RZIM: Just a Thought Broadcasts

Ravi Zacharias tells a story of Ruth Graham and an instance where her marriage had failed, she called home and her mother said two words to her. Find out what was her mother's response and how it was indicative of the way that Christ reaches out to us on today's Thought.

Just as Christ reached out to sinners, such as the woman who poured perfume on his feet, we are to reach out and pray for those that are living a life of wickedness. Ravi Zacharias tells of an experience where he was able to reach out to such a person and extend God's grace.

Believers often focus on the miracle that occurred when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and in the same way wish for similar miracles in their own lives when dealing with life's suffering. Ravi Zacharias points to the premise that God doesn't always provide miracles for life's obstacles, but is interested that Christians find the splendor in the ordinary daily trusting of God to see them through those troubled times.

God gives us the freedom to make choices in our life, but those freedoms are framed by certain boundaries. Ravi Zacharias describes this framework and gives an example of how this principle comes into play in the biblical doctrines of law and grace.

This fundamental law of logic comes into play when we ask questions that defy the natural laws that God has created. Today on Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias explains this law and some of the faith questions that people ask which are not logical questions and for which this law needs to be applied.

There is a challenge to christianity today where a gap exists between what is being preached and what is being lived out. Ravi Zacharias warns of this credibility gap and encourages the church to resolve this dichotomy.

Pastors delivering a relevant message that is both compelling and theologically pure is difficult today since they are competing in a world where knowledge and information is increasing exponentially. Ravi Zacharias delves into this issue on today's Thought.

Ravi Zacharias explains that the more we enjoy legitimate pure pleasures the closer we are to the heart of God. Find out what he means on today's Thought.

Pleasure, for human beings, comes in many forms and the Bible has direction on how we can measure whether partaking in a particular pleasure is legitimate or not. Ravi Zacharias enumerates a method based on scriptural principles on how to evaluate pleasure's legitimacy in a practical way on today's Thought.

Canadian young people were surveyed a few years ago and were asked one question: "What is the thing that you long for most in life?" Find out what their answer was and why it is a challenge to all believers in today's culture.