

Could it be a mass hallucination? He visits the classroom of a famous agnostic psychologist. Could it be a hoax? He has coffee with a biblical scholar. If he can prove that this one event didn’t happen, “the whole house of cards falls.” From there, the film follows Strobel from one expert to another in his quest to “solve” the mystery of the resurrection.Ĭould the resurrection be a late invention? He consults an archeologist-turned-priest. He doesn’t want “religious truth” he wants true truth.Īs he begins his investigation, a colleague at the Tribune tells him that the resurrection is the central tenet of the faith.

If God isn’t real on the outside (objectively), then Strobel doesn’t want him on the inside (subjectively). The point of the film isn’t that God is “living on the inside.” The point is that Jesus is living on the outside-risen from the dead, ruling at the right hand of the Father. While the movie is based on a true story, the narrative ultimately grounds itself in something larger than one man’s experience with God.
