bear little resemblance to what the Scriptures, properly interpreted, really say. What is the upshot of all this? One obvious result is the modern tendency to use theological language loosely. Take, for example, the use of the word “miracle.” Today everything unusual or extraordinary seems to be called a miracle. When God heals someone through the use of medicine in a marvelous way, we are told that this is a miracle. A careful, theologically defined use of the term would distinguish the marvelous