What to read next
by Lee Strobel
The Case for Christ follows Lee Strobel's own investigation as a skeptical journalist who set out to disprove Christianity and instead found the historical evidence for Jesus compelling enough to change his life, and the book builds its case through interviews with scholars across history, medicine, and philosophy. Groups that enjoy this evidence-based, investigative approach tend to gravitate next toward other books that either extend the case for the reliability of Christian claims, take on the hardest objections to faith, or shift from intellectual argument to the lived experience of trusting God in hard circumstances. Some of the books below stay close to Strobel's courtroom style of weighing evidence, while others move into suffering, doubt, or practical conversation skills, giving a leader room to pick the next study based on where the group's questions are heading.
Our The Case for Christ guide runs 15 sessions with 106 discussion questions.
These are guides from our own catalog, ordered by how much each book shares with The Case for Christ: subject and themes first, then the kind of group it suits, then the same author. It is an editorial comparison of what the books are about — not a ranking of which is better, and not a claim about what other groups chose.
by Timothy Keller
Where Strobel builds a case from historical and scientific evidence, Keller turns to the deeper question groups often ask next: why a good God allows suffering. It is a longer and more reflective study at 14 sessions, drawing on philosophy and real stories rather than courtroom-style argument, so expect a slower, more pastoral pace than Strobel's investigative chapters.
by John Stott
Stott makes the same core claim Strobel arrives at through interviews - that Christianity stands or falls on the historical person of Jesus - but he argues it directly rather than through a journalist's investigation. At 10 sessions and 71 questions it is shorter and more concise, a good next step for a group that wants the case restated plainly rather than re-argued from scratch.
by Timothy Keller
Like Strobel, Keller is answering skeptics, but he organizes the book around specific objections - suffering, exclusivity, the reliability of the Bible - rather than expert interviews. At 16 sessions and 112 questions it runs longer and leans more philosophical, well suited to a group ready to slow down and wrestle with each objection in turn.
by C.S. Lewis
Lewis, like Strobel, came to faith from atheism and lays out a reasoned case for Christian belief, though his argument moves through moral law and logic rather than historical evidence and expert testimony. It is the longest option here at 29 sessions and 176 questions, so it suits a group willing to commit to a longer, more foundational study.
by Lee Strobel
This is Strobel's own follow-up, keeping the same interview format and journalistic voice but turning from evidence for Jesus to the hardest objections believers and doubters raise, like suffering and hell. At 11 sessions it is shorter than the original, making it a natural and familiar next study for a group that liked how Strobel works.
by Philip Yancey
Yancey shares Strobel's habit of drawing on outside expertise, in this case medicine and personal stories, but the subject shifts from defending the faith intellectually to living with pain honestly. At 13 sessions it is a comparable length, with a tone that is gentler and more searching than argumentative.
by Gregory Koukl
Koukl shares Strobel's practical, journalist-like posture toward tough questions, but instead of presenting a finished case, he teaches the group how to ask good questions in their own conversations. At 12 sessions it is a shorter, more hands-on study, better suited to skill-building than to working through evidence.
by Alisa Childers
Childers, like Strobel, tells her own story of investigating claims that challenged her faith, then lays out what she found, so the personal-investigation format will feel familiar. The subject matter is narrower and more contemporary, focused on progressive Christianity's reframing of core doctrines, and at 13 sessions with 104 questions it carries a bit more theological density than Strobel's book.
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