RZIM: Just a Thought Broadcasts

By Ravi Zacharias

Religion & Spirituality Christianity

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A one-minute, daily program featuring excerpts from Ravi Zacharias. The programs seek to explore issues such as life's meaning, the credibility of the Christian message and the Bible, the weakness of modern intellectual movements, the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, and other topics mixing biblical teaching and Christian apologetics.

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The Moral Argument

11.11.2019

Skeptics are directing their attacks against the validity of belief in God based on the moral argument. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias describes the success at which skeptics have attacked other arguments for the existence of God and ...

RZIM: Just a Thought Broadcasts episodes:

11.12.2019 Life Has No Meaning Without God Life is sacred. The Bible says we are made in the image of God and that fact gives value to every human being. Yet for those who don't believe in God they are missing out on the connection between the ...
11.11.2019 The Moral Argument Skeptics are directing their attacks against the validity of belief in God based on the moral argument. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias describes the success at which skeptics have attacked other arguments for the existence of God and ...
11.08.2019 A Composite Christian There is a balance in the christian church that needs to be maintained, some churches lean toward the intellect and reason while others emphasis emotional worship. The christian needs to take all these components of life: the spiritual, physical and ...
11.07.2019 It's Tough to Be a Leader Speaking from experience Ravi Zacharias describes some of the challenges that leaders face: tough decisions, sleepless nights and stress resulting in a physical toll on the body. It is because of these challenges that he encourages us to pray for ...
11.06.2019 How God Works In this existence with its myriad threads that form the tapestry of our life the question about how this all works together and how God is involved in the mix often forms. On today's Thought Ravi Zacharias suggests that a ...
11.05.2019 Turning Disadvantages into Advantages There are obstacles and trials that people face in their lives, even to the point of disability. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias describes how, with the proper perspective and dependence, those disadvantages can be turned into advantages.
11.04.2019 Power of Purity The mark of a true Christian is that he is an imitator of Christ in every aspect of his life. Unfortunately the model of Christ's purity is not always emulated and today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias describes the ...
11.01.2019 The Influence of Media The lure and attraction of media and entertainment is very powerful for younger audiences. The danger is that there is a powerful message and philosophy hidden in the entertainment which is influencing minds.
10.31.2019 Understanding God's Vision Jeremiah called the nation of Israel to something more and he had a vision given to him by God. Ravi Zacharias describes this same vision for today's world and culture: a desire for revival.
10.30.2019 Are You Willing to Go West? On today's Thought Ravi Zacharias describes how, the given the choice, Old Testament Lot chose to go east and Abraham went west. He draws a corollary for Christians today with the challenge "When the world is heading east are you ...
10.29.2019 Faith, Reason and Truth Ravi Zacharias coins a word to describe the new spirituality that is a combination of eastern and western thought. Listen to today's program to find out this new term and the inconsistencies that this spirituality exhibits when confronted by truth.
10.28.2019 Suffering at the Test of Truth Today on Just a Thought Ravi Zacharias comments on Elizabeth Lesser's book on spirituality. Listen as he critiques her method of evaluating different spiritual traditions and leaves out the most basic element of veracity.
10.25.2019 Pleasure and Pain "All pleasure must be bought at the price of pain." This stark opening statement by Ravi Zacharias on today's program is explained as he describes a difference between legitimate and illegitimate pleasure.
10.24.2019 Doing It God's Way In one of Ravi Zacharias' travels to Albania the President of the country told him, "...we are the most atheistic country in the world and we have made one mess of this country. Maybe it's time to stop doing it ...
10.23.2019 Flirting with Danger Ravi Zacharias tells a Greek fable that describes a daughter flirting with danger and how the father gives her a task that will hopefully teach her a lesson. This message is a meaningful reminder to Christians when tempted by sin.
10.22.2019 Establishing a Final Purpose Many of us go through life without establishing what is our life's purpose. Listen to today's Thought as Ravi Zacharias suggests that we take the time to write down a mission statement for our life.
10.21.2019 Communicating Through Worship Ravi Zacharias tells a story he heard about a Christian walking down the street in one of the main cities of Romania and heard a familiar tune. Ravi goes on to relate how the worship of two strangers for the ...
10.18.2019 The Haunting Sense of Emptiness There is a hunger for something more that exists in the core of a human being. A sense of emptiness that is not filled by the physical and emotional world around it. Listen to today's program as Ravi describes this ...
10.17.2019 Connected by the Sacred Quoting the Archbishop William Temple's definition of worship, Ravi Zacharias warns that a church that does not know how to worship will soon become irrelevant.
10.16.2019 A Common Connection with God One of the most powerful themes in Christianity also makes a strong connection to the post modernist. That theme is one of community. The church provides a place for people to gather, enjoy and build relationships with each other. On ...
10.15.2019 The Purity of a Life Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias describes while researching for his book: The Lotus and The Cross, his conversations with Buddhists naturally focused on the life of Jesus Christ. The Buddhists, he said, would often bring up to him ...
10.14.2019 The Sum and Substance of Righteousness The Greeks sought after knowledge, the Romans after glory and the Hebrews - the epiphany of light, what is the central focus of Christianity? Find out how all of these components are included in the pursuit of Christianity on today's ...
10.11.2019 A Basket Case Ravi Zacharias recounts visiting Damascus, Syria and on another trip Egypt, by the river Nile he recalled two amazing Bible rescues that had occurred where he stood. Listen and find out which particular Bible stories he was referring to on ...
