Dr. Ravi Zacharias is a popular, Indian-born, evangelical apologist, the author of many books and articles, a frequent public speaker, and a veteran of Christian radio.

Recently here at the trinities blog I received a reader question about an answer Dr. Zacharias gave about the Trinity in a recent public talk. In this episode, I review and critically examine that answer, and a few other of his statements on the Trinity which can be found on youtube (links below).

In the end, I find it hard to discern just what Dr. Zacharias thinks the Trinity doctrine is.Tweet This Some of his statements seem to imply that the Trinity is a self, and others seem to imply that it is a group of three selves. I don't find persuasive his argument that if God is perfect, then he must not be a single self. On the other hand, I find myself in agreement with him when he's preaching in a biblical mode.

You can also listen to this episode on youtube.

Links for this episode:

Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (bio, youtube channel)

Ravi Zacharias explains the Trinity

Ravi Zacharias Q & A: The Contradiction of the Trinity and DesCartes

Ravi On The Trinity

(The final sermon quoted here has been removed from all online video sites at the demand of the church at which he preached.)

My discussion of three-self vs. one-self Trinity theories is free here and available in print form here.

Preprint of my paper "On the Possibility of a Single Perfect Self".