Although the discussion often veers into the academic, Strobel works hard to make it accessible to those without scientific training. Throughout the book, he salts interview transcript information with interesting personal stories of his own spiritual and scientific quest for knowledge, as well as sometimes over-detailed descriptions of the actual interviews (right down to the type of beverages consumed). Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading on particular issues of science and faith.

Strobel concludes that, when correctly interpreted, science and biblical teaching support each other. He quotes physicist Paul Davies, "…science offers a surer path to God than religion." Open-minded readers will find that this book, and its questions for reflection and group study, invites conversation and investigation.--Cindy Crosby

Customer Reviews Average rating - 3.5

Rating - 1 Date: 2009-01-04
Content: I find it insulting that Lee Strobel, who is a lawyer by training, asserts that he can adequately report on scientific evidence of God. Sorry, but this level of analysis requires graduate degrees in physical and biological sciences to fully understand the scientific method and how to interpret scientific literature.

For a real book about science and the existence of God written by a Ph.D. scientist, see Victor Stenger's "Has Science Found God?"
Summary: Lawyers are NOT Scientists

Rating - 5 Date: 2009-01-03
Content: The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God is another book by Lee Strobel, who attacks the issues by interviewing scientists, scholars, and researchers to build his case that God exists. He originally, as a young adolescent, was convinced by science that God does not exist but today has made a complete 180 and believes that science can actually point one toward the Creator.
There is a beautiful new book about God and faith entitled "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers: A Message for Everyone," by John H. Eagan. I just finished it. It's really great and deals with God, the creator, Jesus' teachings, and His Passion. It brought me to tears. I think the readers of Strobel's book will really enjoy The Enlightenment.

Summary: Great Writing

Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-25
Content: Excellent arguments, quoting many experts in the field. Focuses on the philosophical rather than scientific arguments. College level.
Summary: The Case for a Creator

Rating - 4 Date: 2008-12-02
Content: I have been using this book as resource for a Bible study and I was quite impressed with it, but before I proceed with the review, let me state a couple of things...

First, I am an Aerospace Engineer and have been studying physics and applied science for almost a decade. Science is extremely important to me and I fully accept that science can, and does, lead to Truth.

Second, I am a Christian. As such, I believe that all Truth is revealed by God to us in whatever manner He sees fit, including, but not limited to, science.

Now, to the book. Strobel has done a remarkable job with this text, compiling a comprehensive argument for creation in the form of Intelligent Design. If you're at all curious about ID, I definitely recommend this book, you'll learn pretty much everything you need to know about ID. That said, you'll have to keep an open mind, ID is just a different way of looking at the exact same evidence evolutionists see. Think of it this way, Copernicus saw the EXACT same sky that Ptolemy did, but Copernicus came to an entirely different conclusion(the helio-centric solar system). Similarly, ID proponents look at the Big Bang, that same Big Bang proposed by an evolutionary universe, and come to a different conclusion(the existence of a "divine" intelligence). This is one simple example of what ID really is, a different way of looking at the evidence, and it's this type of argument you'll find in Strobel's book.

I had intended this review to be more technical, but I think I've said what needs to be said. If you read Strobel's "The Case for A Creator" with an open mind, I think you'll be surprised by what you'll learn.
Summary: A Different Point of View

Rating - 5 Date: 2008-11-23
Content: An excellent book and my reading it has caused me to rethink some ideas that I have held since early adulthood. Two points raised by Lee Strobel just won't go away after you put the book down: one, the concept of irreducibly complex mechanisms and the second, the gap in evolutionary records that must be eliminated before evolution as presented in classrooms can be presented as fact. Before I read this book, I thought there must be countless thousands of Earths spread throughout the universe, but if you consider as Lee Strobel points out, the many things about our earth that are just right for life, and the remote probability that all of these conditions could be duplicated on another planet, then mathmatically you realize that the likelihood of another Earth is incalculably small. All these points, lead to the conclusion of the existance of a creator. This book will help you reconcile your scientist with your spiritual being. Five stars!
Summary: This book made me rethink my ideas about creation