Between Two Worlds

Strobel's Journey Through the Veil

Have you ever wondered what lies just beyond our sight? Lee Strobel has.

In his fascinating work Seeing the Supernatural, the former skeptic-turned-believer takes us by the hand and leads us into the misty borderlands where our material world brushes against something...else.

Unlike his methodical "Case For" investigations, this feels more personal, like sitting with Strobel on a porch at dusk as he leans forward and asks, "What if there's more to reality than what meets the eye?"

The book reads like a travelogue through territories most of us glimpse only in fragments: hospital rooms where doctors witness inexplicable healings, quiet moments when strangers appear with messages too precise to be coincidence, dark corners where malevolent presences make themselves known.

What struck me most wasn't just the stories themselves (though they'll raise the hair on your arms) but how Strobel refuses to sensationalize. He approaches each account with the careful eye of his journalistic background, asking the questions I found myself mentally voicing: "Could there be another explanation? What evidence supports this? How does this align with scripture?"

When discussing near-death experiences, he doesn't just collect dramatic testimonies. Instead, he weighs them against biblical descriptions of the afterlife, creating a conversation between ancient text and modern experience that feels remarkably fresh.

I appreciate how Strobel acknowledges our cultural blind spots. Western Christians often dismiss supernatural claims that people in other parts of the world accept without question. By bringing in perspectives from different cultures, he gently suggests that perhaps our skepticism says more about us than about the reality of the unseen.

There's a humility running through these pages that I found refreshing. Strobel doesn't pretend to have all the answers. Sometimes, he simply stands alongside us in bewilderment, pointing out that mysteries don't require solutions to be meaningful.

For believers struggling to reconcile faith with reason, or for those curious about what Christians mean when they talk about "spiritual warfare" and "divine intervention," this book creates space for honest conversation without demanding intellectual compromise.

When I closed the final page, I didn't feel like I'd read a theological textbook. I felt like I'd been invited to see the world through wider eyes, to notice the moments when the curtain between worlds grows thin, and to approach those moments with both wonder and discernment.