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398 reviews for:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.93 AVERAGE
398 reviews for:
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Lee Strobel
3.93 AVERAGE
Very factual and insightful. I've been a christian for a year and this book really opened my eyes in a way that nothing else has before. I felt it was a balanced and unbiased review of evidence with no fear of saying where the bible could have downfalls.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I don’t even want to leave a review because I feel talking about religion is taboo just like politics. But, I’m going to anyway. This was recommend to me by a Christian coworker who felt that by reading this book “I’d believe” or convert I guess. The only thing I got from this book was that at the end, the author just appealed to faith. He only interviewed Christians who all had the same beliefs basically. I was expecting counter arguments from non-Christians. Strobel also don’t really present an arguments for anything. He was to quick to accept the explanations. Not to mention, the explanations weren’t really explanations. It was more so just a bunch of hearsay. There wasn’t much of any arguments.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5 stars! This was such an amazing book to read because I had never considered the hard evidence for Jesus being a real person and who He said He was. This didn't necessarily do anything except strengthen my own faith, but it was really cool to read about someone so skeptical approach it in the best way he knew, which was through investigative journalism. I will say there were some points I wish Strobel would have covered more, but, as he mentions in his own interview at the end, there's only so much one book can cover (and he provides plenty of extra reading and notes for furthering your own research).
The writing style in this book just got annoying. I'm not able to pinpoint what it is exactly but, while the reading is easy, it's not enjoyable. Strobel also only interviews people who already are believers. If you want a balanced argument, there are likely better books.
You know a book has made its impact on society when people write books to disprove it . . . and the critics made me want to read it more.
I appreciate the journey Strobel went through to collect this evidence and present it to the reader. I'm a Catholic who has continued to pursue God mostly because of personal experiences with Him, so I could always use some buffing up on apologetics. While I loved the message of the story, I found the format of the presented evidence very boring. This book is 85% dialogue, but if you love that, hey, this book is perfect for you. I really thought I could endure the interviews if the content was thought-provoking, but I craved more description of setting and personality from Strobel about the people he was interviewing. I know most people aren't reading this for those factors, but those are important for me because they would create a more realistic picture and would make me feel like I'm there in the room with them. Therefore, I was reluctant to pick up the book most days.
At the end of the day, I'm glad I read it, and I affirm it's a great option for Christians who want to understand apologetics better. Who knows, maybe Strobel will write "The Case for Catholicism" one day ;)
I appreciate the journey Strobel went through to collect this evidence and present it to the reader. I'm a Catholic who has continued to pursue God mostly because of personal experiences with Him, so I could always use some buffing up on apologetics. While I loved the message of the story, I found the format of the presented evidence very boring. This book is 85% dialogue, but if you love that, hey, this book is perfect for you. I really thought I could endure the interviews if the content was thought-provoking, but I craved more description of setting and personality from Strobel about the people he was interviewing. I know most people aren't reading this for those factors, but those are important for me because they would create a more realistic picture and would make me feel like I'm there in the room with them. Therefore, I was reluctant to pick up the book most days.
At the end of the day, I'm glad I read it, and I affirm it's a great option for Christians who want to understand apologetics better. Who knows, maybe Strobel will write "The Case for Catholicism" one day ;)
While this book provides a wide variety of convincing evidence, the writing itself is very slow and dry.
There are wonderful points and the context is very rich, but it is a difficult book to get through.
There are wonderful points and the context is very rich, but it is a difficult book to get through.
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
As a book it is just pretty good. It is not something that is very fun to read, nor is it slow paced and boring. There are strong arguments presented, particularly on archaeology and historical sources, but the book doesn't make it a priority to attack opposing beliefs as much as it just asks the Christian side to lay out its strongest case. This is not entirely a bad thing, however the book presents itself as something it is not. I believe the book would be more successful if it were to portray itself more as a book for Christians' doubting their own faith, Christians' trying to bolster their faith, and to outsiders trying to see what Christianity has to offer.