truth. Craig Keener's book on miracles Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts will be released later this year.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here (77 min)

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