morsbookishbrew 's review for:

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

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I was gifted this book by my pastor as a graduation present. Where I absolutely loved this book and read it in nine (9) days, I can definitely see why someone would rate it lower than I would. This book given great evidence that can be used to defend the faith. However, I don't think that a nonbeliever would pick up this book. The beginning of the book in presented in a very objective, journalistic way. However, as the book progresses you can absolutely see when and where Strobel starts to change his view from a cold, skeptic of Christianity to a believer. As a Christian my story is a very personal one and I can see why that would be important; however, it is brought into the book too soon and I think it gets in the way of the objectiveness of it. In the conclusion when Strobel talks about his own personal spiritual journey and how the evidence affected him would have been enough., but that's not the only place it appears. After chapter six, you can tell how soft the arguments against the evidence get, and I think that is due to the change in heart not because there aren't bigger and harder arguments out there.