Lee Strobel - The Case For The Real Jesus
We (downhere) just got back from a 4 day trip to California where we played 4 nights in a row. We played Elk Grove, Thousand Oaks, Exeter and Irvine. The last night, in Irvine, was for an event with Lee Strobel and his new book The Case for the Real Jesus. If you don't know our music well then you may not know we have a song called The Real Jesus which Lee quoted right at the beginning of chapter 1.
I'm about half way through the book and so far it is great. Lee basically takes the reader through 6 different challenges of who Jesus is and talks to experts to get to the truth behind those challenges. The six challenges are:
Challenge #1
"Scholars are uncovering a radically different jesus in ancient documents just as credible as the four gospels."
Challenge #2
"The Bible's portrait of Jesus can't be trusted because the church tampered with the text."
Challenge #3
"New explanations have refuted Jesus' resurrection."
Challenge #4
"Christianity's beliefs about Jesus were copied from pagan religions."
Challenge #5
"Jesus was an imposter who failed to fulfill the messianic prophesies."
Challenge #6
People should be free to pick and choose what to believe about Jesus."
So if you've ever wondered about any of those topics pick up this book. Lee does a great job of taking some of what the experts said and making it more understandable for joes like us.
Also at his website www.leestrobel.com he has a ton of videos where lots of great questions are discussed. When I went there today to check it out the most viewed video was this one.
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? Three Cannot Be One
What a great resource!
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