Who is Ravi Zacharias

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Put on Your Thinking Cap

For any one who has seen Ravi Zacharias in person or heard one of his broadcasts, you understand the phrase, "Put on your thinking cap." He will not just give you answers to your questions about Christianity, he will make you think and help you understand what he is saying. If you are truly seeking answers to your questions Ravi Zacharias is the man that can give them to you. Ravi has spoken in countries that are trying to drive all the Christians out and to the people that are driving them out. He has reasoned with kings queens, and rulers from all over the world. He has even reasoned with the heads of terrorist organizations.

Many times Ravi give you so much information that it is like taking a drink from a water hose. His ability to bring it all together is what makes him a man worth listening to. God has truly blessed him with a gift.

The Following is an introduction from the Veritas Forum:

For thirty-three years Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University. He has addressed writers of the peace accord in South Africa, President Fujimori's cabinet and parliament in Peru, and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Center for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow. He has been privileged to bring the main address at the National Day of Prayer in Washington, DC, an event endorsed and cohosted by President George W. Bush, and at the Pentagon. Additionally, Mr. Zacharias has spoken twice at the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the United Nations in New York, which marks the beginning of the UN session each year, and at the invitation of the President of Nigeria, he addressed the delegates at the First Annual Prayer Breakfast for African Leaders, held in Mozambique.

The Song The Started Him Thinking 

"Who Will Answer" Ed Ames

This is the song that Ravi says he sat up at night to listen to as a teenager. It is the song that started him thinking about life and what it meant.

From the Canyons of the Mind
We wander on, and stumble blindly
Through the often tangled Maze
Of Starless Nights and Sunless Days
While asking for some kind of Clue
A Road to lead us to the Truth -
But... Who will Answer?

Side by side two People stand
Together vowing hand-in-hand
That Love's imbedded in their Hearts
But soon, an empty Feeling starts
To overwhelm their hollow Lives
And when they seek the Hows and Whys -
Who will Answer?

On a strange and distant Hill
A young man's lying very still
His Arms will never hold his Child
Because a Bullet running wild
Has struck him down, and now we cry:
"Dear God, oh why, oh why" -
Who will Answer?

High upon a lonely Ledge
A Figure teeters near the Edge
As jeering Crowds collect below
To egg him on with "Go, man Go"
But who will ask what led him
To his private Day of Doom -
And... Who will Answer?

CHORUS:

If the Soul is Darkened
By a Fear it cannot name
If the Mind is Baffled
When the Rules don't fit the Game
Who will Answer?, Who will Answer?, Who will Answer?
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

In the Rooms with darkened Shades
A Scent of Sandalwood pervades
The colored Thoughts in muddled Heads
Reclining on the unmade Beds
Of unmade Dreams that can't come true
When we ask what we should do -
Who will Answer?

Neath the spreading Mushroom Tree
The World revolves in Apathy
As overhead a Row of Specks
Roars on, drowned out by Discotheques
And if a Secret Button's pressed
Because one Man has been outguessed -
Who will Answer?

Is our Hope in Walnut Shells
Worn round the Neck; in Temple Bells
Or deep within some Cloistered Walls
Where hooded Figures pray and halt
In crumbled Books on dusty Shelves
Or in our Stars, or in Ourselves? -
Who will Answer?

CHORUS:

If the Soul is Darkened
By a Fear it cannot name
If the Mind is Baffled
When the Rules don't fit the Game
Who will Answer?, Who will Answer?, Who will Answer?
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia

Ravi Zacharias at a Glance 

Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias (born 1946) is an Indian-born, Canadian-American evangelical Christian apologist and evangelist. Zacharias is the author of numerous Christian books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner Can Man Live Without God? and bestsellers Light in the Shadow of Jihad and The Grand Weaver. He is also president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, host of the radio programs Let My People Think and Just Thinking (heard weekly and daily, respectively, on Christian stations across the U.S.), and visiting professor at Wycliffe Hall of Oxford, where he teaches apologetics and evangelism. Previously, Zacharias studied as a visiting scholar at Cambridge University and held the chair in Evangelism and Contemporary Thought at Alliance Theological Seminary from 1981 to 1984.

