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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

Rather, Grave, Tomb, Easter

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.

- Josh McDowell

Death, Temporary, Troubles, Depth

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.

- Josh McDowell

Been, Crusade, Another, British Columbia

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

Some, Religious, Opposed, Diametrically

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

- Josh McDowell

Temporary, How, Only, Devastating

Few people seem to realize that the resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone to a worldview that provides the perspective to all of life.

- Josh McDowell

Life, People, Resurrection, Worldview

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

Other, Based, Christians, Worldview

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

Pain, Guilt, New, Resurrection

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

Reason, Why, Confucius, Claim

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

More, Salvation, Cross, Teachings

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

My Life, Christ, About, Convictions

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

- Josh McDowell

Grandchildren, Question, Arm

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.

- Josh McDowell

Parent, News, CNN, CBS

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

Access, Given, Atheists, Pastor

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

Here, Been, Simplest, Disciples

My greatest platform is not with all my degrees, everything else, it's not all my books, everything. It's that I'm known as a man who loves his wife and spends time with his children. That opens more; I speak as a daddy.

- Josh McDowell

Platform, Degrees, His, Everything Else

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

- Josh McDowell

World, Absurd, Centuries, Philosophers

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

New, Documents, 19th Century, Primary

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.

- Josh McDowell

New, Which, Took, Fully

My joy in life is not because I have not had any problems. I have joy because I have learned there is nothing too great for God's power to deal with, nor anything too small or insignificant for His love to be concerned about.

- Josh McDowell

Love, Small, Deal, I Have Learned

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.

- Josh McDowell

Shift, Subjective, Internal, Self-Centered

Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion.

- Josh McDowell

Raised, Claimed, Had, Claim

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

- Josh McDowell

Admit, Sources, Tomb, Traditions

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

Been, Sunday Morning, Half, Stone

Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.

- Josh McDowell

Always, Whenever, Read, Context

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

Church, Will, Apologetic, Downfall

My greatest asset now is my focus.

- Josh McDowell

Focus, Now, Asset, Greatest Asset

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.

- Josh McDowell

Alive, More, Still, One Time

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

Die, Christ, Very, Focal

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

- Josh McDowell

Myself, Crisis, Arriving, Experiencing

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