Jesus Christ: Fact or Fiction?
Fact or Fiction:
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Was Jesus just another guy, prophet, lunatic, divine Son of God?
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Is the truth really true if you don’t agree with it, follow it, or fully understand it?
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Is Jesus really the Messiah even if you disagree with some of his teachings?
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How do issues of truth, tolerance, and judgment influence your views of Scripture?
Fact:
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Popular historians, TV documentaries, internet bloggers, bestselling authors, other religions, and mainstream movies are capturing the public’s attention by painting a radical new portrait of Jesus.
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Society is currently saturated with messages of relativism, truth, and tolerance that conflict with Scripture in the Bible.
Invite others to investigate these questions and controversies with former atheist and best-selling author Lee Strobel in "The Case for the Real Jesus". He will present eyewitness, scientific, profile, and fingerprint evidences. You and your guests can weigh the facts and then decide for yourselves.
- Sunday, September 7th from 7-9 pm at the Edmond campus
- Doors open at 6:30 pm
- No tickets are needed, suggested donation
- No childcare is available
- You will not want to miss this opportunity!
- Lee has authored nearly twenty books including: The Case for Christ, The Case for Christmas, and his brand new The Case for the Real Jesus.
- He is also a New York Times best-selling author
- For more information, you can write Leigh Hudson or call 405.513.7525 at the Edmond campus.
Biography
Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times best-selling author of nearly twenty books and has been interviewed on numerous national television programs, including ABC's 20/20, Fox News, and CNN.
Described by the Washington Post as "one of the evangelical community's most popular apologists," Lee shared the prestigious Charles "Kip" Jordon Christian Book of the Year award in 2005 for a curriculum he co-authored about the movie The Passion of the Christ. He also has won awards for his books The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, The Case for a Creator, and Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary.
Lee was educated at the University of Missouri (Bachelor of Journalism degree, 1974) and Yale Law School (Master of Studies in Law degree, 1979). He was a professional journalist for 14 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.
After a nearly two-year investigation of the evidence for Jesus, Lee received Christ as his forgiver and leader in 1981. He joined the staff of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL, in 1987, and later became a teaching pastor there. He joined Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, CA, as a teaching pastor in 2000. He left Saddleback's staff in mid-2002 to focus on writing. He is also a contributing editor and columnist for Outreach magazine.
Lee's other books include God's Outrageous Claims, The Case for Christmas, The Case for Easter, What Jesus Would Say, Exploring the Da Vinci Code (co-authored with Garry Poole) and Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage, which he wrote with his wife, Leslie. For two seasons, Lee was executive producer and host of the weekly national network television program Faith Under Fire.
Lee is also co-author of the Becoming a Contagious Christian training curriculum, which is used around the world, and his articles have been published in a variety of magazines, including Discipleship Journal, Marriage Partnership, The Christian Research Journal, Guideposts, and Decision. He has appeared on such national radio programs as The Bible Answer Man and Focus on the Family. In addition, he has taught First Amendment law at Roosevelt University.
Lee and Leslie have been married for 36 years and live in Southern California. Their daughter, Alison, is novelist whose second book will be published in 2006 by WaterBrook Press, a division of Random House. Their son, Kyle, is currently earning his third master's degree at the Talbot School of Theology; his first book is forthcoming from Baker Books.