Voices and influences
Lee Strobel
Lee Patrick Strobel (born January 25, 1952) is an American journalist-turned-evangelical-apologist.
Works on this site: 1998 to 2021.
About this voice
Lee Patrick Strobel (born January 25, 1952) is an American journalist-turned-evangelical-apologist. He earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri (1974) and a Master of Studies in Law from Yale Law School (1979). He was the legal-affairs editor at the Chicago Tribune through the 1970s and early 1980s. An atheist by formation, his conversion (1981) followed a roughly two-year personal investigation prompted by his wife Leslie's prior conversion. He served as teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church (1987–2000) under Bill Hybels and at Saddleback Valley Community Church (2000–2014) under Rick Warren. He founded the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University in 2018, where he serves as founding director. The Case for Christ (1998) has sold over 5 million copies; his catalog overall lists 40+ books and curricula totaling roughly 18 million copies. Christianity Today and The Washington Post have described him as one of evangelicalism's most-read apologists.
7 works
What this site reads them for
| The work | Year | Quoted here |
|---|---|---|
| The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for JesusThe single best-selling evangelical apologetic of the late 20th century; over 5 million copies sold. Evidential case for the historicity of Jesus and the resurrection, structured as interviews with 13 evangelical scholars. | 1998 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to ChristianityStrobel's treatment of the eight standard skeptical objections (problem of evil, miracles, hell, evolution, etc.). Companion to Case for Christ. | 2000 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward GodStrobel's intelligent-design-friendly cosmological-design-fine-tuning case for theism. Interviews with Stephen Meyer, Michael Behe, William Lane Craig, Robin Collins, Jonathan Wells. | 2004 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Case for the Real JesusDefense of classical Christology against the Jesus Seminar, Bart Ehrman, Elaine Pagels, alternative-Jesus reconstructions. Interviews with Daniel Wallace, Craig Evans, Edwin Yamauchi, Michael Brown. | 2007 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Case for HeavenStrobel's most direct treatment of afterlife evidence — including NDE research — and of heaven as embodied resurrection-state. Bridges to John Burke and Don Piper. | 2021 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Case for EasterCompact resurrection-historicity case extracted from Case for Christ; the standard MannaFest-pace short-form apologetic. | 2003 | Not quoted here yet |
| The Case for Christianity Answer BookCompact answers to common skeptical questions; gateway-tier material. | 2014 | Not quoted here yet |
Where to find them
- Lee Strobel
- The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
- The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
- The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
- The Case for the Real Jesus
- The Case for Heaven
- The Case for Easter
- The Case for Christianity Answer Book