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About the Book
"A Feast of Fragments" by R. A. Torrey is a collection of sermons and addresses by the author that focus on topics such as prayer, faith, repentance, and spiritual growth. Torrey offers practical advice and insight for Christians looking to deepen their relationship with God and live a more meaningful and fulfilling life.
Lee Strobel
Lee Strobel (Lee Patrick Strobel) is a former American investigative journalist and a Christian Author who has written several books, including four which received ECPA (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association) Christian Book Awards (1994, 1999, 2001, 2005) and a series which addresses challenges to the veracity of Christianity. He is a former host of the television program called Faith Under Fire on PAX TV and he runs a video apologetic web site.
Lee Strobel Age
He was born on January 25, 1952 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.
Lee Strobel Family | Chicago Tribune
Less information has been revealed about his father, mother and siblings if he has any. He attended the University of Missouri where he received a Journalism degree. He later earned his Masters of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School. He became a journalist for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers for 14 years. The UPI Illinois Editors Association newspaper award program gave him a first place for public service (the Len H. Small Memorial award) for his coverage of the Pinto crash trial of Ford Motor in Winamac, Indiana in 1980. Later, he became the assistant managing editor of the Daily Herald, before leaving journalism in 1987.
Lee Strobel Wife | Daughter
He married Leslie Strobel and they are blessed with two children; a son called Kyle who is an an Assistant Professor of Spiritual Theology and Formation at the Talbot School of Theology and a daughter called Alison who is a novelist.
Lee Strobel Church
He was an atheist when he began investigating the Biblical claims about Christ after his wifeās conversion. Prompted by the results of his investigation, he became a Christian on November 8, 1981. He was a teaching pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, from 1987 to 2000, before shifting his focus to writing and producing his TV show, Faith Under Fire. He later was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Southern Evangelical Seminary in recognition of his contributions to Christian apologetics in 2007.
Lee Strobel Books
He has written several books just to list a few.
1998 ā The Case for Christ: A Journalistās Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
2000 ā The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
2004 ā The Case for a Creator
2005 ā The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger
2007 ā The Case for the Real Jesus
2013 ā The Case for Grace: A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives
2014 ā The Case for Christianity Answer Book
2015 ā The Case for Hope: Looking Ahead with Courage and Confidence
2018 ā The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural
Lee Strobel Net Worth
From his work as a former investigative journalist and from his work as a Christian apologetic author, he has gained a great fortune. Besides that, he lives with his wife in his home that he bought. He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Lee Strobel Movie
His movies include;
2004 ā Jesus: Fact or Fiction.
2007 ā Jesus: The Great Debate.
2017 ā The Case for Christ
Lee Strobel The Case For Christ
The Case For Christ is one of the books that Lee has written. This book summarizes Leeās interviews with thirteen evangelical Christian scholarsāCraig Blomberg, Bruce Metzger, Edwin Yamauchi, John McRay, Gregory Boyd, Ben Witherington III, Gary Collins, D. A. Carson, Louis Lapides, Alexander Metherell, William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, and J. P. Morelandāin which they defend their views regarding the historical reliability of the New Testament. His personal encounters with these scholars and their beliefs led to the 2017 film of the same name.
Lee Strobel The Case For Miracles
The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural is one of the books that he has written. This book starts with an unlikely interview in which Americaās foremost skeptic builds a seemingly persuasive case against the miraculous. But then Strobel travels the country to quiz scholars to see whether they can offer solid answers to atheist objections. Along the way, he encounters astounding accounts of healings and other phenomena that simply cannot be explained away by naturalistic causes. The book features the results of exclusive new scientific polling that shows miracle accounts are much more common than people think.
Lee Strobel Testimony
This is a summary of the detailed transcript of his testimony;
For most of my life I was an atheist. I thought the idea of an all-loving, all-powerful creator of the universeāI thought it was stupid. I mean, my background is in journalism and law. I tend to be a skeptical person. I was the legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. So I needed evidence before Iād believe anything.
One day my wife came up to meāsheād been agnosticāand she said after a period of spiritual investigation she had decided to become a follower of Jesus Christ. And I thought, you know, this is the worst possible news I could get. I thought she was going to turn into some sexually repressed prude who was going to spend all her time serving the poor in skid row somewhere. I thought this was the end of our marriage.
But in the ensuing months, I saw positive changes in her values, in her character, in the way she related to me and the children. It was winsome; and it was attractive; and it made me want to check things out. So I went to church one day, ah, mainly to see if I could get her out of this cult that she had gotten involved in.
But I heard the message of Jesus articulated for the first time in a way that I could understand it. That forgiveness is a free gift, and that Jesus Christ died for our sins, that we might spend eternity with Him. And I walked out sayingāI was still an atheistābut also saying, āIf this is true, this has huge implications for my life.ā And so I used my journalism training and legal training to begin an investigation into whether there was any credibility to Christianity or to any other world faith system for that matter.
Lee Strobel The Case For Easter
The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection is one of his books that answers the following questions. Did Jesus of Nazareth really rise from the dead?Of the many world religions, only one claims that its founder returned from the grave. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the very cornerstone of Christianity. But a dead man coming back to life? In our sophisticated age, when myth has given way to science, who can take such a claim seriously? Some argue that Jesus never died on the cross. Conflicting accounts make the empty tomb seem suspect. And post-crucifixion sightings of Jesus have been explained in psychological terms.How credible is the evidence forāand againstāthe resurrection? and many others.
