{"id":3263,"date":"2007-03-15T19:49:59","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T23:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2026-07-19T14:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T21:03:59","slug":"josh-mcdowell-responds-about-dan-kimball-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/josh-mcdowell-responds-about-dan-kimball-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh McDowell Responds About Dan Kimball Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we received an email from a woman who emailed Josh McDowell about his endorsement of Dan Kimball&#8217;s book, <em>They Love Jesus But Not the Church<\/em> (please see <strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">our book review<\/span><\/strong>). With permission, we have posted the response our reader received from Josh McDowell&#8217;s ministry:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fran,<\/p>\n<p>I have received Josh&#8217;s comment concerning his endorsement of Dan Kimball&#8217;s book, <em>They Like Jesus But Not the Church<\/em>. Josh said that Dan is a dear friend and one who understands youth in way that many do not. Whether you agree with the emergent church or not, the book is excellent concerning youth and youth culture and how to address the issues. He feels that many would benefit from reading the book, because the more we understand the youth problem, the healthier the body of Christ will be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We would suggest you read our documented book review on Kimball&#8217;s book (see link above) to gain some further insight as to whether &#8220;many would benefit from reading the book&#8221; and whether Kimball&#8217;s book would help make a &#8220;healthier&#8221; body of Christ. In our estimation, this book is going to spiritually hurt young people who are seeking for truth. We are sorry that Josh McDowell and other Christian leaders don&#8217;t see this.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071012182352\/http:\/\/lighthousetrailsresearch.com:80\/blog\/index.php?p=563&amp;more=1&amp;c=1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Emerging Church Confusion: What Does it Really Mean?<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we received an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-progressive-emerging-church","wpcat-25-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Josh McDowell Responds About Dan Kimball Endorsement - 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