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Ravi Zacharias retells a stirring exchange between British criminal Charles Peace and his prison chaplain.

Every person, no matter their worldview, has a drive to find their meaning in life. But what does it take for a person to say they have found meaning?

The Vietnam war was one that yielded a lot of suffering, misery and death, but out of it came a powerful poem about persevering through suffering from a captured American officer. Ravi Zacharias quotes that poem today on Just A Thought.

During Jesus' day no one interacted with Lepers, they were shunned by society, endured the lack of human contact and begged for their food. Yet Jesus interacted with them and even healed them. Not only was Jesus different than others of his day, his willingness to embrace the most shunned of society was even more significant as we discover on today's Thought.

God's covenant relationship with the nation of Israel as described in the Old Testament gives insight into the nature of who God is. Ravi Zacharias explains that due to God's nature man will be required to give account of the choice to accept or deny His existence.

Ravi Zacharias describes how the making of a Sari in India is a metaphor for how God can create something beautiful from a person's life who surrenders it to Him.

A.N. Wilson was one of the early more famous atheists in the 19th century a contemporary of C.S. Lewis. Described as a vociferous opponent of faith he made a dramatic change later on in life. Listen to today's Thought to find out what that change was.

Deepak Chopra, a famous new age figure, wrote a book titled "The Third Jesus". In today's Thought Ravi Zacharias describes how the author's premise for the book is wrong.

With all the verified ancient biblical manuscripts written hundreds and even thousands of years ago, the ability to verify the consistency and accuracy of the bible is abundantly available. On today's thought Ravi Zacharias explains the importance of this and contrasts it with other faiths that do not allow this type of examination.

One of the 10 commandments speaks about the prohibition against killing another, yet in other parts of scripture God commands people to be put to death for certain sins. How are these two seemingly opposite positions reconciled? Ravi Zacharias deals with this in today's Thought.