Daily Archives: April 2, 2018

In this book, “The Case for Miracles” author Lee Strobel takes a look at miracles. Are they the work of God, the creator? Or are they merely coincidences, spontaneous remissions, fleeting moments of seeming recovery, or even worse, the work of charlatans.

Mr. Strobel’s investigation is what one would expect from a good and hard-hitting journalist. While he is now a Christian, he once was a committed atheist and skeptic. Because of that and his experience of years as a journalist, the tone and style of the book is uncommitted and leaves the reader to decide for themselves.

For me, the evidence was overwhelming. As I read through Mr. Stroble’s interview with noted skeptic, Dr. Michael Shermer, I noted that the Dr. Shermer’s viewpoint was favorably portrayed and explained well. If you were on the fence and stopped reading after that first chapter, you would walk away without a belief in miracles.

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