Josh McDowell Quotes

If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach.

In examining the evidence of the Christian religion, it is essential to the discovery of truth that we bring to the investigation a mind freed, as far as possible, from existing prejudice, and open to conviction.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else.

A belief may be larger than a fact.

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.

It’s critical that we know what we believe, no matter what we feel...that we know what is true, no matter what we see.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do. I used to say that I believed it was important to tell people about Jesus, but I never did. A friend kindly explained that if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say. We live for what we believe.

Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion.

A man of faith will remain steadfast to truth even though the whole world might appear to be enveloped in falsehood.

... always keep in mind that an article of faith is not something that the faithful assume. Faith, for those who have it, is the most certain form of knowledge, not a tentative opinion.

This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ; first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief.

‎"Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.

See Christ, then you are a Christian; all else is talk.

What we live is what we believe. Everything else is just so much religious talk.

Of course, there are always going to be some unsettled areas, but for me the overall evidence for Christianity chases away any real doubt that it's true.

This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.

But I bear witness to Christ, too. I really know him to be the savior of the world. And that means more to me than almost anything else I know.

Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul: If you find the body of Christ, the discussion is finished, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. It leaves absolutely no room for a romantic answer.

Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.

Get Christ and get all; miss Christ and miss all.

Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?

Faith is more than getting a theological quiz right. Faith is to know, to assent, to put your trust in, and to cherish what is true.

We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, "We worship God through Christ!" Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.