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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
Very detailed and meticulous. Strobel gives the reader the opportunity to hear details and facts, as well as arguments for and against Christianity and encourage them to draw their conclusions. A good read that I’m sure I’ll revisit
This was a really interesting book with a few flaws. Strobel conducts a series of interviews with relevant professionals (historians, linguists, forensic scientists, psychologists, Biblical scholars) and asks them the questions frequently brought against Christ and Christianity.
A lot of the interview conclusions follow the pattern of: (1) Strobel asks incredibly broad question (e.g. "Did Christians take messianic prophecies out of context and misinterpret them?"), (2) Expert replies with a yes/no answer citing decades of their research, yet without including specifics (e.g. "I've looked at each objection individually, researching the context and wording in the original language, and every single time the prophecies stand up.") (3) Followed by the obligatory, "But don't take my word for it, research for yourself."
Well, that's why I got this book; because I thought it would be a stepping stone in researching "for myself," but I'm not finding much detail. Though it is very digestible and covers many topics, I'd prefer to go more in-depth as some of the arguments felt rushed and don't hold up to critical thinking or decent counter-argument.
For example: when discussing the prophecies from the Jewish Old Testament that Jesus fulfilled, some speculate that Jesus intentionally fulfilled prophecies by maneuvering his life to do so. E.g. He could have read that the Messiah would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, and then arranged to do just that. [a:Lee Strobel|639|Lee Strobel|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1277297621p2/639.jpg]'s coup de grâce is "How could Jesus have planned for his birth?" It doesn't take a genius to suggest that maybe Jesus didn't plan for his birth, he just knew the scriptures well enough to realize his birth lined up with the prophesied time and went from there. Okay, now that argument is back on the table, but we're onto the next chapter already. Lots of the exchanges ended this way.
This book is a good jumping off point for someone interested in this topic. It will identify more areas to research. I've heard [b:Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Anglicized): Life-Changing Truth for a Sceptical World|36848749|Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Anglicized) Life-Changing Truth for a Sceptical World|Josh McDowell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1512353720l/36848749._SX50_.jpg|58617128] is an encyclopedia on the subject for those who want to dive deeper.
A lot of the interview conclusions follow the pattern of: (1) Strobel asks incredibly broad question (e.g. "Did Christians take messianic prophecies out of context and misinterpret them?"), (2) Expert replies with a yes/no answer citing decades of their research, yet without including specifics (e.g. "I've looked at each objection individually, researching the context and wording in the original language, and every single time the prophecies stand up.") (3) Followed by the obligatory, "But don't take my word for it, research for yourself."
Well, that's why I got this book; because I thought it would be a stepping stone in researching "for myself," but I'm not finding much detail. Though it is very digestible and covers many topics, I'd prefer to go more in-depth as some of the arguments felt rushed and don't hold up to critical thinking or decent counter-argument.
For example: when discussing the prophecies from the Jewish Old Testament that Jesus fulfilled, some speculate that Jesus intentionally fulfilled prophecies by maneuvering his life to do so. E.g. He could have read that the Messiah would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, and then arranged to do just that. [a:Lee Strobel|639|Lee Strobel|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1277297621p2/639.jpg]'s coup de grâce is "How could Jesus have planned for his birth?" It doesn't take a genius to suggest that maybe Jesus didn't plan for his birth, he just knew the scriptures well enough to realize his birth lined up with the prophesied time and went from there. Okay, now that argument is back on the table, but we're onto the next chapter already. Lots of the exchanges ended this way.
This book is a good jumping off point for someone interested in this topic. It will identify more areas to research. I've heard [b:Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Anglicized): Life-Changing Truth for a Sceptical World|36848749|Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Anglicized) Life-Changing Truth for a Sceptical World|Josh McDowell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1512353720l/36848749._SX50_.jpg|58617128] is an encyclopedia on the subject for those who want to dive deeper.
This book was full of false "facts", untruths, lies, and logical fallacies like red herrings and the strawman. I don't know if it's the author or who he talked to but the argument presented is designed to misguided people into believing something is factual when it's not.
This book was horrible. I think that the only redeeming quality of this book was that I took the opportunity to write my personal testimony of Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for us. As I was reading I kept repeating the eighth Article of Faith: "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly. We also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God." Strobel does not like Mormons anyway and makes the abundantly clear in this book. He does not come to this book with the First Principles and ordinances of the gospel which are Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Repentance, Baptism by immersion and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. I feel that he was trying to prove his translation of the Bible was correct, when everyone should know that there was a time delay from the writing of the scriptural canon until the compilation of the Bible. No one can prove when the Gospels was written from our Bible. Lee Strobel needs to read the word of God, search, ponder and pray to His Father in Heaven that someone will come and teach him the truth of all things. This book irritated me very much.
Very well-researched with interesting food for thought.
As someone who’s faith has been described as 2+2=? (As opposed to 2+2=4 in which 4 represents whatever religious doctrine you ascribe to), this book just turned my ? into ???. I can understand and appreciate the validity of the argument for Jesus existing and being who he says he is, but it just makes me question the validity of the rest of the 4s out there. It also frustrates me that all of the scholars that Strobel speaks with a) have their education grounded in theology and divinity to some degree and b) none of them had their faith “shaken” so to speak, by their research - they all had their faith reaffirmed and strengthened. Strobel also makes reference to all of the skeptics and draws from their works to make his arguments, but never actually speaks with one (conducting the base interviews as a skeptic does not count because he cannot claim to be an “expert” skeptic).
"We ourselves- and not merely the truth claims- are at stake in this investigation."
I liked how this book presented facts and a good narrative. It's a very interesting read.