Quotes from Ravi Zacharias

Whatever worldview we espouse, dialogue and debate should take place with civility and courteous listening. But our times make that ideal so elusive. Holding a supposedly noble belief and reducing it to ignoble means of propagation makes the one who holds that belief suspect.

The universe is not a machine; it is an organic whole.

Los triunfos y el estrellato no necesariamente conducen a la felicidad. Ser el mejor en realidad significa saber qué es lo que Dios quiere para nuestra vida y servirle en ese lugar para dar lo mejor de uno. La meta entonces es descubrir los hilos que Dios tiene preparados para nosotros y seguir su plan para nuestra vida con excelencia

Isn't love the only thing that counts?

The day that each person willingly accepts himself or herself for who he or she is and acknowledges the uniqueness of God's framing process marks the beginning of a journey to seeing the handiwork of God in each life.

Religion has a checkered history, and some of it is reprehensible. An

Perfection, then, is not a change in the essential character but the completion of a course. This is precisely what Jesus must have meant when he admonished his disciples and us to 'be perfect,' as our Heavenly Father is perfect.

Truth is the thread that separates true spirituality from false spirituality.

Christianity does not promise that you will have every question fully answered to your satisfaction before you die, but the answers it gives are consistently consistent.

As I have sought to articulate the case for Jesus in my personal encounters with skeptics and in my preaching at church services designed to reach spiritual seekers, I find myself consistently dealing with five strands of evidence that weave a cogent and convincing apologetic for Christ. Each one of them answers a specific question that is either on the lips or lurking in the back of the minds of people who are investigating whether Christianity can withstand intellectual scrutiny. They

ARE THE RECORDS OF JESUS' LIFE RELIABLE?

Sometimes religion can be the greatest roadblock to true spirituality. The

Teaching at best beckons us to morality, but it is not in itself efficacious. Teaching is like a mirror. It can show you if your face is dirty, but the mirror will not wash your face.

DID JESUS EVER CLAIM TO BE GOD?

How can an object that wants nothing, fears nothing, enjoys nothing, needs nothing, and cares about nothing have a mind?

And in our search for morality and happiness outside of God, we have effectively lost all three—God, morality, and happiness.

Everything gains only momentary explanation.

God has disclosed himself in descriptive terms that give us enough information to be able to know who he is, and he has hidden enough of himself for us to learn the balance between faith and reason. No earthly relationship with an infinite, transcendent God can exist without maintaining these two aspects.

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do you say I am?" How would you answer this question? What evidence would you use to support your conclusion? What evidence for the reliability of the Gospels is most compelling to you? Why? If Jesus believed he was God and fulfilled the attributes of God, then what are three implications, first, for other religions and, second, for yourself?

DID JESUS REALLY PERFORM MIRACLES?

One of my favorite examples involves Dr. Peter Greenspan, a Jewish obstetrician-gynecologist who also teaches at a medical school. The more he read books by critics who were trying to attack the prophecies, the more he recognized the flaws in their arguments. Ironically, concluded Greenspan, "I think I actually came to faith in Y'shua [Jesus] by reading what detractors wrote."36

DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD?

We became less than what we were meant to be.

The rule of God comes to us as individuals, one by one. We invite his reign; we obey his voice.