Josh McDowell Quotes

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• I always tried to be open-minded, but not so open-minded that my brains would fall out. As G. K. Chesterton says, "The purpose of opening…
• 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…
• The fact that God accepts us should be our motivation for accepting ourselves. If we cannot accept ourselves the way we are, with our limitations…
• Leaders of the world's religions said, 'What do you think about what I teach?' Jesus said, 'Who do you say I am?'(Luke 9:20)
• I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.
• Where I once believed people were there to be used, I started thinking of other people first.
• Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.’
• After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, and thoroughly investigating its foundation, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus…
• Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb.
• I thought Christians were walking idiots.
• My greatest asset now is my focus.
• 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.
• I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is.
• If there were more than one path to salvation then it would totally negate Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, his life, his teachings.
• 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…
• 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…
• No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary.
• The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb, but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in…
• 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.
• 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…

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