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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
403 reviews for:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
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challenging
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This book relied on straw man arguments to make its "case." As someone who came to Christ as an adult, I found the book to be pretty hollow. None of the "common objections" debunked in the book were anything I ever entertained. I believe this book does a good job of presenting ineffective, textbook apologetics rather than either giving the nonbeliever a reason to believer or giving the committed believer effective tools to present the basis of their faith.
Wow! This book is a fantastic, comprehensive dive into the murky waters of skeptics’ most pressing objections to Christianity’s central claims. A must-read for those who are willing to have their worldview shaken.
Pretty good. I'm convinced that it happened, still not convinced of the whole God thing. But I'm still searching and hopefully I'll find the rest of the answers I'm looking for. He was a little wordy with the descriptions of the people, trying to explain why they were credible sources but I could've done without like 20% of their descriptions.
This was a very interesting book and I thank my friend, Suzy, for lending it to me. Let me start by saying that I am not a believer and this book didn't change that. It did however make me acknowledge that JC was more than likely real and that he was probably a kick-ass preacher.
A couple of things threw me off here. The first was when it says the criteria for a gospel is that the book has to be based on apostolic testimony. Mark is fine because he worked for Peter who, obviously, was there. Luke on the other hand got his info from Paul, who never met the man. Also, for a Jew to say he never heard the Messiah stories while at Hebrew school is ridiculous. The majority of my friends are Jews and they have all heard that story.
I don't think this book was really much of a search as the author never cited the contradictory texts, he just glossed over them.
For a believer it will be a testimony for someone like me, it was an interesting read.
A couple of things threw me off here. The first was when it says the criteria for a gospel is that the book has to be based on apostolic testimony. Mark is fine because he worked for Peter who, obviously, was there. Luke on the other hand got his info from Paul, who never met the man. Also, for a Jew to say he never heard the Messiah stories while at Hebrew school is ridiculous. The majority of my friends are Jews and they have all heard that story.
I don't think this book was really much of a search as the author never cited the contradictory texts, he just glossed over them.
For a believer it will be a testimony for someone like me, it was an interesting read.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
I DNF'd this book, and while I don't rate books I DNF, I accidentally clicked the stars and we all know how glitchy Goodreads is, so apparently it's here to stay.
I am truly surprised at how much I disliked this book. To be clear, I am a born again Christian. I have heard so many people recommend this book as basically the authority on the historicity of Christ. And now I'm wondering...Did they actually read this book? Did we read the same book?
This entire book is in dialogue format with a few random anecdotal stories thrown in. I DNF'd this book solely because the dialogue almost made me lose my mind. I don't want to read 300 pages of random dudes talking. This is not investigative journalism. This is random, dry interviews with no proper sources cited. For anyone wanting to learn about the historicity of Christ, there are many better books out there.
I am truly surprised at how much I disliked this book. To be clear, I am a born again Christian. I have heard so many people recommend this book as basically the authority on the historicity of Christ. And now I'm wondering...Did they actually read this book? Did we read the same book?
This entire book is in dialogue format with a few random anecdotal stories thrown in. I DNF'd this book solely because the dialogue almost made me lose my mind. I don't want to read 300 pages of random dudes talking. This is not investigative journalism. This is random, dry interviews with no proper sources cited. For anyone wanting to learn about the historicity of Christ, there are many better books out there.
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informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I wish that Strobel had been a little more objective in his writing. I think that element of this book diminished its effectivity and I would've appreciated more primary sources and less interviews as well. That being said, Strobel's interviews raised interesting points and ultimately I enjoyed reading it. I think (from the ending) this is not meant to stand alone, but be part of a person's research into the Christian faith.