The Case for Christ Devotional by Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg

The Case for Christ Daily Moment of Truth by Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg ISBN-13: 9780310092025 Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Zondervan Released: Sept. 25, 2018

Source: Review copy from the publisher through BookLook Bloggers.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Leading apologists for Christianity Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg offer fact-based, intelligent devotions to build a foundational faith. These 180 insightful writings will strengthen your spiritual knowledge and touch your heart with life-changing truth.

Each devotion is based on a scientific, historical, or biblical fact that will bolster your confidence in Christ. You will be inspired, encouraged, and equipped. A reflection at the end of each entry allows you to consider this new knowledge and how to put it into action.

In these thoughtful devotions Strobel and Mittelberg articulate the reasons why Christians believe what they believe. Topics range from scientific discoveries to theological explanations.


My Review:
The Case for Christ Daily Moment of Truth contains 180 devotions that focus on defending or explaining what Christians believe. Each devotion was two pages in length and started with a verse or two from the Bible. The body of the devotion usually began with a critical comment about Christianity by an atheist or non-Christian. This was followed by a counter argument by a Christian scholar or apologist (like Michael Behe, Craig Evans, Ravi Zacharias, C.S. Lewis, William Lane Craig, and the authors).

A large number of the devotions were taken from Lee Strobel's "Case for..." books, so they talked about things like evidence for God creating the universe and time (which they implied He did through the Big Bang), the question of suffering, and evidence for Jesus' divinity, life, resurrection, and death. Each devotion ended with a short thought for reflection. If you've read Strobel's books or other in-depth apologetics books, you probably won't find much new here. However, if you (or a friend) are interested but don't have the time to read those books, this is a nice, bite-sized way to get informed.


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