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    stevecrenshaw stevecrenshaw May 6, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
    Ezee,

    I know, how blessed we are to have a man like this to learn from. He travels the world and is able to proclaim the gospel in countries that most people will never even be allowed into. We are blessed to have him.
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    israel ezekiel israel ezekiel May 6, 2009 @ 7:29 am
    He is a God choosen man who clearly states that Jesus Christ is the only the way the truth and the life to the world.
    ezee from Muscat (Oman)
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    LaughFriendly LaughFriendly Oct 28, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
    Ravi Zacharias is indeed one of the greatest Christian Apologetics/Speakers of our time! I refer anyone/everyone I can to his materials and teachings. I explain that he has such a gift to "explain" and make sense of Christianity. I completely understand his teachings, yet cannot express what he says in the same words, so . . . this is indeed why God gave him this wonderful gift! :) Great lens and thank you so much for this! You are very blessed!

    Much kindness, elena

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Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend by Ravi Zacharias

Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend by Ravi Zacharias

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Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message by Ravi Zacharias

Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message by Ravi Zacharias

In his most important work to date, apologetics sc more...1 point

The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists by Ravi K. Zacharias

The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists by Ravi K. Zacharias

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Faith & Science: Is There Meaning in Evil and Suffering?

Faith & Science: Is There Meaning in Evil and Suffering?

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The Grand Weaver by Ravi Zacharias

The Grand Weaver by Ravi Zacharias

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Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows by Ravi Zacharias

Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows by Ravi Zacharias

Zacharias invites readers to follow him on this jo more...0 points

Cries of The Heart by Ravi Zacharias

Cries of The Heart by Ravi Zacharias

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Deliver Us From Evil by Ravi Zacharias

Deliver Us From Evil by Ravi Zacharias

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New Birth or Rebirth: Jesus Talks with Krishna by Zacharias, Ravi

New Birth or Rebirth: Jesus Talks with Krishna by Zacharias, Ravi

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Sense And Sensuality: Jesus Talks with Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure by Zacharias, Ravi

Sense And Sensuality: Jesus Talks with Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure by Zacharias, Ravi

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The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha by Ravi Zacharias

The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha by Ravi Zacharias

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Can Man Live Without God by Ravi Zacharias

Can Man Live Without God by Ravi Zacharias

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What is an Apologist 

Apologetics is the whole of the consensus of the views of those who defend a position in an argument of long standing. The term comes from the Greek word apologia (????????), meaning a speaking in defense.

Early Christian writers (c 120-220) who defended their faith against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called apologists."Apologists." Cross, F. L., ed. The Oxford dictionary of the Christian church. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005

In modern times, apologists re...

Books on Apologetics 

Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions by Peter Kreeft, Ronald K. Tacelli

Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions by Peter Kreeft, Ronald K. Tacelli

Sensible and concise, witty and wise, the authors offer compelling arguments for and defenses of every aspect of Christian belief, including faith and reason, God's nature, creation and evolution, providence and free will, miracles, the problem of evil, the Bible's historical reality, Christianity and other religions, and objective truths.1 point

Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Baker Reference Library) by Norman L. Geisler

Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Baker Reference Library) by Norman L. Geisler

This comprehensive reference volume covers every key issue, person, and concept related to Christian apologetics from Anselm to Zen.0 points

Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics by R. C. Sproul

Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics by R. C. Sproul

In this primer of apologetic thought, Dr. Sproul affirms four logical principles that are necessary for all real discussion and teaches you how to defend your faith in a faithless world. Using the writings of church fathers and philosophers throughout the ages, he uncovers the common ideologies that work against faith.0 points

The Apologetics Study Bible: Understand Why You Believe

The Apologetics Study Bible: Understand Why You Believe

     The Apologetics Study Bible will help today's Christian better understand, defend and proclaim their beliefs in this age of increasing moral and spiritual relativism. More than one-hundred key questions and articles placed throughout the volume about faith and science prompt a rewarding study experience at every reading.      Highlights of this new thinking person's edition of God's Word include the full text of the popular Holman CSB® translation, an introduction to each Bible bo...0 points

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