The Case For Christ – Book Review

The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel

My reading of this book originated from boredom during the downtime we were getting at work during our slow period. Especially on our late shift where we might not get a job after 6pm, but still with 3 or 4 hours before we can leave. I’d been meaning to put some books in my lockers for such a time. Lee Strobel’s The Case For Christ just happened to be the first off the bench.

The Case For Christ is Lee Strobel’s own journey from scepticism to believing. His background is in legal journalism for a major newspaper in Chicago so he is familiar with the process of analysing evidence. In fact the method he uses to analyse Christianity is similar to what he would use when reporting in the law courts of Chicago. Anecdotes from actual cases on which he has reported gives the reader greater understanding on the content as well as feeling where the author is coming from.

Strobel travelled across America to interview the most respected Christian scholars. These are people that are in charge of Evangelical Schools, have contributed to numerous journals, have written their own works and most interesting to me, they debate atheists just for fun and win comprehensibly.

There are fourteen chapters, each covering a different topic with a different scholar who is especially adept in subject matter. Strobel asks all the sceptical questions he can think of, yet nothing can make his interviewees flinch. Remember these guys take on Atheists for fun so Strobel is a relative walkover.

I found it interesting to hear the sceptics questions and was amazed at the ridiculous stories some people have concocted and actually believe.

It’s a relatively easy read although probably targeted towards non-believers, as there are questions for reflection and discussion at the end of each chapter.

It’s also pretty cheap, only $7 at your local Koorong or Word