They go out to a restaurant with their young daughter Alison (Haley Rosenwasser), who nearly chokes to death on a gumball – and thereby causes a revolution in the lives of her parents, and her own. On the home front his wife, Leslie (Erika Christensen), is close to giving birth to their second child. His editor lands him with a cop-shooting to investigate in which a young black man with a record is the natural suspect. His first book has been published and he hawks it to largely indifferent colleagues.

It’s 1980, with manual typewriters in the newsroom and Lee sporting longish hair. As the film opens, Lee (Mike Vogel) is receiving an award for his work as an investigative journalist at the Chicago Tribune. The Case for Christ, released last weekend in the United States and Canada, takes its name from the book Strobel wrote about the evidence that led to his conversion. A prominent contemporary example is the American journalist turned pastor, Lee Strobel, widely known in Evangelical circles for his many books, and the subject of a new film from Christian movie house Pure Flix. Collins, converts to Christianity regularly upset settled opinions about faith, reason and science. Some of the greatest witnesses to the Christian faith throughout history are those who were won over from opposition or atheism. Starring: Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Frankie Faison, Faye Dunaway, Robert Forster Directed by Jon Gunn screenplay by Brian Bird

Making the case for christ