More Than a Carpenter Quotes

“Christianity is not a religion. Religion is humans trying to work their way to God through good works. Christianity is God coming to men and women through Jesus Christ.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“If one discards the Bible as unreliable historically, then he or she must discard all the literature of antiquity. No other document has as much evidence to confirm its reliability.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“You can laugh at Christianity, you can mock it and ridicule it. But it works. It changes lives. I should say Jesus Christ changes lives. Christianity is not a religion; it’s not a system; it’s not an ethical idea; it’s not a psychological phenomenon. It’s a person. If you trust Christ, start watching your attitudes and actions because Jesus Christ is in the business of changing lives.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“This is what God has done for us: He has said, “I forgive you.” But he paid the price for the forgiveness himself through the Cross. It’s a payment that Buddha, Muhammad, Confucius, or any other religious or ethical leader cannot offer. No one can pay the price by “just living a good life.” I know it sounds exclusive to say it, but we must say it simply because it is true: There is no other way but Jesus.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“The words Jesus Christ are not a first and last name; they are actually a name and a title. The name Jesus is derived from the Greek form of the name Jeshua or Joshua, meaning “Jehovah-Savior” or “the Lord saves.” The title Christ is derived from the Greek word for Messiah (or the Hebrew Mashiach, see Daniel 9:26) and means “anointed one.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“I spent months in research. I even dropped out of school for a time to study in the historically rich libraries of Europe. And I found evidence. Evidence in abundance. Evidence I would not have believed had I not seen it with my own eyes. Finally I could come to only one conclusion: If I were to remain intellectually honest, I had to admit that the Old and New Testament documents were some of the most reliable writings in all of antiquity.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“We've been given a mind innovated by the Holy Spirit to know God, as well as a heart to love him and a will to choose him. We need to function in all three areas to have a maximum relationship with God and to glorify him.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“Thomas Aquinas writes: “There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“atheistic regimes, such as communist China, communist Russia, and Nazi Germany is more than one hundred million people.32 There is no close second place. David Berlinski, a secular Jew who received his PhD from Princeton University, believes that one of the main reasons for such atrocities is the absence of ultimate accountability: “What Hitler did not believe and what Stalin did not believe and what Mao did not believe and what the SS did not believe and what the Gestapo did not believe . . . was that God was watching what they were”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“The first to speak in court sounds right—until the cross-examination begins” (Proverbs 18:17).”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“Most important of all, individual believers can experience the power of the risen Christ in their lives today. First of all, they can know that their sins are forgiven (see Luke 24:46-47; 1 Corinthians 15:3). Second, they can be assured of eternal life and their own resurrection from the grave (see 1 Corinthians 15:19-26). Third, they can be released from a meaningless and empty life and be transformed into new creatures in Jesus Christ (see John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17).”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“We talked for almost an hour, and then I received one of the greatest thrills of my life. This man who was my father, this man who knew me too well for me to pull the wool over his eyes, looked at me and said, “Son, if God can do in my life what I’ve seen him do in yours, then I want to give him the opportunity. I want to trust him as my Savior and Lord.” I cannot imagine a greater miracle.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“My Lord and my God!’ Thomas exclaimed.” (John 20:26-28). Jesus accepted Thomas’s acknowledgment of him as God. He rebuked Thomas for his unbelief but not for his worship.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“After all, it’s possible to be both sincere and wrong. As we have seen in chapter 2, Jesus didn’t claim”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“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.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“Third, the New Atheists reserve their most venomous attacks for Christianity. While they do criticize Buddhism, Islam, Mormonism, and other religions, their target is clearly the biblical God.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“If the New Atheists get their way, freedom of religion will be a relic of the past.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“Greenleaf concludes that the resurrection of Christ is one of the best-supported events in history according to the laws of legal evidence administered in courts of justice.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“After spending more than seven hundred hours studying this subject and thoroughly investigating its foundation, I came to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted on humanity, or it is the most important fact in history.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“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.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“The chief aim of all investigations of the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it by God, and which he revealed to us in the language of mathematics.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“These questions are typical of what I often hear. In today’s open climate, people seem offended by the exclusive claims that Jesus is the only way to God and the only source of forgiveness of sin and salvation. This attitude shows that many people simply don’t understand the nature of God. We can see the core of their misunderstanding in the question they usually ask: “How can a loving God allow anyone to go to hell?” I often turn the question around and ask, “How can a holy, just, and righteous God allow a sinful person into his presence?” Most people understand God to be a loving God, but they don’t go any further. He is not only a God of love but also a God who is righteous, just, and holy. He cannot tolerate sin in his heaven any more than you would tolerate a filthy, foul-smelling, diseased dog to live in your home.”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“Психиатр Дж. Т. Фишер отмечает: "Если сложить все без исключения авторитетные статьи самых выдающихся психологов и психиатров по вопросам психической гигиены, хорошенько их сократить и очистить от словесной шелухи, т. е. если взять только самую суть, и если самый
талантливый в мире поэт сумеет кратко выразить эти чистейшие зерна научного знания, то в результате получится всего лишь примитивный и неполный пересказ Нагорной проповеди, не выдерживающий с нею никакого сравнения. Уже две тысячи лет христианский мир держит в руках текст, в котором есть все без исключения ответы
на смятенные и бесплодные вопросы человечества. Это... — универсальный план плодотворной человеческой жизни, исполненной оптимизма, психического здоровья и удовлетворения".”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

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― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter

“would take more than a Jesus to invent a Jesus.5”
― Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter