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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.93 AVERAGE
391 reviews for:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.93 AVERAGE
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A excellent book for everyone, the doubters, the curious and those already strong in their faith.
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Book review: The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel
Topic: An atheist journalist goes on a quest to research (or rather disprove) Jesus because his wife had surrendered her life to Christ.
Who it may interest: Anyone wanting to have some apologetics in their tool belt or anyone wrestling with the question, is the Bible real…was Jesus really all he said he was.
Helpfulness: As I read through all the ways Jesus is explained away I was hit with a thought: it seems to take more faith to believe the ways Jesus is explained away than simply believing in him. The arguments against and the case for was laid out and written in a very understandable way. At the end of the book he summarizes all the arguments for one final overview.
Ease of reading: Medium-hard. It takes some thinking power to process all the evidence and findings. The author does really good at prefacing each new topic with examples of cases from court he has studied and written pieces on. It brings the validity and reason for the evidence he’s showing for Christ into a much easier way to understand because he has related it to something understandable to modern day minds.
Main takeaway: There is overwhelming evidence that supports the Bible is true and who Jesus says he is. I really walked away thinking wow—it would take more faith to believe the arguments against Jesus.
Extra thoughts: The more I study history, the more I see God at work. As I read this book I couldn’t help but see how interweaved and important history is in the case for Christ. People can brush Christianity off as good feelings, or a crutch, or a myth…but I wonder if they have ever studied the history of it all. My faith didn’t need The Case for Christ, but it was strengthened by it. It gives me a much clearer understanding on why I believe what I believe in the face of all the critiques of today. I loved that the perspective of this was a journalist who had whiteness countless cases in court in his life. He makes the statement at the end of the book as he was processing the evidence for Christ: “I had seen defendants carted off to the death chamber on much less convincing proof”.
I think this can be a very beneficial read for many people!
Topic: An atheist journalist goes on a quest to research (or rather disprove) Jesus because his wife had surrendered her life to Christ.
Who it may interest: Anyone wanting to have some apologetics in their tool belt or anyone wrestling with the question, is the Bible real…was Jesus really all he said he was.
Helpfulness: As I read through all the ways Jesus is explained away I was hit with a thought: it seems to take more faith to believe the ways Jesus is explained away than simply believing in him. The arguments against and the case for was laid out and written in a very understandable way. At the end of the book he summarizes all the arguments for one final overview.
Ease of reading: Medium-hard. It takes some thinking power to process all the evidence and findings. The author does really good at prefacing each new topic with examples of cases from court he has studied and written pieces on. It brings the validity and reason for the evidence he’s showing for Christ into a much easier way to understand because he has related it to something understandable to modern day minds.
Main takeaway: There is overwhelming evidence that supports the Bible is true and who Jesus says he is. I really walked away thinking wow—it would take more faith to believe the arguments against Jesus.
Extra thoughts: The more I study history, the more I see God at work. As I read this book I couldn’t help but see how interweaved and important history is in the case for Christ. People can brush Christianity off as good feelings, or a crutch, or a myth…but I wonder if they have ever studied the history of it all. My faith didn’t need The Case for Christ, but it was strengthened by it. It gives me a much clearer understanding on why I believe what I believe in the face of all the critiques of today. I loved that the perspective of this was a journalist who had whiteness countless cases in court in his life. He makes the statement at the end of the book as he was processing the evidence for Christ: “I had seen defendants carted off to the death chamber on much less convincing proof”.
I think this can be a very beneficial read for many people!
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I think these kind of books are for a very specific audience, which is ironic since this is the type of book to be recommended to people who are NOT that. If you are already are a Christian evangelical who has an interest in apologetics, this book is for you. I, as a person who has started to dip my toe back into spiritually after being a hard line atheist for a decade, am not that audience. Would much rather spend my time reading from Bible scholars directly to explore theology than this.
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I was hoping for a more two sided argument, but the book seemingly just lays out softball questions to Christian Apologists. Asides from a few half hearted at best: "hey some people say, there doesn't seem to be any serious time given to really understand any counter arguments. So I think this seems to be a book written for firm believers, and I'm not sure how it will win any converts. If winning over skeptics was a goal then I don't think this is a strong book for the task. I think this book mainly serves to try to iron out some relatively minor details that Christians may be contemplating because a lot of the arguments are based on the belief that much of what is recorded is true and to be believed so the bible is often cited as source. I suppose this logic is OK if that premise is used since this is not "The Case For Christianity" or "The Case For the Bible" but really to believe much of the arguments here, one has to have a firm belief that what is written in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John largely a true and an accurate account of actually historical events.
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