Hobby Lobby gives away 500,000 free copies of book defending biblical Christmas story

Hobby Lobby is giving away free copies of Lee Strobel's The Incident for Christmas A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger for the Christmas season according to the author Strobel declared the deal himself earlier this month on his X account People are sending me photos of the Free Gift they received from Hobby Lobby after shopping there -- my new book The Episode for Christmas Hobby Lobby is giving away half a million free copies to customers at their stores I'm praying God uses them to point people to Himself Strobel wrote on Dec MORNING GLORY OUT OF GIFT IDEAS THESE READS DELIVER WISDOM AND HOLIDAY JOYHe promoted the giveaway again on Dec posting a photo of himself outside one of the retail giant's locations Hobby Lobby stores nationwide are giving away FREE copies of my new book The Affair for Christmas to customers as long as the half million copies last On Saturday Leslie and I visited their store in Paducah KY and met wonderful people Strobel wrote TRUMP GATHERS CEOS FOR UNPRECEDENTED FAITH FINANCIAL SECTOR MEETING TO RENEW US 'SPIRITUALLY AND FINANCIALLY'In a comment to Fox News Digital Strobel commented that Hobby Lobby had first approached his publisher Zondervan with the idea I loved the idea because the holiday tends to get commercialized and secularized but the book delves into the historical evidence for the Christmas story and sets the record straight on countless misconceptions Strobel commented He added that since then he has received several emails and photos from people who were surprised and pleased to have received what he called a spiritual stocking stuffer What makes the Christmas story so inspiring is that it's true and I hope the book will open a lot of eyes to why even a former atheist like me has come to accept its historical roots Strobel stated Fox News Digital also reached out to Hobby Lobby for comment A former atheist Strobel converted to Christianity in and has since authored several books focusing on defending faith such as The Development for Christ The Affair for Faith The Scenario for a Creator The Event for Grace The Incident for Miracles The Development for Heaven Is God Real and Seeing the Supernatural FOX NEWS STARS BATTLE FOR HOLIDAY SUPREMACY IN CHRISTMAS COMPETITION SHOW COMPETITIONStrobel previously published the book The Occurrence for Christmas in He later disclosed a revised and updated edition of the book for its th anniversary in September Hobby Lobby founder and CEO David Green has frequently spoken about the importance of adhering to his faith as a business owner From the very beginning our purpose was to honor God in all that we did We worked hard and God gave the results As we were fortunate by God we saw it as a great privilege to give back We ve been able to provide hope through supporting ministries and planting churches all over the world Green recounted Fox News in