One of the books I re-read in the last few weeks is Lee Strobel’s The Case for a Creator. For those unfamiliar, this book follows Strobel’s best selling technique of interviews with experts on various issues related to the topic (ala The Case for Christ & The Case for Faith).

Strobel interviews many of the usual suspects in this book. You can tell he has developed a group of “go-to guys” for these interviews. In my estimation this is both good and bad. For me personally I appreciate guys like J.P. Moreland and William Lane Craig but they are definitely coming from a specific theological and philosophical viewpoint. Though there are some notable absences of the likes of Bill Dembski.

I appreciate that this books focuses on the big central issue, is there reason to believe that our universe was created by an Intelligent Designer. In this book you see the continued subtle movement away from “creationism.” That word, creationism, is surely broad but somewhere in the definition it must include a focus on the biblical record as a science text of sorts and a heightened focus on the age of the universe, for many creationists the age of the universe is on level of importance with the deity of Jesus. ID on the other hand has really pushed those issues to the side and tried to stay as broad as possible.

So the contributors are of this ilk and these peripheral issues don’t even make the pages. So if you’re looking for a book that will address the priorities of creationism you need to check out ICR, John Morris, Ken Ham, and those sorts because this book will leave you wanting.

But if you’re looking for a solid introduction to the priorities of the Intelligent Design movement this is a good place to start. There are some descent footnotes that can lead you to further leading on each subject as well as further reading suggestions at the end of each chapter.

All in all I think this is a very useful and helpful resource. Strobel continues to do a great job make weighty issues accessible through his interview style.