Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents.

McDowell's full-time ministry with Campus Crusade for Christ began with his appointment as a campus speaker in Latin America where he interacted with both Marxist and Fascist student groups. McDowell also revealed he was sexually abused repeatedly as a child by a hired farm hand from the age of 6 to 13. The Occult with Don Stewart and Kurt Van Gorden Here's Life PubliJosh McDowellrs San Bernardino CA 1992.

His best-known book is Evidence That Demands a Verdict which was ranked 13th in Christianity Today's list of most influential evangelical books publiJosh McDowelld after World War II. Joslin "Josh" McDowell (born 17 August 1939) is a Christian apologist evangelist and writer.