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100 1  Strobel, Lee,|d1952- 
245 14 The case for Christmas :|ba journalist investigates the 
       identity of the child in the manger|h[Hoopla electronic 
       resource] /|cLee Strobel. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bZondervan,|c2005. 
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490 1  Cases for Christianity ; 
506    Digital content provided by hoopla. 
511 1  Read by Dick Fredericks. 
520    Says Lee Strobel, the author of The Case for Christmas: 
       Who was in the manger? Even after two millennia, 
       controversy continues to swirl around the Christmas child.
       "Scholarly debate is intensifying over who Jesus actually 
       was: divine, human, or both?" said a recent article in The
       Chicago Tribune. "Jesus has been portrayed in a burst of 
       books as, among other things, a Cynic philosopher, an 
       apocalyptic prophet, a zealot, a rabbi, a Pharisee, a 
       feminist, a radical egalitarian, and a postmodern social 
       critic." Like countless other children, I listened with 
       rapt fascination each year to the traditional Bible story 
       about Christmas. But as I matured, skepticism set in. I 
       concluded that not only is Santa Claus merely a feel-good 
       fable, but that the entire Christmas tale was itself built
       on a flimsy foundation of wishful thinking. All of that 
       changed, however, after I took a cue from one of the most 
       famous Bible passages about Christmas. The story, recorded
       in Luke 2:8-18, describes how an angel announced to a 
       ragtag group of sheepherders that "a Savior who is Messiah
       and Master" had been born in David's town. Was this a 
       hoax? A hallucination? Or was it the pivotal event of 
       human history - the incarnation of the Living God? The 
       sheepherders were determined to get to the bottom of the 
       matter. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can," 
       they said, "and see for ourselves what God has revealed to
       us." They left, running, to personally investigate the 
       evidence for themselves. Two thousand years later, 
       challenged by my agnostic wife's conversion to 
       Christianity, I also undertook an urgent mission to 
       determine the true identity of the child in the manger. 
       Through interviews with scholars and other experts, I 
       sought to resolve the question best posed by Jesus himself
       : "Who do you say that I am?" The Case for Christmas 
       retraces and expands upon my journey by delving into the 
       roots of this most cherished holiday. Can we believe in 
       our scientific age that Jesus was really born of a virgin?
       Is there astronomical support for the mysterious star that
       led three individuals to the newly born "king?" Does 
       history support the Bible's claim that a Roman census sent
       Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem or that Herod the Great 
       ruthlessly slaughtered the children of that rural village,
       seeking to destroy his supposed rival? Did Jesus match the
       prophetic "fingerprint" of the Messiah? And did he manage 
       to fulfill the attributes of God? By focusing on the 
       "hows" and "whys" of Christmas, this warm yet journalistic
       book will help believers reaffirm their faith while 
       guiding seekers as they pursue solid answers about this 
       miraculous occurrence. The evidence is in. The verdict is 
       up to you. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 00 Jesus Christ|xPerson and offices. 
650  0 Apologetics. 
700 1  Fredericks, Dick. 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
800 1  Strobel, Lee.|tCases for Christianity.|sSpoken word ; 
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