10.10.2019 Meeting the Need When people fail morally it is important for the church to respond appropriately. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias speaks about the right attitude that the church should display to best help and seek to restore those who have ...
10.09.2019 A Homing Instinct Ravi Zacharias tells the story of a bird that only nests in one particular area of Wales and comes back every year faithfully to lay its eggs. Trying to determine how strong the pull of this area was to the ...
10.08.2019 The Longing for Forgiveness The message of Christ's forgiveness is unparalleled in any other world religion. Ravi Zacharias quotes a poem that describes the human desire for forgiveness on a daily basis on today's Thought.
10.07.2019 A Hunger for the Transcendent As image bearers of God there is an innate part of man that automatically seeks after God, a hunger for the transcendent. On today's program Ravi Zacharias develops this thought as he has witnessed this pursuit of God in his ...
10.04.2019 Give to God That Which Is God's While describing the story of how Jesus answered the question: Is it alright to pay taxes to Caesar? Ravi Zacharias expounds upon the answer that Jesus gave. He points out that the second half of Jesus' answer to this question ...
10.03.2019 Why Are We Punishing What We Teach? In an interview on the economic crisis in America with a journalist of the New York Times, Ravi Zacharias turned the tables on the interviewer and asked him a question instead. Listen to today's Thought to hear Ravi's question to ...
10.02.2019 Lost Our Total Sense of Identity Summing up the points of his message to his audience Ravi Zacharias signals a final point that he wants the hearer to apply to their life. Listen to today's program as he reiterates his thoughts and then gives that final ...
10.01.2019 Love Suffers Long and is Kind Summing up the points of his message to his audience Ravi Zacharias signals a final point that he wants the hearer to apply to their life. Listen to today's program as he reiterates his thoughts and then gives that final ...
09.30.2019 Men and Women Like Daniel Having the correct perspective of the times that we live in is the challenge that Ravi Zacharias gives to his audience on today's Thought. Hear what he has to say regarding the best approach to interpret today's challenges and what ...
09.27.2019 Easier to Say No Before Tasting Many Christians today walk the line of temptation to see how close they can live to sin and not step over. The opposite example of this was the prophet Daniel who consistently attempted to stay as far away from sin ...
09.26.2019 Set Your House in Order Ravi Zacharias describes the time when God told Nehemiah to have the Israelites focus on building a wall in front of their own house first as a lesson to the church and believers today. Listen to today's program as Ravi ...
09.25.2019 The Fellowship of His Suffering In Philippians 3:10 the apostle Paul makes an incredible statement of his intent. He seeks to know Christ through the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering. Why did Paul say those words? Listen to today's Thought ...
09.24.2019 The Difference Is the Cross In comparing between the different religions of the world, there is only one that takes a symbol of death and despair, namely the cross, and turns it into a symbol of hope. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias explains ...
09.23.2019 What Went Wrong? Ravi Zacharias after reviewing the last 20 years of the church on the North American Continent asks the question: What Went Wrong? Listen to today's program as Ravi compares this time to Solomon's day and seeks to find an answer ...
09.20.2019 Three Great Ideas Ravi Zacharias describes how God gave three great ideas to the children of Israel after they passed through the desert and before entering the promised land. Listen to today's Just A Thought to find out what these ideas were and ...
09.19.2019 Meaningful Relationships With Others On today's Thought Ravi Zacharias describes how a relationship with God leads to relationships with others that are more meaningful.
09.18.2019 Humanity Manufactured Gods Dawkins rails against the God of the Old Testament calling Him capricious, maniacal and sadomasochistic among other things. Ravi Zacharias responds to this by pointing out the logical flaw in Dawkin's rant today on Just A Thought.
09.17.2019 Complexity Assumes Intelligence Would looking at a dictionary cause you to assume that it was produced by an explosion in a printing press? Speaking about evolution on today's Thought, Ravi Zacharias points out some crazy assumptions that would be required to also believe ...
09.16.2019 Betrayed By God? In today's Thought Ravi Zacharias asks the question "Have you ever felt betrayed by God?" In Jeremiah chapter 20, Jeremiah says the lord had deceived him. Ravi explains what Jeremiah experienced and why he asked this question how it is ...
09.13.2019 Driven with Compassion While speaking at Indiana University Ravi Zacharias encountered a very hostile audience member the night before and when he stood up to ask a question the expectation was more of the same. Listen as Ravi describes what transpired and what ...
09.12.2019 We Have Forgotten God Quoting Abraham Lincoln's words, Ravi Zacharias points out that just as was the case in Lincoln's day, America has a problem with arrogance and has forgotten how much God has richly blessed her. Listen to Lincoln's words as he challenges ...
09.11.2019 Testing Your Identity "We Tend to find our identity at our place of work, may I try and challenge you to try and test your identity at home before you do it at your place of work." With this statement Ravi Zacharias introduces ...
09.10.2019 Sin Has A Ripple Effect Sin is not a private thing, it affects others in many ways just as it brings consequences to the sinner. Ravi Zacharias addresses the idea of victimless crimes as an example of how sin affects more than just the sinner ...
09.09.2019 Reality Will Stalk You Since true worth, meaning and purpose are gifts from God then the alternate option of secularization and atheism is empty and meaningless. Ravi Zacharias describes the results of living according to the two different worldviews on today's Thought.
09.06.2019 You Are of Essential Worth Where do people find their worth and meaning in life? Ravi Zacharias explains how human beings receive worth and purpose from their Creator, a truth which once discovered brings the fullest of meaning and satisfaction into the life of each ...
09.05.2019 Isn't It Ironic Ravi Zacharias describes the odd position he found himself in when he traveled to China one Christmas. He tells how he saw, in a country where an atheist government has been intent on eradicating Christianity for decades, on a government ...
09.04.2019 Nature Abhors a Vaccuum Eviscerating the heritage of Christianity from the western culture creates a vacuum that is waiting to be filled by another strong ideology. Listen to today's Thought as Ravi Zacharias explains which ideology is poised to fill that void.

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