The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Student Edition)

This book is very easy to understand and great for students. It presents information in a clear and engaging way, making it interesting to read. I like how it explores important questions and provides thoughtful insights. It’s a great resource for anyone wanting to learn more and think deeper about their faith.

I read the original Case for Christ years ago - highly recommended. I selected the Student Edition to read with some boys I’m mentoring. The language of the Student Addition is somewhat simpler, and the text is less dense than the Original. I recommend the Student Addition for reading with a mixed group, such as an entire youth group, or for a young person who may struggle with reading. For more advanced and older students, I recommend the original “Case for Christ.”

Nicely written and full of information

There are several reasons to use Case for Christ,student edition 1) This is a good entry level book by which to Know the Christ we love. Know in a more intimate sense because we learn more about WHY we believe what we believe. Christianity is not a 'pie in the sky by & by' concept. When any religion makes a truth claim that the founder- is the "Way, Truth & Life", you had better be able to back that up & know why. Remember, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Unification Church & many New spiritualities claim to be the only way also, though they may be more subtle. Yet they state with false indignation "How exclusive you Christians are to say Jesus is the Only way". Actually, we servabts are not exclusive but we follow a Christ who says He is the only God of the universe. So Case for Christ,student edition is an open door for youth... & adults.[there is the original version which is much more robust!] 2) Youth need to learn critical thinking. What are straw men, red herrings & other fallacies of debate. Critical thinking is not part of the book, per se, but I am including it & the book is fertile ground for examples of fallicies in thinking about Christ and Strobel's presentation of Christ's truth claims about being deity, the historicity of the Scriptures & the centrality of the resurrection of Christ. 3) Apologetics is the defense of the faith. Religions such as Islam, Pantheistic Monism have apologists also. Christian apologetics help a person & a congregation to be encouraged to tell the Good News about Christ as they understand more about the truth to whom they have submitted their lives. Case for Christ is apologetic.(I'm sorry, did you follow this? :>) 4) Youth want to know answers about the Bible but many churches do not teach them these central truths & some youth drift away when they are not encountering the answers to 'where did we come from, why are we here & where are we going'. 5) The book reminds me of how I should daily review the why's of Christ so I can live the joys of Christ. Enjoy!

Very well written

At first I wasn't sure I was going to like reading this book. As I continued, he won me over. I would recommend this to anyone who feels like they are in doubt about the existance Christ or even someone who is a Christian.

I really appreciate the layout of the book. It really helped to confirm my faith. It also gave me talking points for those who may be struggling.

The 'Case for Christ Student Edition' is a fantastic resource for young adults seeking to understand the evidence behind Christianity. Lee Strobel makes a clear and compelling case for the historical existence and resurrection of Jesus Christ, using language that is accessible and engaging for high school and college students. The book is well organized and easy to follow, with helpful discussion questions at the end of each chapter that encourage critical thinking and reflection. As a youth leader, I have found this book to be an invaluable tool in helping young people navigate issues of faith and doubt. Highly recommended!

good easy read

As someone who came to faith and then to journalism, the opposite way round from Lee Strobel, his story has always intrigued me. It is the true story of how an award-winning investigative journalist, the one-time legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, sets out to use his ‘particular set of skills’ to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife Leslie who stuns him with her announcement. "I rolled my eyes and braced for the worst,” he says, “feeling like the victim of a bait-and-switch scam. I thought she was going to turn into some sexually repressed prude… and spend all her time serving the poor in skid row somewhere.” His story is now a 2017 released film starring Faye Dunaway, known to the older generation for her roles in ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, and Mike Vogel in the role of the reporter on a quest for the real truth surrounding a very big story indeed. In the book Strobel sorts through the evidence of the case for or against Christ that he uncovers over the subsequent year and nine months. He begins with whether Jesus, himself, really thought he was God looking at such ‘blasphemous’ statements as: ’I and the Father are one’ in John 10. He moves on to the quantity of Old Testament prophecy Jesus manages to fulfil, like Zechariah 9:9, asking if Jesus was just trying to add to his Messiah credentials when he said to the disciples, ‘Go fetch me a donkey’. But then he asks how he could arrange the place of his birth, predicted by the prophet Micah in chapter 5:2. He finds too the ‘129 hours of eyewitness testimony saying Jesus came back to life’ that addresses the question: How do we know for sure whether the Resurrection happened? He examines the external corroboration of biblical accounts through historians like Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny and the Talmud, and also through archaeology citing Sir William Ramsey of Oxford University who concluded that Luke was one of the most accurate historians who had ever written. He reads through ‘words that work when put into practice again and again in the areas of finance, stress and character qualities’ that lead him to ask if it is possible that the Bible really is God’s inspired word. He discovers the ‘final confirming proof’ of encounters with Jesus today, citing philosophy professor J P Moreland: “It’s the ongoing encounter with the resurrected Christ that happens all over the world, in every culture, to people from all kinds of backgrounds and personalities. They will all tell you… Jesus Christ has changed them.” The book presents intelligent evidence for consideration, and this student edition has a light and accessible treatment. It sits alongside other key works of modern popular apologetics such as Frank Morrison’s ‘Who Moved the Stone?’ Josh McDowell’s ‘Evidence That Demands a Verdict’ and J Warner Wallace’s ‘God's Crime Scene’. In times of such social division, where groups can dismiss Christ on account of their perceptions or experiences of his followers, this book offers a good way back to foundations, to Jesus himself, and to the crucial question of what to make of the Bethlehem babe. In the end, Lee Strobel tells his wife of his conclusion: he can no longer swim upstream against the evidence. “Instead, I was going in the same direction as the facts seemed to be flowing,” he says. She starts crying and in language befitting any Chicago news room says: "You hard hearted son-of-a-*&#, I've been telling you this for two years…" Touché. By this reviewer: The Silencer

Another great read! Interesting to see the non-believer evolve through unbiased research rather than continuously relying on other's opinions. God's not dead and neither is critical thinking :)

Great read !!!

I have always been challenged by Lee's approach to this book and all the others that he has written. The study guide certainly engaged the students that were a part of the study. The DVD worked well with the study as well.