More Than a Carpenter

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Summary: Great
Review: I think this is a wonderful book it was a required reading for my Christian Faith and Life class. I found that it answered some questions of my own that I has about Jesus and who He is.

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Summary: A Christian from Kansas
Review: This is a very thorough and concise explanation and defense for the Christian Faith. Excellent tool for those exploring Christianity and for believers who want to "be prepared to give the reason for the hope they have."

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Summary: This book is great!
Review: My pastor recommended this book to me and I really enjoyed it! It answered a lot of my questions I had about God and everything. If you have doubts or anything I recommend you read this book.

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Summary: Is this the best that modern apologetics can do?
Review: This book has often been recommended to me - admittedly ususally by teenagers and very naive persons - as the 'magic bullet' that will suddenly convince me of the need to become a Born-Again Christian. Unfortunately, the book suffers from the same problem that plagues the equally-highly recommended tomes of C.S. Lewis, namely, it argues logic as far as it can go (not very far,) then takes an enormus leap of faith and expects that you will accept said leap as more logic, or just not notice. This may indeed work on children and the very naive, and on those who were predisposed by childhood training to accept Christianity as favorable, but not on me. Sorry.

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Summary: Everyone should read this book!
Review: If you are a Chrisitan and need to defend your faith, read it. If you aren't a Christian and doubt Christianity, read it. If you really don't think Jesus is the Son of God, then I challenge you to argue against this book. You can't ignore what's presented here -- either believe it or logically refute it.

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Summary: An excellent presentation of the historocity of Jesus
Review: Josh McDowell presents a well balanced common sense approach to the ideas and validity of Jesus' claims. I strongly recommend this book for Christians for keeping faith when chanllenged and skeptics who will be hard pressed to find proof to refute what Josh has said.

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Summary: If you have DOUBT, read this book ....
Review: This book informs one of the life events of Jesus Christ, through facts and not theories. The book did a wonderful job of quoting various intelligent individuals, sharing their expertise in their specific fields. If you lack faith in the Lord Jesus Christ or do not understand him you must read this book.

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Summary: most comprehensive defense of Jesus's claims
Review: This is a completely air-tight defense of the scriptures which support Jesus's claims to be the son of God and the only way to eternal life in heaven.

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Summary: Second-Best religious book I have ever read.
Review: Josh McDowell answered a lot of my questions concerning God, as well as help confirm my beliefs and hopes that the Bible is the truth. A MUST reading!

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Summary: Here's an example of the faults of McDowell's logic.
Review: I read this book, and I am appalled that anybody would be decieved enough to believe this crap as an exercise of logic. If you would like a demonstration of how badly his arguments work, I'll be happy to show you one. One argument of his that I had a lot of trouble with was his "trilemma" of Jesus, in which he deduces that since Jesus was not a liar or a lunatic, he must be the Lord. He seems to refuse to believe that there could be more then three options. This argument is about as valid as coming across a mouse, and deciding it must be one of the following three animals: a fish, a cat, or a mouse. Reducing the fish and cat out of the possible categories does not make a mouse a dog.