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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

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Josh McDowell
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 17
Apologist
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Writer
Union City
Michigan
Josh P. McDowell
Convictions
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Jesus
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Truth is objective because God exists outside ourselves it is universal because God is above all it is constant because God is eternal. Absolute truth is absolute because it originates from the original.
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Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb.
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Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
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We do not develop habits of genuine love automatically. We learn by watching effective role models - most specifically by observing how our parents express love for each other day in and day out.
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God created us, He created us for His glory, and He created us to have a relationship with Him, and He created us to be all that He desires us to be and He's jealous of that because He does not want to share that with others.
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You can laugh at Christianity you can mock and ridicule it. But it works. It changes lives. If you trust Christ, start watching your attitudes and actions, because Jesus Christ is in the business of changing lives.
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My heart and mind were created to work in harmony together. Never has an individual been called upon to commit intellectual suicide in trusting Christ as Savior and Lord.
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Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter.
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I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic.
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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 of the earth to convince anyone? In Jerusalem.
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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.
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Rules without relationship leads to rebellion.
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How do you spell love?... when you reach the point where the happiness, security and development of another person is as much of a driving force to you as your own happiness, security, and development, then you have a mature love. True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.
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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.
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