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Josh McDowell

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Josh McDowell's background may be a mystery, but their perspective is crystal clear. The range of their thinking — from Religion to Future — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 18 quotes by Josh McDowell that cover ground from Religion, Future, Easter, Relationship, and Peace. A favorite of many readers: "Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter."

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

— Josh McDowell

Dad

All Quotes by Josh McDowell

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

— Josh McDowell

Design

“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

Attitude

“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

Alone

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

— Josh McDowell

Peace

“Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter.”

— Josh McDowell

Easter

“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

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

— Josh McDowell

Dad

“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

“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

“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

Forgiveness

“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

Religion

“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

Relationship

“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

“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