The Movie The Case For Christ
The Movie, “The Case For Christ.”
Have you seen Pure Flix’s new movie, “The Case For Christ?”
If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend it.
What are you waiting for? 🙂
Go! Go!
Seriously folks, you never know how long movies will last in the theaters, especially good Christian films.
You may remember the title is also a best-selling book written by Lee Strobel.
By the way, Strobel’s book was one of the first I read when I converted to Christianity 20 years ago.
It’s an awesome book and, in my humble opinion, the film is just as compelling.
An Intriguing Movie
Who is this Strobel guy anyway and why is his story so appealing?
Lee Strobel is a former award-winning journalist for the Chicago Tribune, among other publications.
He’s also a former atheist.
Whoa, the “A” word.
In the blogging world, atheists are often the same men and women who will pick a fight over any mention of God just for the point of arguing and name-calling.
I love to see how God works in people’s lives, especially former atheists.
Strobel’s early cynicism and eagerness to disprove Christianity was the exact provocation that eventually, in God’s perfect timing, ended up leading the author to Christ.
Strobel is another great example why we need to pray for the atheists in our lives. There is hope for their salvation. (See the beautiful account of Paul’s conversion in Acts 9:1-22.)
A Skeptic’s Skeptic
In the early days of his marriage, Strobel was a skeptic’s skeptic, as far as Christianity was concerned.
He didn’t even want to hear about his wife’s newfound faith.
Strobel tried to avoid all things Christianity, but God is providential and bigger than any man’s resistance to God’s plan for his salvation.
*On November 8, 1981, I realized that my biggest objection to Jesus also had been quieted by the evidence of history. I found myself chuckling at how the tables had been turned. In light of the convincing facts I had learned during my investigation, in the face of this overwhelming avalanche of evidence in the case for Christ, the great irony is this: It would require much more faith for me to maintain my atheism than to trust in Jesus of Nazareth! – Author, Lee Strobel.
I don’t want to ruin the movie or the book for you, so I won’t give out much more information than what I’ve already shared. The book provides a lot more detail than the movie can in a little over an hour long, so it’s worth taking the time to check them both out.
I believe this movie is a must-see, despite what the jaded mainstream critics say.
Bring Kleenex, Just In Case
Is the movie a tearjerker?
For me, it was. (The lady in front of us was also dabbing tears!)
The film’s list of actors includes Mike Vogel, (also appeared in “The Help”), Erika Christensen, and Faye Dunaway.
The movie, “The Case For Christ,” is currently playing in select theaters nationwide.
God bless
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*Strobel, Lee. (1998). The Case For Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus. Quotation from page 265. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House.
