Over the Christmas break, I finished Lee Strobel’s The Case for Faith. This is a sequel to Strobel’s book I read back in July called The Case for Christ.
I really think these are 2 books that you should purchase & stick in your libraries (& read them, of course). Strobel addresses so many common questions by interviewing recognized authorities on the topics.
He had my attention in chapter 1, when he interviews Billy Graham’s old friend, Charles Templeton, a fellow-preacher-turned-skeptical-agnostic. He was 1 of the key founders of Youth for Christ with Billy Graham. After railing against faith and the belief that Jesus is God, Charles wept over the fact that he admired & missed Jesus.
Anyway, Strobel covers these difficult topics: evil, science vs. miracles, evolution, the death of children, Jesus being the only way, hell, Church hypocrisies, & having doubts.
I can see myself reading through these book with my children, too.
I agree Tim, I think I enjoyed it even more than the Case for Christ. And being of a very sceintific mind, The Case for a Creator is the third and VERY technical book on how sceince is FINALLY validating the Bible. I listened to it on CD and had to replay several areas because it was very detail oriented in sceintific explanation. You will certainly enjoy it.
My mom and I were just talking about this book. She borrowed it from us and took it home to read. I gave it to a co-worker of mine who read it and later got saved. He’s now a member of Grace. Awesome book.
great book! our small group worked through it as one of our studies! highly recommended!