The Case For Christ

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INTRODUCTION: REOPENING THE INVESTIGATION OF A
LIFETIME
1. Lee Strobel, "Four Years in Jail-and Innocent," Chicago
Tribune (August 22, 1976) and "Did Justice Close Her Eyes?"
Chicago Tribune (August 21, 1977).
CHAPTER 1: THE EYEWITNESS EVIDENCE
1. Lee Strobel, "Youth's Testimony Convicts Killers, but Death
Stays Near," Chicago Tribune (October 25, 1976).
2. Irenaeus, Adversus haereses 3.3.4.
3. Arthur G. Patzia, The Making of the New Testament (Downers
Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1995), 164.
4. Ibid., 49.
5. Karen Armstrong, A History of God (New York:
Ballantine/Epiphany, 1993),82.
6. William Lane Craig, The Son Rises: Historical Evidencefor the
Resurrection of Jesus (Chicago: Moody Press, 1981), 140.
7. Armstrong, A History of God, 79.
8. 1 Corinthians 15:3-7.
CHAPTER 2: TESTING THE EYEWITNESS EVIDENCE
1. Lee Strobel, "Jury in Makeshift Courtroom Hears Dying Boy Tell
of Attack," Chicago Tribune (February 24, 1976).
2. Luke 1:1-4.
3. Simon Greenleaf, The Testimony of the Evangelists (Grand
Rapids: Baker, 1984), vii.
4. Cited in Craig Blomberg, "Where Do We Start Studying Jesus?"
in Michael J. Wilkins and J. R Moreland, eds., Jesus under Fire
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995), 34.
5. See Gleason L. Archer, The Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982) and Norman Geisler and Thomas
Howe, When Critics Ask (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor, 1992).
CHAPTER 3: THE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
1. See Lee Patrick Strobel, Reckless Homicide: Ford Pinto Trial
(South Bend, Ind.: And Books, 1980), 75-92 and Lee Strobel, God
Outrageous Claims (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997), 43-58. Ford
was ultimately acquitted of criminal charges after the judge
withheld key documents from the jury., though the automaker was
successfully sued in civil cases. Allegations about the Pinto
were first reported in Mother Jones magazine.
2. F. F. Bruce, The Books and the Parchments (Old Tappan, N.J.:
Revell, 1963), 178, cited in Josh McDowell, Evidence That Demands