The Case for Christmas with Lee Strobel
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4.9 • 850 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s podcast, Lee Strobel is BACK to talk about the Nativity story. He shares about challenging common perceptions and interpretations. I absolutely loved hearing the detail and history around the “manger” which was more like a guest room. And he gives us some more clarity around the date of Christmas and how it was chosen.
It was so interesting for me to hear from Lee which nativity details have been misunderstood or overemphasized or even simplified. This would be a great episode to listen to with your kids! As a former atheist and investigative journalist, Lee’s heart is to give us a “Case for Christmas” and ultimately point everyone to his savior Jesus Christ.
My favorite part is at the end - do not miss it! His story brought me to tears about how he experienced Jesus when he was an atheist. It was the generosity of Christians that drew him to God. What a powerful reminder that God is using everything for his glory and you never know who is watching.
I am so thankful for our community and hope you had a restful week with your family. Take just a few moments to let your kids share what they are grateful for this year.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Courtney DeFeo
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:02.0 | Let's stop Christmas. |
| 0:10.0 | All I want for Christmas is the weather to be below like 70 degrees. |
| 0:14.0 | That's the heart of a Texan right there. |
| 0:16.0 | But I know if you're like me, finding the perfect gift for the people you love, it should feel joyful, right? But it often feels stressful. So between the busy schedules and crowded stores, it's easy to |
| 0:25.3 | lose the joy of giving. And that's why Christian Parenting created the 2025 Christmas gift guide, |
| 0:30.3 | a one-stop collection of thoughtful, faith-filled gifts for every age and stage. And inside this guide, |
| 0:35.5 | you'll find meaningful ideas for kids, parents, |
| 0:38.0 | grandparents, and your friends, all designed to point hearts back to the true reason for the season. |
| 0:43.2 | Plus, we've included some of our very favorite advent resources from family activities to |
| 0:48.1 | devotionals just for kids so you can keep Jesus at the center of Christmas. And best of all, |
| 0:53.0 | it's completely free. Check out the guide today |
| 0:55.6 | at Christianparenting.org slash Christmas and make this Christmas your most meaningful and |
| 1:00.8 | least stressful. |
| 1:17.9 | Hey friends, welcome back to Pardon the Mess. I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. |
| 1:24.1 | Maybe you're listening to this on the way back in the car with your kids, or maybe you're listening to it after the fact. |
| 1:28.1 | But I wanted to get our hearts set for Christmas because a lot of craziness is coming up, a lot of misinformation happens about Christmas. And so I thought, what better way |
| 1:34.1 | than have Lee Strobel back on? He's one of my favorite authors. He wrote the book Case for Christ |
| 1:39.4 | that impacted me so deeply years ago. And he was a former atheist, investigative journalist, and he sat |
| 1:45.4 | out to prove to his wife, that was a new Christian, that the resurrection and Jesus and Christianity |
| 1:51.5 | and the Bible was not real, and he found the opposite. So he is a fascinating guest. Today, we're |
| 1:57.0 | talking about the case for Christmas, and we talk all about just misconceptions and |
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