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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lee Strobel was a lawyer.\u00a0 He knew the rules about evidence and proof.\u00a0 And one day he came to interview me at Asbury many years ago.\u00a0 He was writing his first book, that turned out to be big\u2014 The Case for Christ.\u00a0 He even had me filmed playing the guitar.\u00a0 The video is still out there somewhere.\u00a0 I was telling him about why Jesus called himself the Son of Man and why that\u2019s a major clue as to how he viewed himself.\u00a0 \u00a0 This little clip captures what it was that changed Lee Strobel\u2019s mind, heart, and frankly his whole life from atheist to one of the strongest advocates and apologists for the Gospel in my lifetime.\u00a0 It was the evidence for the bodily resurrection of Jesus in 1 Cor. 15 written during the lifetime of the original eyewitnesses.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Strobel was a lawyer.\u00a0 He knew the rules about evidence and proof.\u00a0 And one day he 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