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The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
Lee Strobel
3.84 AVERAGE
62 reviews for:
The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
Lee Strobel
3.84 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I think this is a must read for people of all Christian faiths. There are some great insights as to how some of the biggest obstacles to us being Christian are misconceptions. I didn't care for the one paragraph that was not a fan of Mormonism, but to each his own. The rest of the book is so spiritual that it more than makes up for it. And I have to say, the section about Hell was so completely enlightening. I had NO IDEA what the real concept of the place was until I read that chapter. This book is awesomeness in book form! :-)
"Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist."
disclaimer: i will not be rating this book, as i have not rated any other religious books, because i don't feel comfortable rating the range of someone else's beliefs based on my own views of the world and the Word itself.
lee strobel did it again. the case for Faith is as important as the case for Christ, but i have to admit it's harder to read. that's not a bad thing at all, though. it was meant to be like that, if we're asking hard questions. as far as being able to draw the best conclusions from each specialist goes, i believe this book did a very good job at it. overall, it's a tough but extremely well-done analysis, and the way strobel discovered his own faith through the things he learned is very inspiring to see. i'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's interested in the subject!
disclaimer: i will not be rating this book, as i have not rated any other religious books, because i don't feel comfortable rating the range of someone else's beliefs based on my own views of the world and the Word itself.
lee strobel did it again. the case for Faith is as important as the case for Christ, but i have to admit it's harder to read. that's not a bad thing at all, though. it was meant to be like that, if we're asking hard questions. as far as being able to draw the best conclusions from each specialist goes, i believe this book did a very good job at it. overall, it's a tough but extremely well-done analysis, and the way strobel discovered his own faith through the things he learned is very inspiring to see. i'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's interested in the subject!
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
A coworker gave me this book after a discussion on faith. He is a Christian and I’d shared that I had a lot of skepticism about Christianity.
There are interesting points that gave me a lot to think about, but it felt sensationalized like a piece on Fox News or MSNBC. That’s perhaps comforting for a Christian using this book to reinforce their faith.
It’s unfortunate for someone like me who is curious and exploring. These moments kept bringing my guard up. For that reason, I read about a third of the book 3+ years ago and put it on the shelf. I picked it up this week and pushed through.
I am glad I read it.
There are interesting points that gave me a lot to think about, but it felt sensationalized like a piece on Fox News or MSNBC. That’s perhaps comforting for a Christian using this book to reinforce their faith.
It’s unfortunate for someone like me who is curious and exploring. These moments kept bringing my guard up. For that reason, I read about a third of the book 3+ years ago and put it on the shelf. I picked it up this week and pushed through.
I am glad I read it.
It took me a while to get through because I kept starting other books. In fact, I picked it up because I was bored.
It really wasn't bad. The arguments convinced me, although I probably wouldn't be able to tell you them. I just know I'm convinced. (That really sounds like Theoden. But I don't care, it really did convince me.)
I'd recommend this if you're a Christian or a skeptic. Or even heartily atheist.
It really wasn't bad. The arguments convinced me, although I probably wouldn't be able to tell you them. I just know I'm convinced. (That really sounds like Theoden. But I don't care, it really did convince me.)
I'd recommend this if you're a Christian or a skeptic. Or even heartily atheist.
informative
mysterious
reflective
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I hesitate to shelve this as complete idiocy, but that shelf was really created for my own personal cataloging of books I did not enjoy, and this book falls into that heading without question.
The problem here is that Strobel hasn't evolved at all in his arguments, style, or writing ability since the first book in his "The Case For" series. The Case For Faith actually borrows directly from one of the chapters in The Case For Christ in order to set itself up, and immediately falls prey to the same tropes and literary devices that I found issue with in the first book.
While in this book, Strobel is up front about his former book having been written years after his conversion, he does his best to hide the fact that this book was written well after the first one. Perhaps he did use interviews conducted at the same time for this book, but he does his best to pretend that Christ and Faith were written together.
