So I try to deal with the issues that are currently circulating in popular culture.”įor this book, he traveled 24,000 miles to interview experts and scholars on “the biggest objections to Christianity that are being raised by atheists and on Web sites and so forth.” “Like you hear ‘Christians have just borrowed all this stuff about Jesus from ancient mythology’ … What bologna - but where’s the evidence? So I interviewed a leading historian … and he just absolutely devastates that argument. “My new book, “The Case for the Real Jesus,” is what I’m most excited about because it answers the kind of questions a lot of students will hear or read about on the Internet or get from their friends,” he said.
Strobel arrived at Liberty fresh off a national book tour for “The Case for a Real Jesus,” released in September 2007. Strobel’s talk at Liberty is part of his newest project, a book titled “The Unexpected Adventure” that he plans to release in February 2009.
Strobel told LU students that the girl “is probably no different than the people who live in your neighborhood, the people who you’re going to encounter in the workplace as you go out from Liberty University.” He challenged them to take full advantage of everyday opportunities to witness. The poem began with: “Do you understand that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand that when you treat me with gentleness, that it raises the question in my mind that maybe He is gentle too?”
With a voice full of emotion, he ended his talk by reading a poem written by a 24-year-old woman who accepted Christ after being invited to a discussion group for non-believers at his church. He outlined three things that, “If Jesus physically lived in my house, what he would do” to engage in an “unexpected adventure.” They included: 1) prayer for our neighbors, 2) letting everybody know the door is open for questions and being able to dialog with non-believers and defend our faith and 3) being authentic in the way we relate to others, with our actions backing up our words. He told stories about some of his chance encounters as a Christian that ended up being evangelism opportunities. Strobel, who was an atheist until (as a journalist) he investigated the evidence for Christ, was convinced and surrendered his life to Him. “You never know what’s going to happen … on what starts to be an average, routine day how God might bring an opportunity in your life to have an eternal impact on another human being,” he said. Strobel’s “unexpected adventure” is about performing evangelism on a personal level and taking advantage of the everyday opportunities to witness. Lee Strobel, a leading apologist and bestselling author of 20 books, including the popular “The Case for Christ,” talked to Liberty University students about the “unexpected adventure” of a Christian at Monday’s convocation service in the Vines Center.
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