Quotes from Ravi Zacharias

It was not just the prodigal in the far-off country who squandered the love of the father; the older brother lost out as well, though he was close to the father's love.

After the Vietnam War, a lot of us [antiwar graduate students] didn't just crawl back into our library cubicles; we stepped into academic positions. With the war over, our visibility was lost, and it seemed for awhile–to the unobservant–that we had disappeared. Now we have tenure, and the work of reshaping the universities has begun in earnest.2

academic or material advancement does not necessarily confer wisdom. As someone rightly quipped, "It may be a smartphone, but it is not a wise phone.

Marriages that are Christ-centered are beautiful to behold and wonderful to enjoy. Romance as God intended it can last a lifetime.

knowing does not guarantee doing. Doing engages the will and a preset commitment.

All religions are not the same. All religions do not point to God. All religions do not say that all religions are the same. At the heart of every religion is an uncompromising commitment to a particular way of defining who God is or is not and accordingly, of defining life's purpose.

Even though we did not author creation, we wish to author morality and take the reins of life.

Just as strength is a man's charm,so charm is a woman's strength.

What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning. . . . Our need for specific answers is dissolved in the greater issue of the lordship of Christ over all questions —those that have answers and those that don't.2 A heart

You must keep in mind that God does have an appointment with you. There is a cost to serving Him. At the same time, you have to be wise and not careless. To deny the reality that there are some places where you cannot go is to play the fool. More important, if you have not learned to pay the smaller prices of following Christ in your daily life, you will not be prepared to pay the ultimate price in God's calling

Cuando llegue el día y te encuentres con aquel que te creó, y examines los salvavidas que tantas veces te lanzó en tu existencia, al fin comprenderás cómo todos los detalles tienen sentido en la realidad turbulenta de las bendiciones y peligros de la vida. Todos estos nos hablarán del amor trascendental que Dios tiene por nosotros.

Truth is stranger than fiction because we have made fiction to suit ourselves.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

it is up to the thinking Christian to train the mind, take seriously the questioner, and respond with intelligence and relevance.

Tragedia maturiz?rii nu const? în faptul c? ne pierdem copil?ria în simplitatea ei, ci în aceea c? ne pierdem inocenÈ›a în sublimul ei.

En síntesis, los indicios de la verdad se revelan mediante todos los sentidos. Dios es el guardián de la razón y nos invita a verificar la consistencia de la Biblia con la realidad y a comprobar la coherencia de sus aseveraciones. Además, nuestra experiencia diaria confirma esas verdades en la realidad concreta. Nuestro mayor privilegio es conocer a Dios y vivir conforme a la verdad. Esto suscita una coherencia interna en nosotros.

Doing and saying the right thing are not sufficient. Doing the right thing IN THE RIGHT WAY and with the person's comfort in mind is critical.

Every culture exploits some segment of society in order to entertain hungers, either private or public. We are all pleasure seekers, and what gives us pleasure is a revelation of our values.

Doar printr-un raÈ›ionament superficial putem deduce c? întrucât am avut parte de dezam?gire din cauza suferinÈ›ei È™i a visurilor împlinite, viaÈ›a noastr? este goal? È™i lipsit? de sens.

It is Christ who shows that unless a person's pain is understood, one will never understand a person's soul. He Himself is the best reminder of the reward of chasing truth versus chasing shadows.

Perhaps living in that hope now will make us act less petty on this side of heaven.

La fe que la Biblia enseña no se opone a la razón.

Johann Sebastian Bach once said that the only purpose for music should be the glory of God and the re-creation of the human spirit.

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands. Psalm 138:8