Strobel challenges them with questions like How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible? Is there any reason to believe the resurrection was an actual event? Strobel?s tough, point-blank questions make this Gold Medallion-winning book read like a captivating, fast-paced novel. But it?s not fiction. It?s a riveting quest for the truth about history?s most compelling figure. What will your verdict be in The Case for Christ?
^Lee StrobelThe Case for Christ : A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel (1998, Trade Paperback)ISBN 9780310209300 (revised Apr 2021)
^Lee Strobel, New York Times Bestselling Author (2015). Case for Christ : A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus, Zondervan Publishing. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780310209300 (revised Nov 2023)
^Lee Strobel (1998). The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus, Zondervan. Amazon. ISBN 9780310209300 (revised Feb 2015)
This book offers a "Cliff Notes" like approach in that it condenses the work of many leading Christian scholars into an easy to read format. It is a case FOR Christ, not a true courtroom "hear both sides of the issue" book.Some other reviewers disliked the lack of 2-sided arguments (there are no interviews w/leading atheists and/or Jesus Seminar thinkers). Being that the title is the case FOR Christ, I did not hold this expectation and was not bothered by this. However, as a staunch skeptic who was not rais..
I read this book a couple of years ago, when I considered myself a skeptic. Now, I consider myself a Christian. This book is not what convinced me.If you read the reviews, they are very telling. All the Christians love the book, all the skeptics (whether they be atheist, agnostic, secular humanist, or whatever) hate the book. Everyone is biased; it is impossible not to be. People come into a situation with preconceived notions, and will believe what they want to believe, even when presented with facts ..
Like many American Christians, I was brought to church most Sundays and endured countless sermons and lessons. Despite this seemingly rich education on Christian principles, I never was exposed to a lesson or class on the existence of God; God's existence was assumed as fact. As I matured into my twenties and went to college, the existance of God was no longer taken for granted. I encountered many agnostics and atheists among my many college professors. The net result of their influence was to question my f..
