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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
395 reviews for:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
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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I appreciate the depth and the effort of including as many facts over opinions as possible. It gave a unique perspective I haven’t been exposed to very often, even as a pastor’s kid. There were a few more conservative opinions that I didn’t agree with and some of the historical information drained me a little bit. Overall, I am glad I read it. It just took me a longer time to read than I thought it would.
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Highly recommend for anyone questioning the Christian faith or current Christians who enjoy digging into the history of the Bible and Jesus' life.
I myself enjoyed the first half better than the last half, but that is likely because I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to archaeological discoveries and old texts.
I myself enjoyed the first half better than the last half, but that is likely because I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to archaeological discoveries and old texts.