The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger

Lee Strobel

Jul 2009 · Sold by Zondervan

About this ebook

Who was in the manger that first Christmas morning? And how can we know for sure? In The Case for Christmas, award-winning legal journalist Lee Strobel tells us that somewhere beyond the traditions of the holiday lies the truth.

Some say that newborn baby would become a great moral leader. Others, a social critic. Still others view Jesus as a profound philosopher, a rabbi, a feminist, a prophet, and more. Many are convinced he was the divine Son of God. But who was he really?

Consulting experts on the Bible, archaeology, and messianic prophecy, Strobel searches out the true identity of the child in the manger, analyzing:

• Eyewitness Evidence--Can the biographies of Jesus be trusted?
• Scientific Evidence--What does archaeology reveal?
• Profile Evidence--Did Jesus fulfill the attributes of God?
• Fingerprint Evidence--Did Jesus uniquely match the identity of the Messiah?

Join Strobel as he invites you to push past the distractions of the holiday season and come into the presence of the baby who was born to change your life and rewrite your eternal destination: the greatest gift of all.

Ratings and reviews

Christmas is a wonderful time to look (or re-look) at the facts and evidence for who Jesus was and why he came into the world. Lee Strobel presents the information and describes his reaction to it. One could certainly read this short book and still come away a skeptic or a conspiracy theorist, but one could also read it and discover what Christmas is truly all about!

I was looking for more evidence of actual Christmas and the history

oh what a gift is Jesus

About the author

Lee Strobel, former award-winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Lee earned a journalism degree at the University of Missouri and was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship to study at Yale Law School, where he received a Master of Studies in Law degree. He was a journalist for fourteen 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. Lee also taught First Amendment Law at Roosevelt University. A former atheist, he served as a teaching pastor at three of America’s largest churches. Lee and his wife, Leslie, have been married for more than fifty years and live in Texas. Their daughter, Alison, and son, Kyle, are also authors. Website: www.leestrobel.com