RZIM: Just a Thought Broadcasts

Myriad religious philosophies are flooding the west and most people are ill equipped to challenge the logic of these philosophies and are easily overwhelmed. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias explain why this has occurred and his experience with it in his travel and interviews.

Ravi Zacharias describes the differences between rationalism, empiricism, existentialism and finally post modernism. He then proceeds to explain the stark difference between a post modernist's perspective versus a christian on today's program.

On today's Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias describes the historical progression of philosophy that followed a path from rationalism through empiricism to existentialism.

Ravi Zacharias describes christian apologetics as the seasoning while the gospel is the main course in the meal of life change. He warns that answers which are too cerebral may not get at the heart of the questioner, which is ultimately where the transformation must take place.

Ravi Zacharias relates a story he heard about a former Hindu sharing the hope of Jesus Christ to a Hindu on the subway. When the other person challenged the former Hindu with the questions why Jesus? this man proceeds to answer as to what it was that brought him into the faith on today's Just A Thought.

Quoting from C.S. Lewis Ravi Zacharias makes the point that rigorous defense of the Christian faith is an imperative. He also states that good philosophy is needed to counteract the bad philosophy that comes from secularism.

Ravi Zacharias cites the fact that today there are over 20,000 trained Muslim apologists ready to defend Islam, but how are the Christians doing? On today's Thought he describes the need for the church to do a better job of training its young people to give an answer for their faith.

Defining the American culture becomes a challenge when there are so many worldviews both religious and secular within its borders. Ravi Zacharias examines this issue and the challenges that occur when the secular humanist culture clashes with the various religious cultures on today's Thought.

Today on Just a Thought Ravi Zacharias challenges secular humanists that resist the existence of absolutes and choose a relativistic worldview. He states that their very questioning of the existence of absolutes becomes the foundation for proving their thinking is wrong and points to the law of non-contradiction as the reason why.

A fundamental law of logic is called the law of non-contradiction that says if two statements contradict each other both of them cannot be true. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias explains this law and how people fail to apply it fairly to their worldview and to Christianity.