Faith continues to lean on Strobel's simplistic and overly-narrative prose. This is a theology book, not a novel, and I don't appreciate interjections such as "I laughed at the story," or "I slammed my palm down onto the desk," particularly not in the middle of what should be a transcription of an interview. These literary interjections are distracting, juvenile, and misleading about what Strobel believes. I think they're meant to convey his commitment to the "devil's advocate" role, but what they do is make me doubt the veracity of the claims of his interviewees. If Strobel is being overly dramatic and (in my opinion) behaving foolishly and unprofessionally, then why should I believe the theologians and authorities he consults? Or, conversely, if Strobel is taking an artistic license with how the interview happened, why should I believe that he's properly understood and transmitted the theologians' arguments and thoughts to the readers of his books?
Something I noticed this time that I hadn't with the last, is that Strobel almost never quotes scripture. If his interviewee does, he'll leave that in, but he never cites passages himself. He also never cites outside sources to back up his or his interviewee's claims. He never presents evidence or statistics or cites his sources when he quotes a figure (for example, one of the most egregious, glaring failures to do this comes early on in the first chapter of the book, where Kreeft claims that 90% of the total population of the world to date has been Christian--or seems to do so, I'm guessing that's probably not what he meant but how would I know? Strobel certainly doesn't seem to care about keeping his facts understandable, let alone believable.
I think what most disappoints me about this book is that Strobel has clearly learned nothing about writing since finishing his first book. He would be better served writing novels than theological texts. Please do not ever read this man's books. If you need a book that takes you through basic Christian doctrines on a readable, understandable level, read Charles Coulson's The Faith--it does a much better, more understandable, more theologically sound job at explaining the basic tenets of Christianity. If you need a book about proving Christ exists, read Who Moved The Stone? by Frank Morrison. Technically it's more about the Resurrection than Jesus' existence, but it still does a better job of proving Christ actually lived than The Case for Christianity does.
The problem here is that Strobel hasn't evolved at all in his arguments, style, or writing ability since the first book in his "The Case For" series. The Case For Faith actually borrows directly from one of the chapters in The Case For Christ in order to set itself up, and immediately falls prey to the same tropes and literary devices that I found issue with in the first book.
While in this book, Strobel is up front about his former book having been written years after his conversion, he does his best to hide the fact that this book was written well after the first one. Perhaps he did use interviews conducted at the same time for this book, but he does his best to pretend that Christ and Faith were written together.
Faith continues to lean on Strobel's simplistic and overly-narrative prose. This is a theology book, not a novel, and I don't appreciate interjections such as "I laughed at the story," or "I slammed my palm down onto the desk," particularly not in the middle of what should be a transcription of an interview. These literary interjections are distracting, juvenile, and misleading about what Strobel believes. I think they're meant to convey his commitment to the "devil's advocate" role, but what they do is make me doubt the veracity of the claims of his interviewees. If Strobel is being overly dramatic and (in my opinion) behaving foolishly and unprofessionally, then why should I believe the theologians and authorities he consults? Or, conversely, if Strobel is taking an artistic license with how the interview happened, why should I believe that he's properly understood and transmitted the theologians' arguments and thoughts to the readers of his books?
Something I noticed this time that I hadn't with the last, is that Strobel almost never quotes scripture. If his interviewee does, he'll leave that in, but he never cites passages himself. He also never cites outside sources to back up his or his interviewee's claims. He never presents evidence or statistics or cites his sources when he quotes a figure (for example, one of the most egregious, glaring failures to do this comes early on in the first chapter of the book, where Kreeft claims that 90% of the total population of the world to date has been Christian--or seems to do so, I'm guessing that's probably not what he meant but how would I know? Strobel certainly doesn't seem to care about keeping his facts understandable, let alone believable.
I think what most disappoints me about this book is that Strobel has clearly learned nothing about writing since finishing his first book. He would be better served writing novels than theological texts. Please do not ever read this man's books. If you need a book that takes you through basic Christian doctrines on a readable, understandable level, read Charles Coulson's The Faith--it does a much better, more understandable, more theologically sound job at explaining the basic tenets of Christianity. If you need a book about proving Christ exists, read Who Moved The Stone? by Frank Morrison. Technically it's more about the Resurrection than Jesus' existence, but it still does a better job of proving Christ actually lived than The Case for Christianity does.
a solid argument of questions that Christians often face