RZIM: Just a Thought Broadcasts

Describing the life of Augustine, Ravi Zacharias points to a statement he made about how he wrongly viewed his life of sin. Listen to today's program to hear the quote and the realization that dawned on Augustine in his perspective about God.

Ravi Zacharias explains that the definition of purity is similar to the definition of nothing. On today's program he explains how they are similar and the significance of that similarity.

"Existence precedes essence, what it means is, what I do determines who I am." This definition of existentialism demonstrates that proponents of the philosophy have the definition backwards, listen as Ravi Zacharias explains the error on today's Thought.

Ravi Zacharias states, "We look at life with our eyes rather than through our eyes." What does he mean by this statement and how does this problem cloud our perspective? Find out on today's Just A Thought.

In the Old Testament story of Jacob's life we see a man that is running from the consequences of his actions until God literally grabs ahold of him. God then asks an important question of Jacob that clarifies the trouble in Jacob's life and allows him to choose a different path.

Ravi Zacharias speculates that if there were one human historian that lived to view all of human history he might die of boredom. He makes that statement tongue-in-cheek since history is full of examples where humankind has repeated the same mistakes over and over again.

Ravi Zacharias describes a time in the days of the prophet Elijah where there were many people with leprosy in Israel, but the only man healed of it was a Syrian named Naaman. Christian's today are in the same situation, there is a lack of expectation that God will act in a miraculous way.

Israel had some of its darkest days as described in the Old Testament book of II Kings when Jehoram was king and the city of Jerusalem was beseiged by the Syrians. It is often during these times of darkness especially in our modern history that God works through His church to bring hope and light

Ravi Zacharias describes an alarming statistic concerning the occurrence of violent crimes in America: they occur once every 22-24 seconds. How do you begin to solve this problem? On today's Just A Thought Ravi recommends a starting point to begin to address this and other societal issues.

Ravi Zacharias warns of the complacency toward sin that Christians can develop over time due to self reliance. It is during these times that God can allow them to have their own way with disastrous consequences.