Josh McDowell
Josh McDowell
Joslin "Josh" McDowellis a Christian apologist, evangelist, and writer. He is within the Evangelical tradition of Protestant Christianity, and is the author or co-author of some 115 books. His best-known book is Evidence That Demands a Verdict, which was ranked 13th in Christianity Today's list of most influential evangelical books published after World War II. Other well-known titles are More Than a Carpenter, A Ready Defense and Right from Wrong...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth17 August 1939
CountryUnited States of America
By the end of the 1 9th century, however, archaeological discoveries had confirmed the accuracy of the New Testament manuscripts.
From that foundation, Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and has continued to exert great influence down through the centuries.
The biggest threat of course is flash flooding. This is a very wet storm, it's going to drop a lot of rain.
My father's life was changed right before my eyes [when he trusted Christ]. It was like someone reached down and switched on a light inside him. He touched alcohol only once after that. He got the drink only as far as his lips and that was it-after forty years of drinking! He didn't need it any more. Fourteen months later, he died form complications of his alcoholism. But in that fourteen-month period over a hundred people in the area around my tiny hometown committed their lives to Jesus Christ because of the change they saw in the town drunk, my dad.
Rules without relationship leads to rebellion.
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.
I would say much of religious heresy is the result of a misunderstanding of the basic nature of God. And once we have a proper understanding of God, then usually most of the areas of our life coincide with who God is and what He desires for each one of us.
I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic.
Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.
Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.’
Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb.
When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting.
Stephen L. Carter coined the phrase 'the culture of disbelief' to describe the prevailing hostility in Western culture toward public expressions of faith.
Every pastor, youth pastor, and every parent is in competition with the Internet and the information it is spreading. Most young people don't get their news from CNN or CBS; they get it from bloggers.