Post Published on June 29, 2008.
Last Updated on July 12, 2021 by davemackey.
Coming in with Low Expectations…
I am a voracious reader and my interests cover a variety of topics. One of my specialties, so to speak, is books on Christianity. I enjoy a number of Christian authors and am constantly expanding my interests.
Not too long ago I received a promotional copy of a new book by Kyle Strobel entitled Metamorpha: Jesus as a Way of Life. Promotional books often aren’t of the greatest quality and when I saw that Kyle was Lee Strobel‘s son (Case for Faith, Case for Christ, Case for a Creator) I was underwhelmed. I had tried Strobel’s Case for a Creator and while the volume had grasped my interest initially, I became discombobulated and bored as the volume continued.
I felt like Lee’s writing skills as an investigative journalist didn’t carry over well to full-length volumes and this challenge for journalists seems confirmed by David Aikman‘s The Delusion of Disbelief. In any case, my skepticism was high, but I began to plunge ahead and was pleasantly surprised.
Pleasantly Surprised…
Kyle Strobel writes with clarity, honesty, and wisdom I have seldom encountered except among some of the greatest authors. I can rank him without hyperbole alongside C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia) and George MacDonald (Diary of an Old Soul, Unspoken Sermons). The quality of his writing is superb, the content is clear and concise, the depth of his knowledge is impressive.
Strobel is young. Very young. But his work deserves the attention not only of this generation but also of the elder generations. With the wisdom of Solomon he carefully examines the faults of the elder and younger generations. Unlike so many contemporary writers who are blinded to their own faults by the faults of “the other generation” Strobel is careful to pull the plank out of each generation’s eye as he seeks to unfold a clearer vision of following Christ.
Read If…
- If you are looking for visionary insight into following Jesus,
- Or you desire to deepen your walk with God.
- Or even to understand who this God is and why you should care,
- If you find yourself in conflict with those of other generations,
- Or are simply looking for deep, heart-wrenching, intellectual, theological stimulation.