A Critique on Josh McDowell and his Scholarship

As many perhaps know, Josh McDowell is one of the most famous Apologetic writers and one of the best for those who are beginning their Apologetics search. Believe it or not though, only two of his books have thoroughly impressed me in any way. Handbook of Today's Religions written by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart is one, and the other is The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict. Now professional Apologists may look upon my website and say, "Why these two books? Why not More than a Carpenter or his first two ETDAVs? Why not any of his other books if you like these so well?" Well, quite frankly the reason is, to be blunt about it, his other books are less scholarly presented and not a display of McDowell's true talents and his true potential. On the other hand, these two books are very exemplary of what he is truly capable of. Now, I understand that skeptics and scholars a like have criticized McDowell's works for being two basic, but I'd like to mention a little bit of something about The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict. I'm not in the least impressed with his review of History, and even as Infidels.org skeptic writer Jeffrey Jay Lowder and even Christian Apologist JP Holding affirm, the Historical elements are lacking in it. What then do you ask is so tremendously great about these books then? The PHILOSOPHICAL elements and Epistemology is unfoundedly superior to all other works. This book right here led me from an Existential Mythicistic to where I was justifying a confused point of view regarding the world, to a worldview back into the correct Christian worldview where I am now strongly bonded to the correct Metaphysical Realism that rightfully should govern one's life. I see that these books are often overlooked by the Christian community since they were not big sellers, and this leads Christians into the Relativistic traps that are all too common within their arguments. A simple look at these books here will certainly help clear up any confusion regarding an Objective Reality in the very least. The New Evidence shows the self refuting notions behind David Hume, Immanuel Kant, Mythicism, Zen Buddhism and Postmodernism. The final 6 chapters are definitely worth your time, however, as far as the 34 previous chapters, definitely worth skipping in regards to TNETDAV. No doubt this is not reflective of his actual scholarship in regards to the issues however, so we should not think this book as anything more than just a beginner's guide to the heavier issues. The Handbook of Today's Religions book shows an overview and the problems of accepting the other different worldviews of today's society. Any scholar should not be without these two books IMHO.