Quotes from Ravi Zacharias

I am well aware that objects are nearer than they appear and should be handled with care. These

We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

It is not just that we are immoral, but that a moral life alone cannot bridge what separates us from God.

hold the view that all philosophizing on life's purpose is ultimately founded upon two fundamental assumptions, or conclusions. The first is, Does God exist? and the second, If God exists, what is His character or nature?

The reality is that if religion is to be treated with intellectual respect, then it must stand the test of truth, regardless of the mood of the day.

Though I used to complain about the indecency of the idea of God's wrath, I came to think that I would have to rebel against a God who wasn't wrathful at the sight of the world's evil. God isn't wrathful in spite of being love. God is wrathful because God is love.13

Opinions are preferences amid options. Convictions are woven into one's conscience.

If musicians and artists have no absolutes, they end up caring more about the way the thing is told than about the thing itself, and they slide deeper and deeper till it's their means rather than the ends that matter.

You see, when the skeptic asks why God did not fashion us so that we would only choose good, he or she completely misses—drastically misses—what goodness is in God's eyes. Goodness is not an effect.

I refer to the cross of Christ. The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt - self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the long haul, cover-up over confession, escapism over confrontation, comfort over sacrifice, feeling over commitment, legality over justice, the body over the spirit, anger over forgiveness, man over God.

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. Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones. Every religion at its core is exclusive. But

What the person means by saying, "You must be open to everything" is really, "You must be open to everything that I am open to, and anything that I disagree with, you must disagree with too." Indian

IS STRANGER THAN FICTION," IT IS SAID. G. K. Chesterton, with his ever-ready wit, told us why that is so: "It is because we have made fiction to suit ourselves.

To allow God to be God we must follow him for who he is and what he intends, and not for what we want or what we prefer.

Without the undergirding of love, the possessor of any conviction becomes obnoxious, and the dogma believed becomes repulsive to the one who disagrees with it.

Oare nu este interesant cum poveÈ™tile, mai noi sau mai vechi, ajung mai devreme sau mai târziu s? vorbeasc? despre ce înseamn? s? iubeÈ™ti È™i s? fii iubit? Ele mediteaz? asupra acestei nevoi vitale pe care o simÈ›im toÈ›i pe parcursul vieÈ›ii noastre. Ne dorim cu ardoare s? È™tim È™i s? simÈ›im c? suntem iubiÈ›i. Tânjim dup? relaÈ›ii semnificative pentru noi, sigure È™i tot mai profunde.

Anytime evil becomes organized, its ferocity breathes the air of hell. There is nothing that can quench that fury. It cannot be stopped until it has accomplished its purpose. That is why hell is unending. Its nature is to burn on the inside, and no outward consolation or influence can change wickedness that is inflamed by numbers. The

Herein lies the cardinal difference between the moralizing religions and Jesus' offer to us: Jesus does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.

If you do not believe that God is in control and has formed you for a purpose, then you will flounder on the high seas of purposelessness, drowning in the currents and drifting further into nothingness.

How do we build root systems capable of weathering every storm that seeks to draw us into the temporary and the profane?

Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master and blushed.

PreÈ›ul pl?tit determin? câÈ™tigul obÈ›inut. ÎnÈ›elegem ce este dragostea doar când ne dedic?m ei.

Dragostea poate fi exprimat? cu adev?rat doar printr-o angajare a voin?ei.

God clearly called me into the preaching and teaching ministry, principally in hostile arenas. An odd call for a shy individual, I would think! But God does it his way.