Love is the greatest apologetic. It is the essential component in reaching the whole person in a fragmented world. The need is vast, but it is also imperative that we be willing to follow the example of Jesus and meet the need. Ravi Zacharias More Quotes by Ravi Zacharias More Quotes From Ravi Zacharias No matter how much we try to run away from this thirst for the answer to life, for the meaning of life, the intensity only gets stronger and stronger. We cannot escape these spiritual hungers. Ravi Zacharias spiritual running trying Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed. Ravi Zacharias righteousness redemption firsts The church should provide a setting in which people can express their questions. Ravi Zacharias church should people Time is the brush of God, as he paints his masterpiece on the heart of humanity. Ravi Zacharias humanity heart time At the universities I visit, the exclusivity of Christ is challenged in every open forum - "How can you possibly talk about one God or one way when there are so many good options?" Ravi Zacharias forums way christ The denial of an objective moral law, based on the compulsion to deny the existence of God, results ultimately in the denial of evil iteself. Ravi Zacharias denial evil law Evil is a violation of purpose, the purpose of your creator and mine. Ravi Zacharias violation purpose evil Bahaism gives you a pluralistic view, and a lot of aspects of Hinduism give you a moral framework with no accountability other than the karmic system. There's no linear movement or point of accountability toward God. Ravi Zacharias accountability views giving All religions do not point to God Ravi Zacharias Wonder knows that while you cannot look at the light, you cannot look at anything else without it. It is not exhausted by childhood, but finds its key there. It is a journey like a walk through the woods over the usual obstacles and around the common distractions while the voice of direction leads, saying, 'This is the way, walk ye in it.' Ravi Zacharias light keys journey I do not believe that one can earnestly seek and find the priceless treasure of God's call without a devout prayer life. That is where God speaks. Ravi Zacharias treasure prayer believe Nothing, absolutely nothing, has a more direct bearing on the moral choices made by individuals or the purposes pursued by society than belief or disbelief in God. Ravi Zacharias choices-made atheism purpose Does that not sound odd to you? When God decides who should live or die, he is immoral, When you decide who should live or die, it's your moral right. There was a pin-drop silence. Ravi Zacharias silence suffering evil 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, conform over sacrifice, feeling over commitment, legality over justice, the body over the spirit, anger over forgiveness, man over God. Ravi Zacharias forgiveness christian god I am convinced that all our attempts to change the letter of the law and to reeducate people have been, and are, merely band-aid solutions for a fatal hemorrhage. The system will never change because our starting point is flawed. The secular view of man can neither give the grandeur that God alone can give, nor can it see the evil within the human heart that God alone can reveal and cure, for atheism implicitly denudes each individual of the grand image God has imprinted upon His creation. Ravi Zacharias views heart men You see misery, you see misfortune, you see pain, you see suffering. It's all part of the fatalistic way of looking at life. Ravi Zacharias pain suffering way The church still meets people at the transition points. Marriages break down. Children commit suicide and leave helpless parents. Death and suffering are everywhere. Ravi Zacharias suicide children people It can be frustrating to see how society has taken the sacred out of everything. Ravi Zacharias frustrating sacred taken In churches, we live with the danger of one-way verbal traffic. Ravi Zacharias church danger way Time isn't just a fleeting thing. It never moves forward without engraving its mark upon the heart. Ravi Zacharias fleeting heart moving
