The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

Amazon.com Review:
Award-winning reporter and author Lee Strobel (The Case for Christ) onceagain uses his investigative skills to address the primary objections toChristianity. As a former atheist, Strobel understands the rationalresistance to faith. He even names the eight most convincing argumentsagainst Christian faith:

1) If there's a loving God, why does this pain-wracked world groan under somuch suffering and evil?
2) If the miracles of God contradict science, then how can any rationalperson believe that they're true?
3) If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the slaughter of innocentchildren as the Old Testament says he did?
4) If God cares about the people he created, how could he consign so manyof them to an eternity of torture in hell just because they didn't believethe right things about him?
5) If Jesus is the only way to heaven, then what about the millions ofpeople who have never heard of him?
6) If God really created the universe, why does the evidenceof science compel so many to conclude that the unguided process ofevolution accounts for life?
7) If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why has it been rife withhypocrisy and brutality throughout the ages?
8) If I'm still plagued by doubts, then is it still possible to be aChristian?

These are mighty tough questions, and Strobel fields them well. Rather thanwrite a weighty dissertation about the merits of faith, he brings us alongon his quest as we meet leaders in the Christian community, such as PeterKreeft and William Lane Craig. We also encounter his everyday friends andacquaintances that serendipitously fill in the holes in each of the eightarguments against faith. The use of dialogue from personal interviews and ascene-by-scene active narrative makes this an easy and engaging read.However, easy does not mean breezy. This is a book of substance andmerit, one that will help Christians defend their faith, especially duringthe hardest of times, when they have to defend their faith to themselves inmoments of doubt. --Gail Hudson

Product Description:
This eagerly anticipated sequel to Lee Strobel’s best-selling The Case for Christ finds the author investigating the nettlesome issues and doubts ofthe heart that threaten faith. Eight major topics are addressed including doubt, the problem of pain, and the existence of evil.

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Very Helpful Answers
I have read all the other "Cases" and I have found this one most helpful in answering my questions. "Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?". As a Christian trying to give an answer to that question to either a skeptic or another Christian is a tough one.But Mr. Strobel's interviews give concise, Biblical, straight forward answers that equip us to give an answer to the tough questions. For our own soul and for anyone else who would ask us.This is a well thought out and well researched ... Read More
Rating: - Well written, but I disagree with the conclusions
I think Lee Strobel did a good job of writing up his case, but I disagree with the conclusion.Too much "one-sidedness" with who he interviewed and how he interpreted the answers to the questions.Kind of like a prosecuting attorney presenting a practice case, without a defense attorney or judge to actually call him on his assumptions and rationales.
Rating: - GREAT BUY GREATBOOK
This was a great book to read, I would recommend this to anyone who is curious about faith and the love of god.
Rating: - I don't hear armchair atheists address many of these issues....
This book talks about things in ways that, if you're predisposed to Christianity or just don't like pesky atheists, you'll be convinced of a lot.More or less...

Anyways... I will be buying many more of Lee Strobel's books!
Rating: - Great Book
The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity by Lee Strobel tackles the big eight road blocks of faith. He asks questions like "Why is there so much suffering, why do innocent children die, why is there a hell, is Jesus the only way to heaven," and so on. He struggles with these questions with Christian community leaders and gives the reader a different slant on faith.
If you are still searching for Spiritual Enlightenment in a seemingly hopeless world, May I ... Read More