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101 " The source of evil is not God’s power but mankind’s freedom. "
― Lee Strobel , The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
102 " We can never sink so far that God’s grace will not reach us. At the same time, grace does not leave us there. It raises us to new heights. "
― Lee Strobel , The Case for Grace: A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives
103 " 20Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,v who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 21I have given her timew to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.x 22So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adulteryy with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. "
― Lee Strobel , Case for Christ Study Bible-NIV: Investigating the Evidence for Belief
104 " Real love—our love of God and our love of each other—must involve a choice. But with the granting of that choice comes the possibility that people would choose instead to hate. "
105 " At the time of the crucifixion, the disciples couldn’t see how anything good could result; similarly, as we face struggles and trials and suffering, we sometimes can’t imagine good emerging. But we’ve seen how it did in the case of Jesus, and we can trust it will in our case too. For instance, the greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God—so this is the best thing that could happen, not the worst. "
106 " it’s at least possible that God is wise enough to foresee that we need some pain for reasons which we may not understand but which he foresees as being necessary to some eventual good. Therefore, he’s not being evil by allowing that pain to exist. "
107 " Certainly there are times when God allows suffering and deprives us of the lesser good of pleasure in order to help us toward the greater good of moral and spiritual education. Even the ancient Greeks believed the gods taught wisdom through suffering. Aeschylus wrote: ‘Day by day, hour by hour / Pain drips upon the heart / As, against our will, and even in our own despite / Comes Wisdom from the awful grace of God. "
108 " He was loving but didn’t let his compassion immobilize him; he didn’t have a bloated ego, even though he was often surrounded by adoring crowds; he maintained balance despite an often demanding lifestyle; he always knew what he was doing and where he was going; he cared deeply about people, including women and children, who weren’t seen as being important back then; he was able to accept people while not merely winking at their sin; he responded to individuals based on where they were at and what they uniquely needed. "
― Lee Strobel , The Case for Christ
109 " moral character gets formed through hardship, through overcoming obstacles, through enduring despite difficulties. Courage, for example, would be impossible in a world without pain. The apostle Paul testified to this refining quality of suffering when he wrote that ‘suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.’13 "
110 " The point of our lives in this world isn’t comfort, but training and preparation for eternity. Scripture tells us that even Jesus ‘learned obedience through suffering14—and if that was true for him, why wouldn’t it be even more true for us? "
111 " So exploring the scientific and historical evidence for God is not only a cognitive exercise, but it’s an act of worship for me. It’s a way of giving the Creator the credit and honor and glory that are due to him. "
― Lee Strobel , The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
112 " Hazen thought for a moment, then concluded: “You know, even if all religions were figments of our imagination, I would choose Christianity, because it says you can be assured that you’re right with God. There’s no need for performance anxiety or laboring through lifetime after lifetime. As the Bible says in 1 John 5:13: ‘I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. "
113 " if God were to place one of those adoption ads, His might say something like this:'I'll take the person who feels inadequate and mediocre. I'll take the notorious and unworthy. I'll take the person whose misguided quest for fulfillment has gotten her mired in immorality. I'll take the person who's struggling with unanswered questions. I'll take the person who's on the treadmill of trying to prove she's somebody.And I'll provide a depth of love that she can't find in empty sexuality. I'll provide the kind of fulfillment that materialism will never buy. I'll offer satisfaction that will endure even when the accolades stop. "
― Lee Strobel , What Jesus Would Say: To Rush Limbaugh, Madonna, Bill Clinton, Michael Jordan, Bart Simpson, and You
114 " The prophet Jeremiah said that ‘from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain,’18 and the prophet Isaiah said, ‘all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags.’19 Our good deeds are stained with self-interest and our demands for justice are mixed with lust for vengeance. Ironically, it’s the best people who most readily recognize and admit their own shortcomings and sin. "
115 " As C. S. Lewis famously said, ‘God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: [evil] is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. "
― Lee Strobel , The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death
116 " If every birth is a rebirth, and if every life pays for the previous life, then what were you paying for in your first birth? You "
117 " [Hope is] the unswerving belief that better days are ahead, probably in this world and most certainly in the next. "
― Lee Strobel , The Case for Hope: Looking Ahead With Confidence and Courage
118 " just about every human being can reflect on his or her past and say, ‘I learned from that hardship. I didn’t think I would at the time, but I’m a bigger and better person for having endured it and persevered. "
119 " there are worse things than death or murder.” “Like what?” I asked. “Though it’s hard to comprehend,” he said, “the worst thing is to say to God that you don’t need him. Why? Because a dead person can be restored to life by God; a bereaved person can find peace from God; a person who has been violated can find God’s sustenance and strength and even see God conquer through the dark mystery of evil. In other words, there is recourse through these atrocities and tragedies. But to a person who says he or she doesn’t need God, what is the recourse? There is none. "
120 " Can a ‘maniac’ open blind eyes?” John 10:20 – 21 MSG "
― Lee Strobel , The Case for Christ for Kids