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In print · 1998
The Case for Christ
by Lee Strobel
Strobel was an atheist and the legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, paid to find the hole in a story. He turned that on the evidence for Jesus expecting it to come apart under pressure, and cross-examined the scholars the way he would a hostile witness. The method never changed. The verdict did.
Why Lee Strobel became a Christian
His wife Leslie became a Christian in 1979, and he set out to find out what had changed her. He spent nearly two years investigating the case like the legal editor he was.
“On Nov. 8, 1981, I realized that the cumulative case for Christianity had caused the scales to tilt decisively.”
What it cost
Not much. His wife became a Christian first, and their marriage nearly ended over it. His own conversion is what saved it.
Christian Post interview
Common questions
- What year did Lee Strobel become a Christian?
- 1981. He dates it to November 8, 1981, when he was 29, after nearly two years of investigation.
- Did Lee Strobel become Catholic?
- No. He is an evangelical Protestant, and was a teaching pastor at Willow Creek, Saddleback and later Woodlands Church in Texas.
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Charles W. Colson · 1976
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George Müller · 1837
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