In 2006, National Geographic News reported that US and Israeli scientists had come up with a theory that Jesus might have walked on ice rather than on water. Their findings were based on evidence of two periods of climatic cooling in the region 2,000 to 2,600 years ago. The article said the discovery could provide a scientific explanation for what many people have regarded as supernatural.

What are miracles and why do people struggle or even refuse to accept the miracles of Jesus? What’s at stake? Our Daily Bread research editor Dennis Fisher takes a look not only at the miracles of Jesus but at their implications as well.

Mart DeHaan