Josh McDowell Quotes

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.
Josh McDowell

God, True, Jesus

On that Sunday morning the first thing that impressed the people who approached the tomb was the unusual position of the one and a half to two ton stone that had been lodged in front of the doorway.
Josh McDowell

Morning, Sunday, Two

The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb, but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in form and position.
Josh McDowell

Easter, Rather, Minds

I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is.
Josh McDowell

Life, God, Jesus

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life.
Josh McDowell

Life, God, Future

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.
Josh McDowell

God, Attitude, Heart

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.
Josh McDowell

God, Words, View

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.
Josh McDowell

Time, History, Future

No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary.
Josh McDowell

Matter, Temporary, Troubles

If there were more than one path to salvation then it would totally negate Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, his life, his teachings.
Josh McDowell

Life, Sacrifice, Jesus

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

Everything, Kids, Youth

Why don't the names of Buddha, Mohammed, Confucius offend people? The reason is that these others didn't claim to be God, but Jesus did.
Josh McDowell

God, Jesus, Why

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.
Josh McDowell

Jesus, Here, Dead

I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic.
Josh McDowell

Father, Hatred, Once

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.
Josh McDowell

Religion, True, Cannot

Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter.
Josh McDowell

Easter, After, Alive

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.
Josh McDowell

Peace, Crisis, Lost

You better arm yourselves to answer your children's and grandchildren's questions... no matter what the question is... without being judgmental.
Josh McDowell

Children, Matter, Question

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.
Josh McDowell

Death, Used, Stop

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.
Josh McDowell

Century, Source, Critics

Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb.
Josh McDowell

Both, Empty, Admit

Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.'
Josh McDowell

Mom, Dad, Needs

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd.
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Absurd, Irrational, Assaulted

I thought Christians were walking idiots.
Josh McDowell

Thought, Idiots, Walking

I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.
Josh McDowell

Design, Live, Anyone

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Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: August 17, 1939

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