Lee Strobel, 55, once looked critically at Christians. Asking questions about faith, he gradually embraced atheism.
"My parents attended a Lutheran church," recalled Strobel, who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. "They dragged me there for a while when I was a youngster. When I protested too much, I didn’t have to go anymore."
Now, he’s a high-profile Christian apologist, a bestselling author whose books are especially popular among evangelicals.