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Case for Faith, The

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This book answers some challenging questions about Christianity and I appreciate the author's approach in addressing them.

Great discussion on the use of Science to demonstrate how it takes more faith to think all creation is random than that is came froma big bang of creation.

I purchased this book and my husband and I read it. I loaned it to a friend who is also a minister and when he gave it back, he stated he was going to order it for his collection so I gave it to him. Then, later on, my husband wanted to read it again so I ordered it for him. It is worth reading over and over.

In this book, The Case for Faith, Lee Strobel challenges the utmost experts to defend Christianity from the burning questions that inhibit spiritual seekers and strong Christians alike from going the next step spiritually. The discussions are clearly recorded and organized to enable the reader to elicit questions to challenge their own opinions. By admitting the struggles that people face in putting their trust in God, Strobel's book enables the reader to deal with doubt rather then wonder in uncertainty.

Lee Strobel was a journalist and former atheist who converted to Christianity. In his book "The Case for Faith" he askes Christian scholars and philosiphers eight major objections many Christians face in the world. These include topics such as pain, doubt, evolution, the eternity of hell, intolerance, and the character of God (why would He order violence). Naturally, the title itself implies that the book is in favor of faith so it is not being dishonest in that regard. Also, readers should not think that this is going to be some sort of scholarlly masterpiece taking on every objection because it isn't. So, why is it a worthy read?
First of all, Strobel is a talented author and the book has a nice flow to it. "The Case For Faith" like "The Case For Christ" is a good introduction to Christian apologetics and some of the people featured have written very good books themselves. Okay, but what about the interviews themselves. Strobel plays devil's advocate to create some opposition. Could he have been more intense? Almost certainly, though once again this is not meant to be the most detailed apopogetics book in the world. I thought the chapter on evolution was the weakest as Strobel's books often focus too much on intelligent design. I wish he would have interviewed a Christian evolutionist such as Francis Collins, Kenneth Miller, or Robert T. Bakker. Most of the rest of the book is quite good. Kreeft, Geisler, Zacharias, Woodbridge, and the others make some good points. Sometimes there arguements are better than others and I don't always agree with them. That said, this is a book which offers some interesting perspectives on important topics and has the power to get one thinking. Overall, a worthwhile read that I would recommend especially to those just getting in to Christian apologetics and young readers in particular. Just don't expect it to solve every question you have.

This book failed to convince me of anything. I perceived it be largely circular reasoning based on unsupported assumption, and full of judgments about people who either do not believe in Jesus as the son of God or who are atheists.

This is billed as a critical, rational examination of Christianity. However, it is riddled with specious logic, poorly supported arguments, tons of assumptions and ignorant statements about other religions. If you are a Christian and are looking for a rah rah book to justify your faith, this is for you. If you are looking for a critical unbiased examination of Christianity. go elsewhere.