#265 Lee Strobel - Who is the Real Santa Claus & What Evidence Connects Jesus to Christmas?
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
Lee Strobel, welcome back. Thank you. And Merry Christmas.
You too. Thanks for... I wore red. I see.
I should have thought about this a little bit more. That's all right. It's not actually Christmas yet, but... Well, yeah, well. But, well, Lee, we had you last year for Christmas. Yeah. And that was the first time we met. It was, yeah. And then we had you on for Easter with our mutual friend, John. And so... You got the new book coming out. Yeah, the case for Christmas. So I thought, we got to do this again. Plus, I just love being around you and hanging out.
I love hanging out.
So this one will be all about Christmas and Jesus's birth and all that good stuff. Yeah. But I want to start off with an introduction, just like always. Yeah. Lee Strobel, a Christian author, speaker, and former investigative journalist. You went from an atheist investigative journalist into leading Christian apologist and author, blending rigorous investigative methods with your faith journey to influence millions worldwide. New York Times bestselling offer of over 40 books and curricula with sales exceeding 18 million copies translated into 40 different languages. Recently updated your book, The Case for Christmas, and Hobby Lobby has purchased one million copies and is giving them away for free.
Only half a million.
Oh, only half a million. Only half a million. So if you're at Hobby Lobby, you can pick one up for free.
What is the significance of Lee Strobel's new book, The Case for Christmas?
Married to Leslie since 1972, and you have two adult children and four grandkids.
That's me. That's you. Can we go home now?
Yeah. But, you know, I just, like I said, I'm just happy to have you here again. And, you know, we were kind of talking at breakfast about, you know, the revival of Christianity. And I think we actually started talking about this a year ago. Yeah. Almost to the date, exactly. And how far it has come just in the past year. And you had some pretty interesting statistics.
There's actually a new survey done by the Barna organization that showed that among especially young people who have taken some sort of step as a result of the Charlie Kirk assassination, Far more of them, like three times as many, have taken a spiritual step versus a political step. So I think it's something like 38% who took a step took a spiritual step, and like 11% took a political step, which to me is a fascinating phenomenon when you look at also Bible sales continue to be extremely high. When you look at how many young guys are going back to church, Young women are kind of leaving the church a bit right now, but it's young guys who are going to church. This is very new. Very new, very exciting, I think.
What evidence supports the virgin birth of Jesus?
It's like God is kind of stirring the spiritual pot. Something's going on in the culture. Definitely. And I think it's a positive thing. I think especially Generation X and alphas, young people, they've been lied to so much. You know, AI, who knows what's true and what's not? You go on Twitter at X, you know, and you see this funny video, and then you realize, oh, it was artificial intelligence. And, you know, television commercials just lie to you about things or mislead you. Radio commercials and politics has told you one thing when you know that ain't true. And I think a lot of young people get to the point where I'd like to base my life on something solid. I'd like to anchor it on something that's true.
And that's a good thing because I think, personally, my experience has been that's who Jesus is, and that's who we celebrate at Christmas.
I think that's, I mean, I think you're right on the money there with why this is all happening. And yeah, the younger generations are all coming back, but I see it in all the generations. I mean, I see it in the older folks and the folks my age and the younger generation. Everybody, at least everybody around me is talking about this and they're going back. or they're going, or they're just initially going to church. Right, first time, going to church. And it's really, it's just really cool to see. And so once again, I mean, that's, I just, I learned so much from you guys.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:05–1:44
2
What is the significance of Lee Strobel's new book, The Case for Christmas?
1:44–3:07
3
What evidence supports the virgin birth of Jesus?
3:07–19:27
4
How do the Magi's gifts foreshadow Jesus' purpose?
19:27–1:06:33
5
Who was the first to recognize Jesus as the Messiah?
1:06:33–1:08:16
6
How did the news of Jesus's birth spread?
1:08:16–1:10:29
7
What role did King Herod play in the story of Jesus's early life?
1:10:29–2:10:21
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