Miracles, Barry Pain
Miracles, Barry Pain
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Miracles

Author: Barry Pain

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2015


Synopsis

Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864-1928) was an English journalist, poet, and writer best known for his ghost and horror stories.

"Miracles" is the tale of two extraordinarily talented men, Best and Bliss, who develop a way of communicating nonverbally and use it for a career on the stage as mind readers. But when a bereaved mother asks them to try to contact her dead son, things take on a highly unexpcted twist.

About Barry Pain

Barry Eric Odell Pain (1864–1928) was an English journalist, poet, humorist, and writer. Born in Cambridge, he was educated at Sedbergh School, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was a prominent contributor to The Granta magazine and is chiefly known as a writer of parody and lightly humorous stories.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on October 05, 2022

A book in which one of the best selling, if not the best selling Christian writer of the Twentieth Century, C.S. Lewis shares his thoughts and rationale on 'miracles' founded on the idea that Christians should not only believe and honour miracles, but should rejoice in these 'supernatural' works exe......more

Goodreads review by Tim on May 25, 2010

My inveterate hatred of magazines began during my sophomore year of college. I was at a friend's apartment, waiting for him to get out of the shower, when I noticed a TIME magazine on his coffee table. It had a big picture of Jesus on it, with the headline "What Do We Really Know About Jesus?" At the......more

Goodreads review by Manny on September 24, 2014

Most people here on Goodreads will have had the experience of meeting an intelligent, witty, well-informed person who holds views that you absolutely do not agree with, but who defends them with imagination and force. This can often lead to extraordinarily enjoyable discussions, even if, at the end,......more

Goodreads review by Ross on December 20, 2021

C.S. Lewis is best known for his Chronicles of Narnia children's book series, but still holds immense sway in the Christian community for his theological writings. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say, 58 years after his death (he died on the same day as JFK), that Lewis ranks chief among Apolo......more

Goodreads review by Old Dog on March 06, 2023

Coming back to Lewis is like coming back to your own bed after a long trip. His prose is comfortable and familiar, and his reasoning is sound. Miracles is an incredibly well thought out argument for not only the existence of miracles, but also the existence of God, as well as a rebuttal of the natur......more