Josh McDowell quotes

The Internet has given atheists, agnostics, skeptics, the people who like to destroy everything that you and I believe, the almost equal access to your kids as your youth pastor and you have... whether you like it or not. (Josh McDowell)
If someone tries to tell you you are the greatest generation in the history of America, don't believe them. You aren't. You have the capability to be, but you aren't. View quote
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If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption. View quote
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Here's the simplest answer: Within weeks, the disciples proclaimed the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that He had been bodily raised from the dead and appeared to them. View quote
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I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God. View quote
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Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents. View quote
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No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. No matter what happens to you, no matter the depth of tragedy or pain you face, no matter how death stalks you and your loved ones, the Resurrection promises you a future of immeasurable good. View quote
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Rules without relationship leads to rebellion. View quote
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If they had connived a scheme, and Christ had not been raised from the dead, where would have been the hardest place on the face of the earth to convince anyone? In Jerusalem. View quote
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...I made the statement off and on for 10-11 years that the abundance of knowledge, the abundance of information, will not lead to certainty; it will lead to pervasive skepticism. And, folks, that's exactly what has happened. It's like this. How do you really know, there is so much out there... This abundance has led to skepticism. And then the Internet has leveled the playing field. View quote
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When it comes to my salvation, all I need is Jesus; after my salvation, everything is Jesus plus the church... When people preach that all you need is Jesus, they cut you and I off from one of the greatest sources of healing, which is the body of Christ. Dont go it alone - you wont make it. (Josh McDowell)
I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is. View quote
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Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. View quote
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Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. View quote
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Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.' View quote
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The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place. View quote
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Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb. View quote
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After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son. View quote
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Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other. View quote
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Paul the apostle recounted that Jesus appeared to more than 500 of His followers at one time, the majority of whom were still alive and who could confirm what Paul wrote. View quote
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The downfall of the church will not come from a lack of apologetic teaching; it will come from disintegration of the families in the church. (Josh McDowell)
For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd. View quote
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I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design. View quote
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We've had a major shift in what truth is and where it comes from. We've gone from being God-centered to self-centered, from being objective to being subjective, and from being internal to external. View quote
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As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking. View quote
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