What happened when Josh McDowell tried to disprove the resurrection?
When Josh McDowell set out to disprove the resurrection by going to Israel to dig up evidence, the more he investigated, the more he proved himself wrong; he became a born-again believer and then spent years proving Christ’s literal, physical resurrection.
Les explains that Josh McDowell had started out as a complete infidel on a college campus. After graduating, he had enjoyed destroying the faith of college students, so he decided to go to Israel and dig up proof that the resurrection was just a fallacy. But the more he dug, the more he proved himself wrong, and he came away from it a born-again believer. His life’s direction completely changed, and he spent years going from college campus to college campus, proving to college kids that Christ literally, physically arose from the grave. Les connects this to Paul, who was proving to the Corinthians beyond a shadow of a doubt that Christ died but arose from the dead, which is the very hope of every believer. If He did not rise, we might as well pack up, throw our Bible away, and forget it; but He did arise from the grave.