INTRODUCTION

1. William E. Lecky, History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1903), 2:8-9.

2. J. T. Fisher, and L S. Hawley, A Few Buttons Missing (New York: MacMillan, 1947),113.

CHAPTER 1

1. W illiam F. Albright, Recent Discoveries in Bible Lands (New York. Funk and Wagnalls, 1955), 136.

 2. Sir Frederick Kenyon, The Bible andarchaeology (New York: Harper and     Row,1940),288-289.

3. Sir William Ramsay, The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915),222.

4. F. F. Bruce, 7he New Testament Documents. Are They Reliable? rev. ed. (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1977),33.

5. J. N. D. Anderson, Christianity. The Witness of History (Wheaton, III.: Tyndale, 1970), 92.

6. John Warwick Montgomery, History and Christianity (Downers Grove, Ill.: Inter Varsity Press, 1972), 78.

7. David Friedrich Strauss, 7he Life of Jesus for the People, 2d ed. (London: Williams and Norgate, 1879),1:412.

8. Gaston F. Poote, The Transformation of the Twelve (Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon, 1958),12.

9. Michael Green, "Editor's Preface" in George Eldon Ladd, l believe in the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1975).

CHAPT'ER 2

1. Paul Althaus, Die Wahrheit des kirchlichen Osterglaubens (Giitersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1941),22,25ff.

2. George Currie, The Military Discipline of the Romans from the Founding of the City to the Close of the Republic. An abstract of a thesis published under the auspices of the Graduate Council of Indiana University, 1928, 41-43.

 3. Thomas Arnold, Christian Life-Its Hopes, Its Fears, and Its Close, 6th ed. (London: T. Fellowes, 1859),324.

CHAPTER 3

1. John A. T. Robinson, Time (21 March 1977), 95.

2. John Warwick Montgomery, 'Legal Reasoning and Christian Apologetics,' The Law Above the Law (Chicago: Christian Legal Society, 1975), 88-89.

3. Louis R Gottschalk, Understanding History, 2d ed. (New York- Knopf, 1969),150.

4. Bruce, The New Testament Documents, 33.

5. Earnest Findlay Scott, Kingdom and the Messiah (Edinburgh: T and T Clark, 1911), 55.

6. The Jewish Encyclopedia (New York-- Funk and Wagnalls, 1906),8:508.

7. Joseph Free, Archaeology and Bible History (Wheaton, III.: Scripture Press, 1969), 1.

8. E. M. Blaiklock, The Acts of the Apostles (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1959),89.

9. Josh McDowelL 7We Resurrection Factor (San Bernardino, Calif.: Here's Life Publishers, 1981), 34-35.

10. Clark Pinnock, Set Forth Your Case (New Jersey: The Craig Press, 1968), 68.

11. Bruce, The New Testament Documents, 15.

12. Will Durant, Caesar and Christ, the Story of Civilization (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944),3:557.

CHAPTER 4

1. Josh McDowell, Evidence That Demands a Verdict (San Bernardino, Calif.: Here's Life Publishers, 1979),328.

2. Paul little, Know Why You Believe (Wheaton, Ill.: Scripture Press, 1967), 178.

3. Robert 0. Ferm, The Psychology of Christian Conversion (Westwood, NJ.: Fleming H. Revell, 1959),225.

4. Written by Bill Bright. Copyright 1965 by Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc. All rights reserved.

APPENDIX 1

1. Norman L Geisler and William E. Nix, A General Introduction to the Bible (Chicago: Moody Press, 1968), 24.

2. F. F. Bruce, The Books and the Parchments, rev. ed. (Westwood, NJ.: Fleming H. Revell, 1963),88.

Recommended Reading

Anderson, J. N. D. Christianity. A Witness of History. Downers Grove, M.: InterVarsity Press, 1970.

Bruce, F. F. The New Testament Documents.- Are They Reliable? Downers Grove, M.: InterVarsity Press,1964.

Free, Joseph. Archaeology and Bible History. Wheaton, M: Scripture Press, 1969.

Henry, Carl, ed. Revelation and the Bible. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1969.

Latourette, Kenneth Scott. A History of Christianity. New York Harper & Row, 1953.

Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity. New York Macmillan, 1952.

McDowell Josh. Evidence That Demands a Verdict. San Bernardino, Calif.: Here's life Publishers,1986.

Montgomery, John Warwick History and Christianity. Downers Grove, M.: InterVarsity Press, 1972.

Stott, J. R, W. Basic Christianity. Downers Grove, M.: InterVarsity Press, 1971.

About the Author

JOSH McDOWELL is one of the most popular speakers on the world scene today. In the Last twenty-three years he has given more than 18,000 talks to more than 8 million students and faculty at 1,000 universities and high schools in seventy two countries. Josh is author of thirty-two best-selling books and has been featured in twenty seven films and videos and two TV specials.

Josh graduated cum laude from Kellogg College in economics and business. He finished graduate school magna cum laude with degrees in languages and theology. He is a member of two national honor societies and was selected by the Jaycees in 1976 as one of the "Outstanding Young Men in America." He holds honorary doctorate degrees in law and theology.

Josh and his wife, Dottie, have four children and live in Julian, California.

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