The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

This book was written by a self depicted atheist at the time of his investigation into whether there was or was not a Christ.  Lee Strobel had witnessed his wife's conversion to Christianity and thought he would investigate it and prove her and her conversion to Christ wrong.  Strobel believed it was a good story that had simply become legend over time and the time it took to record the story.

Strobel was an award-winning investigative reporter and legal editor of the Chicago Tribune before writing  this book.  He also holds a Master of Studies in Law from Yale Law School.

He went on a two year mission to investigate experts on the life of Jesus, the truth of the gospels, how trustworthy they could be, did Jesus believe himself to be the son of God, the crucifixion, and the resurrection, amidst other related topics.

Strobel approached the issue as an investigative reporter would and asks the reader to read the book as an unbiased juror is to assume evidence during a trial they are sitting in on.  He lays the case for Christ out, as he found it himself, in interviewing countless experts in the field. 

He is very confrontational and doubting in questioning the experts on the subject.  In the end he finds the evidence monumentally on the side of their actually being a case for Christ which in turn leads to his own conversion to Christianity.

I would highly recommend it for someone who has questions about if there is or ever was a Christ, to the all knowing atheist, and as well to the Christian that wants to strengthen their understanding of the life of Christ.