We no longer live in a post-Christian society, we live in an anti-Christian society, one in which the Christian faith is dismissed or ridiculed and Christians are considered suspect and their motives and behavior berated. Josh McDowell More Quotes by Josh McDowell More Quotes From Josh McDowell 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 atheist believe kids Whenever you do judge, the only basis of judgment is not your own perspective or anything else, it's the very character and nature of God and that's why we are to allow Him to exercise His justice, where I personally want to take it upon myself. Josh McDowell exercise justice character 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 sincere belief religious 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 majority followers jesus Having convictions can be defined as being so thoroughly convinced that Christ and His Word are both objectively true and relationally meaningful that you act on your beliefs regardless of the consequences. Josh McDowell belief meaningful christ Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get. Josh McDowell lust waiting giving This is an important distinction, because most of the modern philosophies that deny that we can know reality, and ultimately truth, make the mistake of constructing epistemological systems to explain how we know reality without first acknowledging the fact that we do know reality. After they begin within the mind and find they can't construct a bridge to reality, they then declare that we can't know reality. It is like drawing a faulty road map before looking at the roads, then declaring that we can't know how to get from Chicago to New York! Josh McDowell new-york mistake philosophy 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 and assets, weaknesses as well as strengths, shortcomings as well as abilities; then we cannot trust anyone else to accept us the way we are. We will always be putting on a front, building a facade around ourselves, never letting people know what we are really like deep down inside. Josh McDowell motivation christian people Christ can be trusted to keep His Word that He will exchange our drab existence for joyous living, abundant life! And while true love, total acceptance, and complete security are rare in our frantic world, the biblical evidence that our desires in these areas will be fulfilled in Christ is abundant. Josh McDowell biblical acceptance desire 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 easter teaching jesus Yet each of us also carries another portrait with us, a picture far more important than any in our wallet. Psychologists have a name for it. They call that mental picture of ourselves, our self-image. ... there's always the person whose self-image is bent all out of shape, like a photo carried too long in a wallet.The good news of the tremendous worth we have in God's eyes can light up our inner self-portrait. Josh McDowell light eye self We may very well wake up in the not-too-distant future in a culture that is not only unreceptive but openly hostile to the church and the gospel of Jesus Christ, a culture in which those who proclaim the gospel will be labeled as bigots and fanatics, a culture in which persecution of Christians will be not only allowed but applauded. Josh McDowell religious christian jesus Rules without relationship leads to rebellion. Josh McDowell rebellion 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 names people jesus 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 clothes easter mind If one discards the Bible as being unreliable, then he must discard almost all literature of antiquity. Josh McDowell antiquity literature ifs 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 christian views world It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship. Josh McDowell resolve conflict 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 truth-is self gone Tolerance is the worst roar of all, including tolerance for homosexuals, feminists, and religions that don't follow Christ. Josh McDowell tolerance feminist christ
