{"id":2562,"date":"2013-04-07T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T18:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2013-03-29T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T18:33:17","slug":"josh-mcdowell-proves-jesus-christ-is-the-predicted-messiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2013\/04\/josh-mcdowell-proves-jesus-christ-is-the-predicted-messiah.html","title":{"rendered":"Josh McDowell proves Jesus Christ is the predicted Messiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, Josh McDowell spoke at our church. \u00a0he shared how his research and journey from Atheist to Christ-follower began as he engaged his mind in the undeniable facts of history regarding the predictions and\u00a0fulfillment\u00a0of prophecy regarding the Messiah. \u00a0 \u00a0He also spoke of why his difficulty trusting in God as father was partly intellectual and partly emotional. \u00a0He shared a painful story of sexual abuse and spiritual fortitude that led him to trust in Christ<\/p>\n<p>To listen to the MP3, <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.horizoncc.com\/horizonfiles\/mp3\/031713_t.mp3\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Here&#8217;s a photo of Josh and I after services goofing around. \u00a0For more information, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godonomics.com\">www.godonomics.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/files\/2013\/03\/893885_10200990636953712_2044732577_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2563\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/201\/2013\/03\/893885_10200990636953712_2044732577_o-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, Josh McDowell spoke at our church. \u00a0he shared how his research and journey from Atheist to Christ-follower began as he engaged his mind in the undeniable facts of history regarding the predictions and\u00a0fulfillment\u00a0of prophecy regarding the Messiah. \u00a0 \u00a0He also spoke of why his difficulty trusting in God as father was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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