Lee Strobel Quotes
āOnly in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.ā
āIf your friend is sick and dying, the most important thing he wants is not an explanation; he wants you to sit with him. Heās terrified of being alone more than anything else. So, God has not left us alone.ā
āFaith is only as good as the one in whom itās invested.ā
āTo be honest, I didnāt want to believe that Christianity could radically transform someoneās character and values. It was much easier to raise doubts and manufacture outrageous objections that to consider the possibility that God actually could trigger a revolutionary turn-around in such a depraved and degenerate life.ā
āAbruptly, Templeton cut short his thoughts. There was a brief pause, almost as if he was uncertain whether he should continue.
āUh ⦠but ⦠no,ā he said slowly, āheās the most ā¦ā He stopped, then started again. āIn my view,ā he declared, āhe is the most important human being who ever existed.ā
Thatās when Templeton uttered the words I neer expected to hear from him. ā And if I may put it this way,ā he said in a voice that began to crack, āI ⦠miss ⦠him!ā
With that tears flooded his eyes. He turned his head and looked downward, raising his left hand to shield his face from me. His shoulders bobbed as he wept.ā
Lee Strobel Website
His website is leestrobel.com
God Knows
At the end of Exodus 2, Moses is a fugitive in Midian, hiding from Pharaoh and the people of Israel are groaning in Egypt, crying out for deliverance from the oppressive, abusive death grip of slavery. And the chapter ends with these words: āGod saw the people of Israel ā and God knewā (Exodus 2:25). Those words, āGod knew,ā are pregnant with hope. God Knew God knew. God was aware of each personās suffering. He understood what was happening to them and how it was affecting them. God knew the dehumanizing degradation and routine rapine that is part and parcel of a slaveās experience. He knew the premature breakdown of bodies ruthlessly subjected daily to exhausting manual labor (Exodus 1:11). He knew the bitter erosion of hope that occurs when all labor only benefits ungrateful abusers (Exodus 1:14). God knew the horror and trauma of legalized, enforced infanticide (Exodus 1:16). And he knew the resentment and anger that is on constant simmer in a culture of hopelessness, sometimes boiling over into vengeful violence against oppressors (Exodus 2:11ā12), and other times into tragic violence within the oppressed community (Exodus 2:13). God knew and he was preparing to take action in a way that would leave a permanent, indelible imprint upon the collective memory of the human race. God Foreknew But God didnāt only know this when it all happened. He knew it was going to happen long before it even looked remotely possible that it could happen. Centuries earlier God had told Abram (later Abraham), the founder of the Israelite nation, Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. (Genesis 15:13ā14, italics mine) The nature and implications of Godās foreknowledge ā what he foreknows and how certain this foreknowledge is ā have been debated for millennia. Admittedly, this is deep water for human intellects to swim in. But in this text we have a direct quote from God himself on the subject. And he says it so plainly a child could not mistake it: āKnow for certain that your offspring will be [enslaved] and will be afflicted for four hundred years.ā This was not a qualified expert making an educated guess about the future decisions of free moral agents on the basis of probabilities. This was clear, specific, certain foresight. God certainly foreknew that the Israelites would experience desperate suffering. And his revealed foresight also clearly revealed a divine purpose in this horrible experience, a purpose whose scope extended way beyond just Israel. God Knew What He Was Doing Two verses later in Genesis 15, God tells Abram, āAnd [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet completeā (Genesis 15:16, italics mine). This statement about the Amorites is a multi-layered gift for the saints of God. To unpack its implications would require a book. In it is a world of Godās precise patience, justice, judgment, and more. But with regard to Israelās suffering, we see in the Amorite allusion a rare jewel of Godās rationale for his timeline. The enslaved Israeliteās prayers must have sounded much like their future royal kinsmanās: āHow long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? . . . How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?ā (Psalm 13:1ā2). God rarely provides an answer to such a question. But here he provides an answer before the question was ever raised. How long, O LORD? Four hundred years. Why so long? Because my purposes involve far more than just Israel and Egypt. They also involve the sin of and my righteous judgment on the peoples of Canaan. When the time is ripe for me to fulfill my covenant to Abraham, it will also be ripe for me to judge the wickedness of the Amorites. In the bloody, sweaty, tearful, agonizing experience of slavery, it would have looked like God had forgotten. He had not. He knew. He had foreknown. And he knew just what he was doing. God Knows The reality expressed in the words āGod knowsā is a well of profound comfort and peace for us in our afflictions. Yes, there remain unanswered questions. No, they do not themselves remove our pain. But in Exodus 2:25 and Genesis 15:13ā14 we see why these words are pregnant with hope. Your affliction has a purpose. You likely donāt know what it is yet, but someday you will. And your affliction has a timeline. You likely donāt know what it is yet, and likely it already seems too long. But someday you will understand. And you will understand that the purposes for both your affliction and how long you were required to endure it extended far beyond the range of your perception. And then it will make sense. Jesus Christ has guaranteed your exodus. And it is a far greater exodus than the mere escape from your affliction. There is coming an end to your sojourning in this foreign land (Hebrews 11:13). There is a Promised Land far greater than Canaan. And when you reach it, no matter what you suffered in this veil of tears, you will have no regrets. God will have worked it all for such good that you will wonder that you ever questioned his judgment or goodness (Romans 8:28). In your affliction, cry out to God for help (Exodus 2:23). He hears. And when the time is right, God will answer you. For God sees you ā and he knows. Article by Jon Bloom