RZIM: Just a Thought Broadcasts

Malcolm Muggeridge recalls a shocking story of how a low battery in one of a media worker's cameras caused a pause in the process of an execution. Using this illustration Ravi Zacharias goes on to explain how the power of the media is not just in the message it carries, but in the actual medium itself which could interrupt such a proceeding.

Speaking to many people in different countries, Ravi Zacharias explains how the concepts of truth exclusivity and forgiveness in the Christian faith is reconciled in a way that powerfully impacts the hearer, especially those with an eastern worldview.

Today on Just a Thought Ravi Zacharias examines the statement: "Religions are fundamentally the same and superficially different" often stated to negate the exclusivity claims of the different world religions.

Ravi Zacharias makes a simple but heartfelt plea regarding the time that Christians are spending studying the Bible on today's Thought.

Through the media we are subjected to many different ideologies and opinions. On today's Just A Thought Ravi Zacharias urges us to ask God for the wisdom to recognize truth and reject the lies that we see and hear.

The scientists believe that their framework of natural selection and scientific knowledge can adequately explain the wonder of the world around us. Ravi Zacharias points to the audacity of this approach and the need for a deeper explanation with more substantial answers regarding the complexity and variety that exists in this universe.

Ravi Zacharias asks a rhetorical question about whether there is a "power" in the heavens to give thanks to regarding our health and prosperity in this nation. Eliminating God from our worldview removes the awe and wonder of the amazing world around us.

When Job starts to question God about why he is experiencing all this suffering, God pivots the conversation by asking Job a few questions, 64 to be exact. Ravi states that when you start to question God you begin to lose your sense of gratitude and the wonder of what God has created.

Ravi Zacharias comments on western culture making the observation that as a worldview it has progressed to a point where it has divested itself of any moral underpinnings, the state of which is unsustainable.

Today on Just a Thought Ravi Zacharias implores parents to teach their children how to think, suggesting that young people read widely and from good authors. He also has a word of encouragement for young people who by using their God given intellect and critical thinking are able to discern between truth and false ideas.