Lee Strobel
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Now she's going to make the kids think that there's something wrong with me because I don't believe in God. I thought I just saw trouble on the horizon. And trouble came because all of a sudden she becomes a devout Christian and I'm an adamant atheist. Well, we're just butting heads and we'd never done that. We met when we were 14, we got married at 19 and 20.
Now she's going to make the kids think that there's something wrong with me because I don't believe in God. I thought I just saw trouble on the horizon. And trouble came because all of a sudden she becomes a devout Christian and I'm an adamant atheist. Well, we're just butting heads and we'd never done that. We met when we were 14, we got married at 19 and 20.
We're best friends and yet for the first time in our marriage, we're at loggerheads. She wants to go to church. Am I gonna stay home with the kids while you go to church? I got other things to do. I remember when she came to me, she said, I'd like to give some money to the church. I said, I got a good idea. Why don't you take the money and flush it down the toilet?
We're best friends and yet for the first time in our marriage, we're at loggerheads. She wants to go to church. Am I gonna stay home with the kids while you go to church? I got other things to do. I remember when she came to me, she said, I'd like to give some money to the church. I said, I got a good idea. Why don't you take the money and flush it down the toilet?
We're best friends and yet for the first time in our marriage, we're at loggerheads. She wants to go to church. Am I gonna stay home with the kids while you go to church? I got other things to do. I remember when she came to me, she said, I'd like to give some money to the church. I said, I got a good idea. Why don't you take the money and flush it down the toilet?
because that'll have the same effect. So that was what she was up against. I mean, and I thought, I got to get my marriage back together here. How do I do that? Well, wait a minute, there's an easy way. All I have to do is disprove Christianity. You know, I went to Yale Law School. I understand what evidence is.
because that'll have the same effect. So that was what she was up against. I mean, and I thought, I got to get my marriage back together here. How do I do that? Well, wait a minute, there's an easy way. All I have to do is disprove Christianity. You know, I went to Yale Law School. I understand what evidence is.
because that'll have the same effect. So that was what she was up against. I mean, and I thought, I got to get my marriage back together here. How do I do that? Well, wait a minute, there's an easy way. All I have to do is disprove Christianity. You know, I went to Yale Law School. I understand what evidence is.
Take me a long weekend, maybe a three-day weekend, and I'm sure I can poke enough holes in Christianity that it would fall apart. What brought your wife to faith? It's interesting. We moved into a condo in suburban Chicago, and the doorbell rang, and it was a neighbor. It was a woman. She was a nurse. And her name was Linda. And she had a child on her hip who was six months old.
Take me a long weekend, maybe a three-day weekend, and I'm sure I can poke enough holes in Christianity that it would fall apart. What brought your wife to faith? It's interesting. We moved into a condo in suburban Chicago, and the doorbell rang, and it was a neighbor. It was a woman. She was a nurse. And her name was Linda. And she had a child on her hip who was six months old.
Take me a long weekend, maybe a three-day weekend, and I'm sure I can poke enough holes in Christianity that it would fall apart. What brought your wife to faith? It's interesting. We moved into a condo in suburban Chicago, and the doorbell rang, and it was a neighbor. It was a woman. She was a nurse. And her name was Linda. And she had a child on her hip who was six months old.
Well, we had a nine-month-old daughter. And so Linda introduces herself, brought a plate of cookies, and said, hey, you know, let's get together sometime. So they became best friends. Well, Linda was a Christian, a strong Christian. And they would have long conversations about God. And Leslie wasn't hostile like I was. She just had questions like anybody would. And Linda had answers.
Well, we had a nine-month-old daughter. And so Linda introduces herself, brought a plate of cookies, and said, hey, you know, let's get together sometime. So they became best friends. Well, Linda was a Christian, a strong Christian. And they would have long conversations about God. And Leslie wasn't hostile like I was. She just had questions like anybody would. And Linda had answers.
Well, we had a nine-month-old daughter. And so Linda introduces herself, brought a plate of cookies, and said, hey, you know, let's get together sometime. So they became best friends. Well, Linda was a Christian, a strong Christian. And they would have long conversations about God. And Leslie wasn't hostile like I was. She just had questions like anybody would. And Linda had answers.
And she went to church with her. She checked it out. And then she brought me that news that she had become a Christian.
And she went to church with her. She checked it out. And then she brought me that news that she had become a Christian.
And she went to church with her. She checked it out. And then she brought me that news that she had become a Christian.
Oh, my gosh. I just saw it. This is the last thing I need in my life. Because I just had this caricature of Christians who were going to be judgmental and going to look down their nose at me. And by the way, I thought I was a man in her life. Now who's this Jesus character? Well, you weren't wrong. Yeah.
Oh, my gosh. I just saw it. This is the last thing I need in my life. Because I just had this caricature of Christians who were going to be judgmental and going to look down their nose at me. And by the way, I thought I was a man in her life. Now who's this Jesus character? Well, you weren't wrong. Yeah.
Oh, my gosh. I just saw it. This is the last thing I need in my life. Because I just had this caricature of Christians who were going to be judgmental and going to look down their nose at me. And by the way, I thought I was a man in her life. Now who's this Jesus character? Well, you weren't wrong. Yeah.