The Case for the Real Jesus---Student Edition: A Journalist Investigates Current Challenges to Christianity (Invert) [Paperback]

Lee Strobel (Author), Jane Vogel (Contributor)

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Series: Invert | Publication Date: August 12, 2008

Just about everyone you ask has an opinion about Jesus. Some believe he was the Son of God, while others question his existence altogether. Some believe he lived, but that he was merely a good man. Today, scientists and other people are making statements that can make it difficult to know what to believe. So how can you know who the real Jesus was (and is)---especially when so many people are working to prove him to be a fake or a fraud? That's what Lee Strobel wanted to know. As a former journalist---and a former atheist---Lee went on an investigative journey to discover the real Jesus, one that took him across the continent and into the homes of today's most prominent experts on Christian history. He found all the evidence he needed to believe that the Jesus is indeed the Risen Savior. Join Lee's investigation and discover the truth about Jesus for yourself. After you've seen all the evidence, you'll know for certain who the real Jesus is, and you'll be able to help others know him as well.

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Just about everyone you ask has an opinion about Jesus. Some believe he was the Son of God, while others question his existence altogether. Some believe
he lived, but that he was merely a good man. Today, scientists and other people are making statements that can make it difficult to know what to believe. So how can you know who the real Jesus was (and is)—especially when so many people are working to prove him to be a fake or a fraud? That’s what Lee Strobel wanted to know.

As a former journalist—and a former atheist—Lee went on an investigative journey to discover the real Jesus, one that took him across the continent and
into the homes of today’s most prominent experts on Christian history. He found all the evidence he needed to believe that the Jesus is indeed the Risen Savior.

Join Lee’s investigation and discover the truth about Jesus for yourself. After you’ve seen all the evidence, you’ll know for certain who the real Jesus is, and you’ll be able to help others know him as well. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Lee Strobel is an award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune and a New York Times bestselling author. After years of nonfiction bestsellers, he is publishing his debut fiction novel, a legal thriller. Lee is a Yale Law School graduate, accomplished journalist, and world-renowned speaker. SPANISH BIO: Lee Strobel tiene una licenciatura en periodismo de la Universidad de Missouri y una maestria en estudio de leyes de la Universidad Yale. Fue el galardonado editor legal del periodico Chicago Tribune y esceptico espiritual hasta el ano 1981. Es autor de exitos de ventas del New York Times de casi veinte libros y ha sido entrevistado por numerosos programas nacionales de television, incluyendo 20/20 de la cadena ABC, Fox News y CNN. Cuatro de sus libros han ganado el premio Medalla de oro y uno de ellos fue el ganador del premio Libro cristiano del ano 2005 (el cual escribio junto a Garry Poole). Lee sirvio como pastor de ensenanza en las Iglesias Willow Creek y Saddleback. Ademas, contribuye como editor y columnista de la revista 'Outreach'. el y su esposa, Leslie, residen en Colorado. Para mas informacion, visite: www.leestrobel.com

Jane Vogel, a writer who has been involved in youth ministry for twenty years, wrote The Case for Christ - Student Edition and The Case for Faith - Student Edition with Lee Strobel. She lives with her husband, Steve, and their two children in Winfield, Illinois.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties (August 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031028323X
• ISBN-13: 978-0310283232
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Case for the Real Jesus, July 30, 2011

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This review is from: The Case for the Real Jesus---Student Edition: A Journalist Investigates Current Challenges to Christianity (Invert) (Paperback)

The author, Lee Strobel, a fromer jlurnalist communicates well with his style of writing. He lists six challenges to the Christian view of the historical Jesus.I especially appreciated his arguments based on a common ground of scholarship, which must be respected by his opponents, since he deals on their turf. The tool of inquiry for philosphy, religious as well as non religious has to be human reason. Even in the best cases, the case against the tradional view of the bib-
lical Jesus are conclusions based on probabilities rather than proven facts. An example of that would be the reliability of the Hebrew and Greek documents with their variable readinga by copyists. Those variables don't chamge the essence of their message re the ral Jesus. In the appendix I thought he devasted the poor scholarship of the Jesus Seminar people, who only accept a "spritial" resurrec-
tion of Jesus rather than a physical resurrection. He also shows that this teching was not borrowed and based on pagan myths. He shows how the message of the early Christians concerning Jesus was grounded in verifiable events on the part of reliable witnesses, who are not likely to suffer and die to preserve a lie. One can perceive this in the Apostles Creed (as early as 150 A D.)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great defender of the faith, September 28, 2010

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This review is from: The Case for the Real Jesus - Student Edition: A Journalist Investigates Current Challenges to Christianity (Invert) (Paperback)

An awesome reference for all Christians. The book presents facts-based material to defend the faith.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Defence of the Christian Worldview, October 3, 2011

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Jordan "Christian" (Aus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Case for the Real Jesus - Student Edition: A Journalist Investigates Current Challenges to Christianity (Invert) (Paperback)

This book is greatly appreciated for tackling challenging subjects for Christians who may still be ignorant of the facts sorrounding their faith, most importantly, the historical reliability of the New Testament and the reemerging attack on Christianity that its practices and stories are regurgitations of earlier religious myths. I've been tested with challenges such as these myself. These days they are often thrown around quite loosely by skeptics and athiests who are opposed to organised religion, especially - it seems - traditional Christianity.

Lee Strobel specifically addresses whether or not;
1. Scholars are uncovering a radically different Jesus through ancient documents just as credible as the four gospels.
2. The Bible's portait of Jesus can't be trusted because the church tampered with the text.
3. New Explanations have disproved Jesus' resurrection.
4. Christianity's beliefs were copied from pagan religions.
5. Jesus was an imposter who failed to fulfil the prophecies about the Messiah.
6. People should be free to pick and choose what to believe about Jesus.

What is just as appreciated as Lee Strobel's journalistic (unbiased and fairly representative of the opposition perspective) approach, is the highly reknown sholars and authors that are interviewed on topics relevant to their education and specialisation.