More Than a Carpenter
by Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell · first published 1977
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The story that could change your life. Skeptic Josh McDowell thought Christians were out of their minds. He ridiculed and insulted them, then decided to combat them with his own thorough research to disprove the claims of Jesus Christ. To his surprise, he discovered that the evidence suggested exactly the opposite — that Jesus, instead of being simply a first-century Hebrew carpenter, truly was the God he claimed to be. With over 15 million copies in print since its original publication, More Than a Carpenter has changed countless lives. Now, in this revised and updated edition, Josh is join
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…such can describe many people, but orthodox Christianity doesn't prescribe wishful thinking or worse, blind faith. If you read the Bible, it is very much an evidence-based religion. A good summary is More Than a Carpenter, by Josh McDowell (192 pages).
on “Meaningness” ↗…That Demands a Verdict" by Josh McDowell is a great one. He was agnostic and set out to disprove Christianity and found its evidence was impossible to refute. Others I'd highly recommend would be: - More than a Carpenter, by Josh McDowell - The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel - Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis I find all of these books fascinating because they're all written by men who were atheists and set out to disprove…
on “Becoming a Contractor” ↗…all 4 men were atheists who set out to disprove Jesus, but came to the conclusion that the evidence supporting his claims to deity are monumental! - Evidence That Demands a Verdict, by Josh McDowell - More than a Carpenter, by Josh McDowell - The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel - Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis Finally, this is addressed in probably each of these books, but as for your last comment. It's not unthinkable…
on “Becoming a Contractor” ↗Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell
on “How to keep doing the right thing?” ↗More Than A Carpenter
on “Ask HN: Books that gave you different perspective on religion” ↗…knew to be a lie? > to call Josh McDowell an expositor of Orthodox Christianity is a bit offensive lowercase o orthodox: "conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted" Besides, what in More Than a Carpenter would a Greek Orthodox believer disagree with?
on “Meaningness” ↗