The Case for Faith

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**Title** **The Case for Faith**

Author	Lee Strobel
Language	English
Subject(s)	Christianity
Publisher	Zondervan.
Released	October 1, 2000
Pages	304
ISBN	0310234697
Preceded by	The Case for Christ
Followed by	The Case for a Creator

The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity is a book by Christian apologist and former journalist Lee Strobel. It won the Gold Medallion Book Award and offers replies to eight of the more difficult concerns people have regarding Christianity:

Since evil and suffering exist, a loving God cannot
Since miracles contradict science, they cannot be true
Evolution explains life, so God isn't needed
God isn't worthy of worship if he kills innocent children
It's offensive to claim Jesus is the only way to God
A loving God would never torture people in Hell
Church history is littered with oppression and violence
I still have doubts, so I can't be a Christian

The Case for Faith is the second book in a series of books written by Strobel on theological topics. Other books in the series include The Case for Christ, The Case for a Creator, and The Case for Easter.

[edit] Introduction: The Challenge to Faith

The introduction is an account of Strobel's interview with Charles Templeton, a former evangelist turned agnostic. Templeton argues in support of agnosticism, stating that reason and faith are mutually exclusive. When Strobel questions him about Jesus specifically, Templeton expresses the greatest admiration for the man and even goes so far as to say that he misses him. While Templeton feels strongly about his lost faith - even to the point of weeping during Strobel's interview - he remained a committed agnostic until his death in 2001. Templeton's feelings regarding faith are the same as Strobel's intended audience, that is, those who feel strongly about the Christian faith, but have intellectual reservations about accepting it as truth.