Join Lee Strobel as he retraces his journey from skepticism to faith.
There’s little question that he actually lived. But miracles? Rising from the dead? Some of the stories you hear about him sound like just that...stories. A reasonable person would never believe them, let alone the claim that he’s the only way to God!
But a reasonable person would also make sure that he or she understood the facts before jumping to conclusions. That’s why Lee Strobel - an award-winning legal journalist with a knack for asking tough questions - decided to investigate Jesus for himself. An atheist, Strobel felt certain his findings would bring Christianity’s claims about Jesus tumbling down like a house of cards.
He was in for the surprise of his life. Join him as he retraces his journey from skepticism to faith. You’ll consult expert testimony as you sift through the truths that history, science, psychiatry, literature, and religion reveal. Like Strobel, you’ll be amazed at the evidence - how much there is, how strong it is, and what it says.
The facts are in. What will your verdict be in the Case for Christ?
Introduction
1. What's Wrong with Me?
Part One: Who is this Jesus?
2. Did Jesus really think he was God?
Christianity: A religion of intolerance
3. Was Jesus crazy to claim to be God?
4. Did Jesus match the identity of the Messiah?
Living and forgiving like God
Part Two: How reliable is the information about Christ?
5. Can you trust Christ's biographies?
6. Is there a case for Christ outside the Bible?
Jesus and slavery
Part Three: Can a dead man come back to life?
7. Did Jesus fake his death?
8. What happened to the body?
9. What did Jesus do after Easter?
Conclusion: So what?
| Age range: | 14+ |
|---|---|
| Contributors | Lee Strobel |
| ISBN | 9780310745648 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | June 2014 |
| Dimensions | 147mm x 228mm x 9mm |
| Weight | 0.12 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 115 |
| Publisher | Zondervan |
This is a short book of only four chapters long that we gave away to the parents at our parent and toddler group last Christmas. The author is a legal journalist and this comes through in the writing. It vaguely resembles the old Philip Marlowe style private eye films the way he documents his journey to faith in Christ which serves to make it a very readable book.
The big question he seeks to answer is the question of who the child in the manger was. He goes about doing this by interviewing a series of experts in different fields to answer his questions. It’s like they are a series of witnesses taking the stand to give their expert testimony. I particularly found the penultimate chapter quite powerful where Louis S. Lapides shares his own personal journey from his Jewish background to faith in Jesus as the Jewish Messiah.
It comes as no shock the author shares that his investigation led him to become convinced and accepted Jesus as God incarnate and became a Christian.
All in all, this is an immensely readable book that I’d recommend for anyone. It would be especially useful for those who are wondering about the veracity of the real Christmas story and what it means.
Importance of Christian defender is giving a answer to those who ask you for a hope that you have
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