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Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

Making the Case with Lee Strobel

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

The Christian Research Institute

Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Lee Strobel has been a longtime guest on the Bible Answer Man broadcast, and he now joins Hank for the first time on the Hank Unplugged podcast. Strobel is a former investigative journalist for The Chicago Tribune, and his best-selling books such as The Case for Christ (now a major motion picture) have reached millions of people and had an enormous impact on the body of Christ.

Topics discussed include: the lasting impact of Lee Strobel’s book The Case for Christ (2:30); The Case for Christ movie (6:00); Strobel’s transformation from an angry, drunk atheist to a mild-mannered, God-fearing Christian (8:30); how Strobel uses his award-winning journalistic research and writing skills to provide cogent answers for Christianity (11:00); an honest admission from Strobel on facing dark trials in his life and how prayer helped him to empty his ego and bring him closer to God (15:45); remembering that God’s grace is sufficient in all circumstances (20:30); Nabeel Quereshi as an example of how God can use miracles to reach us (21:45); how should we respond when God doesn’t answer our prayers in the midst of suffering? (23:30); making The Case for a Creator (28:30); learning to trust God for provision and purpose in our lives (31:00); Strobel’s existential awakening in the morgue (record room) of The Chicago Tribune (40:00); the state of journalism today (44:30); are universities today censoring the free exchange of ideas? (49:00); the need for discernment in the age of the internet (50:30); the problems with consensus science (53:15); the importance of equipping young people with a solid apologetic for their faith in Christ (55:30); misinformation in the internet age (1:01:15); the importance of apologetics resources like the Christian Research Journal (1:05:20); dealing with unfair criticisms and attacks online (1:06:30); Strobel’s favorite book that he has written (1:13:00); writing The Case for Miracles and a renewed belief in the supernatural (1:15:10); and advice on how to survive a spiritual mismatch in marriage (1:21:15).

Transcript

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0:00.0

And welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplugged Podcast.

0:27.6

I'm really excited to be in studio today because I'm having a conversation with someone who I really, really like.

0:37.4

And he truly is one of the most interesting, informative,

0:43.1

inspirational people on the planet. I'm talking about none other than Lee Strobel.

0:49.3

Lee was an atheist-turned Christian. I probably don't need to tell anybody about Lee because everybody

0:54.8

knows about Lee. He was a former award-winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune. He's, of course,

1:02.1

the best-selling author of more than 20 books. And the classic is the case for Christ. I think

1:09.4

that's the book that started it all.

1:11.8

And Lee, I am excited to do this podcast with you today.

1:16.2

Well, I'm excited to be on with you, Hank.

1:18.6

I was going to use those same words to describe you.

1:21.2

You're one of the most interesting, well-informed people I know.

1:25.2

And we used to be neighbors.

1:27.4

Yeah, that's right.

1:28.2

We used to live right near each other.

1:30.3

And back when you had a studio out in sunny California, those are great days.

1:36.6

Why did we ever move out of sunny California?

1:39.8

Now you're in Houston.

1:41.5

I'm in Charlotte.

1:42.8

I'm cold as can be. I mean, you had a hurricane. I'm in Charlotte. I'm cold as can be.

1:45.0

I mean, you had a hurricane.

1:46.4

I mean, we used to sit at the patio of these wonderful restaurants outside and the warm sunshine,

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