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The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection
Lee Strobel
3.92 AVERAGE
37 reviews for:
The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection
Lee Strobel
3.92 AVERAGE
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I was really hoping to be convinced, but this book was a disappointment—it’s just one big circular argument. Strobel’s “evidence” is the Bible and a small set of biased biblical scholars (that most other scholars would disagree with).
This book would be more compelling from someone who isn’t already biased and who can present arguments from various perspectives.
Strobel will convince no one the resurrection occurred unless you believe the Bible to be an infallible and accurate historical resource. Strobel fails to recognize The New Testament was likely authored 60-100 years after Jesus’s time, 60-100 years of oral tradition and its changes, which was then written down by people who never knew Jesus.
“How can I make this fit into my already existing narrative?” is not critical thinking and not a legitimate investigation.
This book would be more compelling from someone who isn’t already biased and who can present arguments from various perspectives.
Strobel will convince no one the resurrection occurred unless you believe the Bible to be an infallible and accurate historical resource. Strobel fails to recognize The New Testament was likely authored 60-100 years after Jesus’s time, 60-100 years of oral tradition and its changes, which was then written down by people who never knew Jesus.
“How can I make this fit into my already existing narrative?” is not critical thinking and not a legitimate investigation.
challenging
informative
slow-paced
The crucifixion chapter was good. The proof for Jesus’ resurrection is done by taking the rest of the bible as fact and analysing other quotes from it to show that the resurrection must have happened. I don’t quite understand how you can use one part of the bible to prove that another part is true when they’re both written about with the same level of accuracy (which, if you’re an atheist, is very low). The whole thing can be disputed by just saying ‘I don’t think God is real and therefore cannot have raised Jesus from the dead, so someone must have been mistaken in their account of the time’, which is entirely plausible.
However, I do think that a Christian who already believes in the New Testament and wants to believe in the resurrection, but is struggling to, would find this useful (or make them question their entire belief system).
However, I do think that a Christian who already believes in the New Testament and wants to believe in the resurrection, but is struggling to, would find this useful (or make them question their entire belief system).
This is a quick read since it is only 3 chapters long. I truly enjoyed it. I feel like it is something I can use to strengthen the way I tell others about Jesus. Especially those who are skeptical.
This was a "give-away" at church on Easter. I read Strobel's "The Case for Christ" years ago. Quick read-only 90 pages, but full of great arguments for the resurrection.
"How credible is the evidence for, and against, the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Focusing his award-winning skills as a legal journalist on history's most compelling enigma, Lee Strobel retraces the startling findings that led him from atheism to belief in the biblical New Testament story."
"How credible is the evidence for, and against, the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Focusing his award-winning skills as a legal journalist on history's most compelling enigma, Lee Strobel retraces the startling findings that led him from atheism to belief in the biblical New Testament story."
This is a great little book that explores many of the arguments for/against the resurrection of Jesus, from the perspective of a genuine skeptic. Well worth the short time it takes to read.
This small book is an excellent look at the death, resurrection and appearance of our Lord. With the Easter season upon us, this is a great reminder of the meaning of Easter. I higly recommend this book.
That one star is for the interesting details about what the body goes through during crucifixion in chapter 2. This tries to present evidence to validate the resurrection of Christ, but other than the interesting anatomical presentation, the rest is just quoting the bible as fact. For those of us who see the bible as allegoric tales, this does little to change minds. This was given to me, along with its longer cousin (The Case for Christ) by my father's priest in an attempt to convince me. This is the second a steady stream of books (currently 3 more sit on my shelf) that has done the opposite. If you're trying to convert someone, I can't recommend this. If you're looking for proof that Christ rose again, I also can't recommend this.
A fairly straightforward and short book. I read it in about an hour and a half.
Strobel sets out to, according to the back cover, "retrace the startling findings that led him from atheism to belief". Strobel is quite clear that he wasn't an atheist who was then converted to Christianity as he conducted the interviews. This is also evident from how the interviews are conducted. Few rebuttals to the pro-resurrection arguments are given by Strobel.
The actual core of the book - the arguments which use historical evidence to argue for the resurrection - is very fluidly written. While none of these arguments are particularly radical (certainly not to anybody familiar with Christian apologetics), their eloquent discussion will likely make the book useful to those more familiar with the arguments, while not being too technical or scholarly for those trying to understand the details for the first time.
Criticisms that the book focuses more on the credibility of those interviewed than their actual points are somewhat unfounded. An introduction is given to each of the interviewees to establish that they're not 12-year-old internet trolls, or what have you. Although I am unfamiliar with the first and third interviewees, I have heard William Lane Craig's name before. William Lane Craig is not just some guy who's published a couple of books. The bulk of the book is taken up by the actual interviews conducted by Strobel.
Either way, dismissing an argument based on who said it is not a very clever thing to do (look up ad hominem).
What I will say is that there is some filler, particularly at the start of each chapter. Strobel uses modern examples in journalism to introduce each chapter, which I find perfectly acceptable a thing to do: they provide variety and give some context. However, his introduction to the setting of each interview felt excessive: I didn't need to know the colour of the academic's socks, or the names of the hockey players on his wall!
As other reviewers have mentioned, he does remind the reader that he is an "atheist turned Christian" perhaps one too many times. Although I was already familiar with most of the arguments and rebuttals, I wondered if perhaps Strobel was using all the strongest arguments there were against Christianity. Featuring interviews with atheists or skeptics would have calmed any fears of bias; they would have also made the book much longer than it needed to be. Remember that the author is a Christian: any points brought up by atheists would just end up being refuted, anyway!
These criticisms do not, however, damage the core of this book: a set of incredibly strongly-argued points in support of the core of Christianity. Highly recommended.
Strobel sets out to, according to the back cover, "retrace the startling findings that led him from atheism to belief". Strobel is quite clear that he wasn't an atheist who was then converted to Christianity as he conducted the interviews. This is also evident from how the interviews are conducted. Few rebuttals to the pro-resurrection arguments are given by Strobel.
The actual core of the book - the arguments which use historical evidence to argue for the resurrection - is very fluidly written. While none of these arguments are particularly radical (certainly not to anybody familiar with Christian apologetics), their eloquent discussion will likely make the book useful to those more familiar with the arguments, while not being too technical or scholarly for those trying to understand the details for the first time.
Criticisms that the book focuses more on the credibility of those interviewed than their actual points are somewhat unfounded. An introduction is given to each of the interviewees to establish that they're not 12-year-old internet trolls, or what have you. Although I am unfamiliar with the first and third interviewees, I have heard William Lane Craig's name before. William Lane Craig is not just some guy who's published a couple of books. The bulk of the book is taken up by the actual interviews conducted by Strobel.
Either way, dismissing an argument based on who said it is not a very clever thing to do (look up ad hominem).
What I will say is that there is some filler, particularly at the start of each chapter. Strobel uses modern examples in journalism to introduce each chapter, which I find perfectly acceptable a thing to do: they provide variety and give some context. However, his introduction to the setting of each interview felt excessive: I didn't need to know the colour of the academic's socks, or the names of the hockey players on his wall!
As other reviewers have mentioned, he does remind the reader that he is an "atheist turned Christian" perhaps one too many times. Although I was already familiar with most of the arguments and rebuttals, I wondered if perhaps Strobel was using all the strongest arguments there were against Christianity. Featuring interviews with atheists or skeptics would have calmed any fears of bias; they would have also made the book much longer than it needed to be. Remember that the author is a Christian: any points brought up by atheists would just end up being refuted, anyway!
These criticisms do not, however, damage the core of this book: a set of incredibly strongly-argued points in support of the core of Christianity. Highly recommended.