If God is the author of life, there must be a script. Ravi Zacharias More Quotes by Ravi Zacharias More Quotes From Ravi Zacharias It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our passions in the marketplace of life's heartfelt transactions. Ravi Zacharias hurt love philosophy In the gospel message, the beginning of change occurs in the heart of each individual. This heart change makes a difference in the home, then in the community, and ultimately in the nation- and in turn it shapes the future of a cultural ethos. Ravi Zacharias ethos home heart What I believe in my heart must make sense in my mind. Ravi Zacharias mind heart believe In naturalism, man is actually very insignificant, but arrogates to himself stupendous power. In Christianity, man is actually the apex of created significance, but is called to see it in abject humility. Ravi Zacharias humility christianity men The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has exerted so deep an influence, that it may be truly said that the simple record of three years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists. Ravi Zacharias simple character jesus Success is more difficult to handle than failure. Ravi Zacharias difficult handle Worship is a posture of life that takes as its primary purpose the understanding of what it really means to love and revere God. Ravi Zacharias religious god mean 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. Ravi Zacharias ignorance claims views God is the shaper of your heart. God does not display his work in abstract terms. He prefers the concrete, and this means that at the end of your life one of three things will happen to your heart: it will grow hard, it will be broken, or it will be tender. Nobody escapes Ravi Zacharias broken heart mean Even though the search for meaning is debunked today, the cries of the human heart can be smothered for only so long. In these yearnings, the search for significance and fulfillment continues. Ravi Zacharias heart today long An expenditure of words without income of ideas will lead to intellectual bankruptcy. Ravi Zacharias income intellectual ideas I have infinite knowledge that there is no being in existence with infinite knowledge Ravi Zacharias philosophical atheism atheist When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. Youve asked them, Ive asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. How did I come into being? What brings life meaning? How do I know right from wrong? Where am I headed after I die? Ravi Zacharias meaning-of-life destiny thinking Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous. For example, if I have evil intent and I galvanize that evil intent with many others, the capacity to destroy is immense. Where goodness is the motive, unity is phenomenal and actually has some good issues to it. Ravi Zacharias unity issues evil I thank the Lord that, even though things were so wrong in my life here, I finally was brought to the realization of what all those struggles were about. There are some wonderful things from your painful past, things with a beauty you may not have realized at the time. Ravi Zacharias realization struggle past The longer I am in this work, the more I realize that intellectual struggles are merely the hazardous waste of life, blocking the heart from truth. The task of apologetics is to carefully remove that hazardous material and keep it from igniting into a destructive fire. Once that is done, the way to the heart is always through the way of the Cross, God’s love for each and every one of us. Ravi Zacharias block struggle heart The laughter in response to my question unmasked the double standard our deconstructionists espouse. And that is precisely the double standard of atheism! It is possible to dress up and romanticize our bizarre experiments in social restructuring while disavowing truth or absolutes. But one dares not play such deadly games with the foundations of good thinking. Ravi Zacharias laughter games thinking Conviction is not merely an opinion. It is something rooted so deeply in the conscience that to change a conviction would be to change the very essence of who you are. Ravi Zacharias opinion essence would-be Changes in language often reflect the changing values of a culture. Ravi Zacharias values language culture The assurance of Heaven is never given to the person. And that's why at the core of the Christian faith is the grace of God. If there's one word I would grab from all of that, it's forgiveness - that you can be forgiven. I can be forgiven, and it is of the grace of God. But once you understand that, I think the ramifications are worldwide. Ravi Zacharias christian heaven thinking
