It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good. Ravi Zacharias More Quotes by Ravi Zacharias More Quotes From Ravi Zacharias To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion. Ravi Zacharias swimming india world Truth is that which affirms propositionally the nature of reality as it is. Ravi Zacharias truth-is reality One of the greatest failures of our generation is not living out the biblical precepts which we so clearly articulate. Ravi Zacharias our-generation biblical generations Sometimes the very presence of God is barred by our presuppositions and our intense and constant desire for triumph. Ravi Zacharias triumph desire sometimes The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness. Ravi Zacharias mind-love evil justice By the time I was a young man, I lived with two deep struggles: I longed to become a cricketer, and I performed miserably in school. Cricket and tennis were all that I lived for. In India, this was a formula for failure. Ravi Zacharias struggle men school A friend asked the author,"If this conversion you speak about is truly supernatural, and why is it not more evident in the lives of so many Christians that I know? Ravi Zacharias speak christian knows We are redefining terms and rewriting laws and removing fences everywhere you turn, and we seem to think we can do that with impunity. Ravi Zacharias rewriting law thinking Truth is not only a matter of offense, in that it makes certain assertions. It is also a matter of defense in that it must be able to make a cogent and sensible response to the counterpoints that are raised. Ravi Zacharias able defense matter You can easily substitute the intellect for true devotion. Devotion comes from the heart, and from the will. The intellect, you can cerebrally answer things, but you make a big mistake when that happens. Ravi Zacharias answers mistake heart With no fact as a referent, what is normative is purely a matter of preference. Ravi Zacharias preference matter facts Life has been reduced to temporal pursuits disconnected from all the other disciplines necessary for life to be meaningfully engaged. Ravi Zacharias disconnected pursuit discipline The questions of today's average young person, who is the product of America's intellectual bastions, have been virtually unaddressed by the church. Ravi Zacharias intellectual average america Today, sensitivities are at an all-time high - and rightfully so. Tolerance of different races and religions have been lacking over the years, but pluralism has given way to relativism. Ravi Zacharias tolerance race years In India, there is a saying that you can touch your nose directly or you can touch your nose the long way around. You need to go the long way around to reach some people. Ravi Zacharias india long people The happy pagan is wrapped up in the belief that this world and the success it affords are the greatest pursuits in life. He or she feels no need for anything transcendent. Ravi Zacharias belief world needs If you can make any religion look idiotic, chances are you haven't understood that religion. Ravi Zacharias idiotic chance looks Today there is no greater force in the molding of the North American mind than the invasion of the imagination by the visual media. Ravi Zacharias media imagination mind You can't take treasured beliefs from the past and mock them. Ravi Zacharias treasured belief past The Biblical world-view is the only one that accepts the reality of evil and suffering while giving both the cause and the purpose, while offering God-given strength and sustenance in the midst of it. Ravi Zacharias biblical offering reality
