First off, you can read this book in a day. It took me maybe 4-6 hours and i am not a fast reader by any means. The content was wonderful. It was similar to a lot of the author's other works, but it had some good differences. The first two chapters are the absolute best and those chapters alone are worth the purchase of the book. They give great evidence for the reliability of the gospels, and the archeology and science that supports the bible. The next two chapters are not as good, but good none the less. This book is great for understanding the science and facts that can help back up your beliefs are even open the pathway for you or others who do not know the facts behind their different beliefs. In no means is this an evangelical book, but it can be given to people who like a factual read. You can read this anytime throughout the year, but is especially applicable during the holiday season. Worth the money and time for sure.

While the path of seeking out details for evidence of Scripture-based proof of the Christmas story is interesting, it wasn't the inspiration for an Advent study our Sunday School class was looking for. It does seem to provide a perspective for the skeptics seeking the research they might need in affirming their beliefs...I haven't finished reading the book yet, but may recommend it to someone looking for more evidence.

Life attacks faith from many directions. Two important ones are intellectual and social. In America education, for the most part, is in State control, and the State is in control by the AntiChrist and his servants. It is not an OVERT and Blatent case in the USA. It is subtle... as subtle or even more so than the serpent in the garden. But as a general rule secular academia studies the Bible and thinks about Jesus Christ and controls how our nation reacts to this Book and this Person. And the general result is this: "WE the EXPERTS have and do study the Bible for you and find it an interesting document to add to OUR Ability to think for you and we find errors, corruption in the authors, and see it as tradition, man made religion, and so on. We think for you on the most mundane and the most stratospheric level so that you can learn from us and bow to us and not the Bible. WE protect you. WE think for you. And you are now free to be gods because of US. As Father Benidict Groeschel, PhD, has said, "The liberal has transformed the Word of God into the words of men." The net result is that America does not bow before the Word of God, respect it, live it, and relegates it to a compartment of life or a shoe box, and it has been taken off the fireplace mantle, the end table, and out of daily life. This attack is comprehensive, multi faceted, academic, and complex. Lee Strobel rides to the rescue it two ways. He researches the multitude of "subtle" and the overt deception, lies, and mistakes Western academia uses to attack the faith and chooes the most important weapons aligned against you and disarms them with truth in the spirit of love and humility, enabling YOU to fulfil the mandate of 1 Peter 3:15 without quitting your job and devoting years to the task. Strobe, gleaning from world renown experts, provides captivating truth and insight that is more intellectually honest, profound, and respectable than the arguments liberal scholars and universities have launched, intentionally or unintentionally, to destroy you and your family and your nation and your world. This, and all Sgtobel's "Case" books are "MUST own" books for every Christian family in the world. Let no parent send their child out into the world without them.

You can read this book and keep it as a reference for yourself, but it is the kind of book you will want to pass along to anyone who is seeking, intellectual, or as the author once was, someone who considers themselves an atheist.

Very well written and easy to follow. So many good points and some that had never been brought up in other books I have read. My husband and I both were pleased with this book. It's refreshing in this day to read a book that so clearly sets out the facts with supporting research. Thank you Lee Strobel for sharing. I have now ordered The Case for Easter to present to our Shofar Sisters Bible study and others.