If some atheists or agnostics were to concede that some of the extraordinary events in the Gospels actually happened, could they just say that “strange things happen”? Are the extraordinary works of Jesus just strange events, weird events that lie outside normal patterns, without any rationale? Or are they works of God that reveal his purposes? And if so, what purposes do they reveal? The Gospels do not treat the miracles of Jesus as if they were weird or irrational