Quotes from Josh McDowell

It is true that there have been other religions with millions of adherents, but it is also true that the existence and progress of the Church is something unique in history to say nothing of the fact that Christianity has attracted to itself the profoundest thinkers of the human race, and is in no way hindered by the ever-advancing tide of human knowledge. G. Thomas

The most marvelous and astonishing thing in nineteen centuries of history is the power of His life over the members of the Christian Church. 50/104 George Bancroft said: I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

The sages and heroes of history are receding from us, and history contracts the record of their deeds into a narrower and narrower page. But time has no power over the name and deeds and words of Jesus Christ.

The more we descend into the interworkings of the cell or ascend to the depths of the universe, the more we can see the fingerprint of God.

since time, space, and matter did not exist prior to the beginning of the universe, then the "cause" of the universe had to be timeless, spaceless, and immaterial. Further

the timeless, spaceless, immaterial "cause" was in fact God. (For

We have inherited God's sense of satisfaction and joy in accomplishing things through relationships. After

You can laugh at Christianity. You can mock and ridicule it. But it works. If you trust Christ, start watching your attitudes and actions—Jesus Christ is in the business of changing lives.

The Christian faith is an objective faith; therefore, it must have an object that is worthy of faith. Salvation comes not from the strength of our beliefs, but from the object of our beliefs. Yes, salvation comes through faith (Eph. 2:8, 9; John 6:29), but the merit of faith depends upon the object believed (not the faith itself).

Religion is humans trying to work their way to God through good works. Christianity is God coming to men and women through Jesus Christ.

This is why the authors of Reinventing Jesus conclude, "The short answer to the question of what theological truths are at stake in these variants is—none.

would take more than a Jesus to invent a Jesus.5