The Case for Christmas

The Statesman ran an op-ed piece by James Dee on Saturday called, “The Christmas Story Didn’t Happen.” Since Dee is a retired classics professor, not a Biblical scholar or historian, he depends on a book by a single--and disputed--New Testament professor as sufficient proof that the accounts of Jesus’ birth in Matthew and Luke aren’t reliable.

If you have friends or neighbors asking questions about the reliability of the New Testament stories, pick up a copy of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christmas. Here are some video clips from a talk Strobel gave on the subject (about 5 minutes each). The former journalist for the Chicago Tribune refers to what he calls the “three E’s” that point to the reliability of the New Testament:

Eyewitnesses

Early Recorded Accounts

Earmarks of Authenticity