Josh McDowell is a man with a gifted intellect who overcame a childhood that would destroy many children. His is a story of God's power to redeem lost years and create beauty from ashes.
Many are familiar with Josh McDowell as a powerful speaker and uncompromising defender of the Gospel. Now Josh opens his heart and lets us in on the story of a life shaped by poverty, abuse and neglect. His story will speak to anyone who has ever turned away from a God they thought was indifferent or even cruel.
Young Josh rejected God because he could not reconcile a loving God with the abuse he suffered from an alcoholic father and enabling mother; nor could he accept that God had stood by while he was sexually abused by a hired hand in his own home. Josh rejected God with a passion and taunted Christians when he went to college.
The Christians he taunted were happy to have discussions with him. Finally, they challenged him to disprove the resurrection—after all, to disprove the resurrection is to discredit the entire New Testament. Josh took up the challenge, traveling to Europe and conversing with scholars until he finally had to accept that the resurrection was a real event.
Once Josh knew the truth, he applied his formidable intellectual gifts to advancing the Gospel and was transformed into the Josh we know today. Along the way, he teaches us lessons in forgiveness. He not only forgave his parents, but forgave the man who sexually abused him for years. Undaunted is a story of triumph over tragedy.
I received a free review copy of this book from Tyndale.
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