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The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger (Book/ Paperback)

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If Jesus was really God in the flesh, Strobel says, then there ought to be credible evidence. So Strobel consults experts on the Bible, archaeology, and messianic prophecy, asking questions about (1) Eyewitness Evidence: Can the biographies of Jesus be trusted? (2) Scientific Evidence: What does archaeology reveal? (3) Profile Evidence: Did Jesus fulfill the attributes of God? (4) Fingerprint Evidence: Did Jesus uniquely match the identity of the Messiah?

About the Author(s)

Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty books and has been interviewed on numerous national TV programs, including ABC, Fox, PBS, and CNN. Lee was educated at the University of Missouri (Bachelor of Journalism degree, 1974) and Yale Law School (Master of Studies in Law degree, 1979). He was a professional journalist for 14 years at The Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, winning Illinois' top honors for investigative reporting (which he shared with a team he led) and public service journalism from United Press International. After a nearly two-year investigation of the evidence for Jesus, Lee became a Christian in 1981. He joined the staff of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL, in 1987, and later became a teaching pastor there. He joined Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, CA, as a teaching pastor in 2000. He left Saddleback's staff to focus on writing.