Making Your Case for Christ Bible Study Guide: An Action Plan for Sharing What you Believe and Why

by Lee Strobel, Mark Mittelberg

Overview

In his bestselling book The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel retraced his spiritual journey from atheism to faith by showing how the evidence he obtained from experts in the field of history, archaeology, and ancient manuscripts led him to the verdict that Jesus truly was the Son of God.

Now, in this six-week training course, Lee and coauthor Mark Mittelberg will equip you with practical tools to equip you articulate this same message to your unsaved friends and present evidence that backs up Jesus' claims and credentials.

As you go through the course, you will discover how to:

• Help your unsaved friends and family members open up to consider the case for Christ
• Describe your own personal journey with Christ and how it has impacted you
• Share with confidence about the biblical record of Christ—that Jesus was real
• Present the evidence for the resurrection of Christ—that Jesus died and was raised to life
• Explain the central message of Christ in an authentic and compelling way
• Help your unsaved friends and family members respond to the truth of Jesus

Sessions include:

1. Helping Friends Consider the Case for Christ
2. Describing Your Own Journey with Christ
3. Backing Up the Biblical Record of Christ
4. Presenting Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ
5. Explaining the Central Message of Christ
6. Encouraging Friends to Follow Christ

Designed for use with Making Your Case for Christ Video Study (9780310095156), sold separately.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310095149
Publisher:	HarperChristian Resources
Publication date:	06/19/2018
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishing
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	786,190
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Lee Strobel, former award-winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Lee earned a journalism degree at the University of Missouri and was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship to study at Yale Law School, where he received a Master of Studies in Law degree. He was a journalist for fourteen years at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, winning Illinois’ top honors for investigative reporting (which he shared with a team he led) and public service journalism from United Press International. Lee also taught First Amendment Law at Roosevelt University. A former atheist, he served as a teaching pastor at three of America’s largest churches. Lee and his wife, Leslie, have been married for more than fifty years and live in Texas. Their daughter, Alison, and son, Kyle, are also authors. Website: www.leestrobel.com

Mark Mittelberg is a bestselling author, international speaker, and executive director of the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University (StrobelCenter.com).

Mark was the primary author of the Becoming a Contagious Christian course, translated into 20 languages and used by nearly two million people, and now the all-new Contagious Faith book and video training course.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

How to Use This Guide 7

Session 1 Helping Friends Consider the Case for Christ 11

Session 2 Describing Your Own Journey with Christ 29

Session 3 Backing Up the Biblical Record of Christ 47

Session 4 Presenting Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ 69

Session 5 Explaining the Central Message of Christ 89

Session 6 Encouraging Friends to Follow Christ 107

Leader's Guide 129

For Further Reading 135