Quotes by Lee Strobel

Faith is only as good as the one in whom its invested.

I am a soul, and I have a body. We dont learn about people by studying their bodies. We learn about people by finding out how they feel, what they think, what theyre passionate about, what their worldview is, and so forth....So my conclusion is that theres more to me than my conscious life and my body. In fact, I am a self, or an I, that cannot be seen or touched unless I manifest myself through my behavior or my talk. I have free will because I am a self, or a soul, and Im not just a brain. ~J.P. Moreland, PHD~

If its true theres a beginning to the universe, as modern cosmologists now agree, then this implies a cause that transcends the universe. If the laws of physics are fine-tuned to permit life, as contemporary physicists are discovering, then perhaps theres a designer who fine-tuned them. If theres information in the cell, as molecular biology shows, then this suggests intelligent design. To get life going in the first place would have required biological information; the implications point beyond the material realm to a prior intelligent cause. -Stephen C Meyer, PHD

To Jesus she already is somebody. Like the loving father of the prodigal son, Jesus is frantically scanning the horizon, watching for Madonna to return to him. Hes absolutely convinced that shes so valuable that shes worth dying for. Greater love has no one than this, said Jesus in John 15:13, that one lay down his life for his friends. Thats what He did for her on the cross!

Even to someone as notorious as Madonna, I think Jesus would say, Ill help you experience the fulfillment that has eluded you despite your struggle to find it. Ill help heal whatevers driving you to affirm your self-worth in self-defeating ways. But I can only help you if you let me.

Hes firmly, irrevocably, unambiguously convinced that youre somebody worth dying for.

You can invoke neither time nor space nor matter not energy nor the laws of nature to explain the origin of the universe. General relativity points to the need for a cause that transcends those domains. ~Stephen C. Meyer, PHD~

Take the expansion rate of the universe, which is fine-tuned to one part in a trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion. That is, if it were changed by one part in either direction--a little faster, a little slower--we could not have a universe that would be capable of supporting life. ~Stephen C. Meyer, PHD~

Christian faith is not an irrational leap.Examined objectively, the claims of the Bible are rational propositions well supported by reason and evidence.

My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage - everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ.

So much of the worlds suffering results from the sinful action or inaction of ourselves and others. For example, people look at a famine and wonder where God is, but the world produces enough food for each person to have 3,000 calories a day. Its our own irresponsibility and self-centeredness that prevents people from getting fed.

Christians can have doubts and they can have questions, and the unhealthy way to deal with that is to keep them inside where they fester and grow and can undermine our faith. The healthy way to deal with it is to talk about it and be honest about it.

I think its very healthy to use journalistic and legal techniques to investigate the evidence for and against Christianity and other faith systems.