Home Media Magazine - September 16-22, 2007 - (Page CER10)

+profile GOD’S REPORTER “We wanted to identify with some of the people who would be watching [the DVD]. We wanted to show that there is widespread skepticism,” Strobel says of the man-on-the-street interviews in the program. T O U R D AT E S I September 9, 2007 The Journey Church, New York City I September 14, 2007 Elmbrook Church, Brookfield, Wis. I September 16, 2007 Christ Community Church, St. Charles, Ill. I September 22 - 23, 2007 Fellowship of the Woodlands, Houston I September 26, 2007 Woodcrest Church, Columbia, Mo. I September 27 - 29, 2007 University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. I October 6, 2007 Prestonwood Baptist Church, Dallas I October 7, 2007 Watermark Community Church, Dallas I October 13 - 14, 2007 Central Christian Church, Las Vegas I October 20 - 21, 2007 Scottsdale Bible Church, Scottsdale, Ariz. I October 27 - 28, 2007 Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, Ky. I November 4, 2007 Harvest Christian Fellowship, Riverside, Calif. I November 7 - 8, 2007 National Outreach Convention, San Diego I November 9 - 10, 2007 National Christian Apologetics Conference, Charlotte, N.C. I November 15, 2007 Evangelical Philosophical Society Apologetics Conference, San Diego I November 18, 2007 First Redeemer Church, Atlanta I December 1 - 2, 2007 Christ Community Church, Omaha, Neb. For an updated and complete schedule, go to: www.leestrobel.com/schedule.php >> He thinks the DVD will be effective particularly with young people and young Christians who like a visual medium and need something to “equip them to better defend their faith.” “So many people process information visually these days,” he explains. “I’m glad I have this tool. I’m a reader, so it was a fascinating process for me working with experts who are visual. The visual presentation really does amplify your message. It can be more powerful than the book to some people.” The visual medium required Strobel to streamline the story and present fewer experts to make his case. “We couldn’t fit everybody in, which was fine because I think we were able to focus on the experts that could really put the pieces together,” he says. “By hitting the high points, it really strings together the nuts and bolts.” In his book, Strobel takes great pains to describe those he interviews, where they live, what they look like and what they do. Obviously, that wasn’t necessary for the DVD. “I really wanted [the book] to be an experience for the readers,” he says. “In a film, you get a much greater sense of that.” Sequences show scholars playing racquetball, jogging, playing the electric guitar or lifting weights. “The film really brings it alive,” he says. “You get to really meet these people,” Strobel says. “We wanted to show they were regular guys. “There are some surprising things about them. They are not the dry academics people think they are.” The video begins with man-on-the-street observations. Interviewees discuss why they don’t believe in God or why they question the story of Jesus and his resurrection. “We wanted to identify with some of the viewers who would be watching this,” Strobel says. “We wanted to show that there is widespread skepticism.” For the DVD, Strobel takes on the persona of a guide. He introduces the subject O N S T R O B E L’ S D V D S H E L F I Peter Pan: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (the stage show starring Mary Martin) I Braveheart (Mel Gibson film) I Dead Man Walking, starring Susan Sarandon as a nun who offers spiritual guidance to a man on death row I The Last Sin Eater, which is based on a Christian novel and he highly recommends to Christians I Evel Knievel documentaries (a fellow convert) 10 CHRISTIAN ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW / SEPTEMBER 2007 http://www.leestrobel.com/schedule.php

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