The Case for Christ
My wife and I recently watched The Case for Christ. If you are not aware, this is a movie that is currently in theaters. It is based off the best selling book by the same name written by Lee Strobel.
Spoiler Alert! This isn’t necessarily a review of The Case for Christ, but I will reveal details and takeaways I got from the movie. I believe that there are at least three reasons that Christians and non-Christians should see this movie.
The Christian
1. Lee’s wife, Leslie, in the movie is a great depiction of how Christians should act. Leslie is the first in her marriage to accept Jesus and become a Christian. It is through her journey of her trying to find her way in her new faith, while also wanting to not lose her marriage.
Every Christian should be able to defend what they believe in. Sadly, most can’t do this without stumbling over themselves. Leslie, while not knowing and reciting every scripture to her husband, tries to relate her real experience with Jesus.
We can take something important from this. Knowing the scriptures is important, but it may not be what brings someone to know Christ. It’s our experience that may bridge the gap. It has to be real to us.
The Skeptic
2. Lee’s journey is the central story that both believers and unbelievers can learn from. Lee took it upon himself to investigate and even disprove the resurrection of Jesus, he did all the work himself.
What we can learn from this is to investigate for ourselves. As Christians, we just take what a teacher, preacher or someone on TV says without researching it for ourselves. The same can be said for people who are not believers. Our society is full of people who regurgitate and not enough investigators. We are great at telling people what we have seen or read on social media and not enough time telling them what we have learned for ourselves.
Their Marriage
3. Lee and Leslie’s relationship is relate-able to all of us. Through this journey, we get to see them go through their up and downs. It is through that journey that we see their love for each other. Their love is strong and they earnestly fight for their relationship, all the way to the breaking point.
In every meaningful relationship that we have, we should be willing to fight for it.
I encourage everyone to see The Case for Christ. My wife and I enjoyed it and we hope you do too. There are a lot of things that we can learn that hopefully we will put into practice. If you’ve seen it let me know what you thought in the comments.
