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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
404 reviews for:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.94 AVERAGE
By no means academically sound, but a good journalistic approach to apologetics, albeit one-sided.
It would have been 3 stars but it's super-condescending. It claims to offer a fair investigation, but it's a one-sided affair. Which would have been fine, if that had been addressed honestly. I think that if you pick up and read a book with a title like The Case for Christ, you probably have an open mind to Christianity, so it was all the more disappointing that this wasn't well-done. I wish a super-intelligent and fair-minded Christian such as Marylynne Robinson would write a nonfiction book about Christianity. (She hasn't has she?) Does anyone know of a book like that to recommend?
The reason I did like it is because it presents an attempt at proving the events of the New Testament. Strobel at least makes a good argument that it's not insane to believe that this happened. But despite his constant self-congratulating in the book, he doesn't make a good argument that it's highly logical based on the evidence. The reasoning is very unclear in a number of places. That he doesn't acknowledge the problems and counter arguments of some of the more important topics particularly weakens the entire structure of his argument. His house has an excellent roof on a very poor foundation.
If anything, this book made me aware of some cogent-sounding counterarguments to Christianity of which I was not previously aware. However, the more logical the counter-argument, the less time Strobel spends addressing it with any seriousness.
For me, reading about physics has taken me further in believing in difficult-to-believe phenomena than this book has.
The reason I did like it is because it presents an attempt at proving the events of the New Testament. Strobel at least makes a good argument that it's not insane to believe that this happened. But despite his constant self-congratulating in the book, he doesn't make a good argument that it's highly logical based on the evidence. The reasoning is very unclear in a number of places. That he doesn't acknowledge the problems and counter arguments of some of the more important topics particularly weakens the entire structure of his argument. His house has an excellent roof on a very poor foundation.
If anything, this book made me aware of some cogent-sounding counterarguments to Christianity of which I was not previously aware. However, the more logical the counter-argument, the less time Strobel spends addressing it with any seriousness.
For me, reading about physics has taken me further in believing in difficult-to-believe phenomena than this book has.
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This is an amazing book to read during Lent! I wasn't doubting my faith, but I wanted to have answers ready if anyone ever challenged my beliefs. I feel like I have those answers now! This book definitely made my faith in Christ even stronger. So whether you currently believe in Christ or not, I definitely recommend this book!