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It argues that the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John can be trusted as historical records, citing expert claims about eyewitness reliability, gospel harmony, and the early church’s standards for authoritative texts. It also presents evidence from New Testament manuscript reliability and extra-biblical sources for Jesus’ life, crucifixion, and the early belief in his resurrection.","?  \nA summary of The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel  \nThousands of highly educated people have become convinced of the claims about Christ once they open-mindedly explored the facts for themselves. One such person is Lee Strobel.  \nStrobel was a highly successful investigative journalist for the Chicago Tribunal. He was trained to approach any claim in a highly rational way, always surveying carefully the evidence before coming to a conclusion on any matter.  \nWhen his wife became a Christian and he observed the positive impact it made on her life, he was persuaded by her to at least explore the facts about Christ for himself. After years of exploration, he became convinced that the facts of Christ held up under the most penetrating scrutiny.  \nHe wrote a book, The Case for Christ, which retracted and expanded upon his several-year journey from atheism to Christianity. In it he interviewed thirteen leading experts on the historical evidence for Jesus Christ. This is his own summary of that book.  \nCan the biographies of Jesus be trusted?  \nI once thought the gospels (of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were merely religious propaganda, hopelessly tainted by overactive imagination and evangelistic zeal. But Craig Blomberg of Denver  \nnvincing  \ncase that they reflect eyewitness testimony and bear the unmistakable earmarks of accuracy. So  \nseem to have formulated a doctrine of the atonement, were convinced that he had been raised from the dead in bodily form, associated Jesus with God, and believed they found support for all these convictions the legend to have developed and to have wiped out a sold core of historical truth.  \nDo the biographies of Jesus stand up to scrutiny?  \nBlomberg argued persuasively that the gospel writers intended to preserve reliable history, were able to do so, were honest and willing to include difficult-to-unduly colour their reporting. The harmony of the gospels on essential facts, coupled with  \nearly church could not have taken root and have flourished right there in Jerusalem if it had been teaching facts about Jesus that his own contemporaries could have exposed as exaggerated or false. In short, the gospels were able to pass all eight evidential tests, demonstrating their basic trustworthiness as historical records.  \nWorld-class scholar Bruce Metzger, professor emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary, said that compared with other ancient documents, there is an unprecedented number of New Testament manuscripts and that they can be dated extremely close to the original writings. The modern New Testament is 99.5 percent free of textual discrepancies, with no major Christian doctrines in doubt. The criteria used by the early church to determine which books should be considered authoritative have ensured that we possess the best records about Jesus.  \n[www.commonground.co.za](www.commonground.co.za)  \nIs there credible evidence for Jesus outside his biographies?  \nreligion, said Edwin Yamauchi of Miami University, a leading expert on ancient history. Sources from outside the Bible corroborate that many people believed Jesus performed healings and was the Messiah, that he was crucified, and that despite this shameful death, his followers, who believed he was still alive, worshiped him as God. One expert documented thirty-nine extra-biblical ancient  \nand resurrection. 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