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Ravi Zacharias: 'Beyond Opinion'
davidlimbaugh.com ^ | 06/16/08 | david limbaugh

Posted on 06/16/2008 4:40:12 PM PDT by lancer256

As a former skeptic, I have a particular interest in Christian apologetics: the defense of the Christian faith. I've read and recommended many excellent books on the subject but want to call your special attention to one I've most recently read because of the uniqueness of its approach and content.

"Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend" is a compilation of essays by renowned Christian apologists compiled and edited by my friend and Christian philosopher and apologist, Ravi Zacharias, that together "suggest a new vision for Christian apologetics in this century."

I love apologetics because it helped me overcome certain intellectual hurdles that I believed, rightly or wrongly, were obstructing my faith. As I delved into the subject, I was immensely gratified to learn that most of my doubts and questions had been asked and answered by biblical scholars who embraced, rather than dismissed, such challenges.

If, for example, you can't reconcile the notion that an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God could permit evil and suffering in the world, you might be surprised to discover that your concerns are hardly new. Such questions have troubled people for millennia. Brilliant and scholarly works exist addressing such questions, as well as seemingly problematic scriptural passages.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: apologetic; bookreview; christian; christians; limbaugh; zacharias

1 posted on 06/16/2008 4:40:14 PM PDT by lancer256
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To: lancer256
Ravi is excellent. I have several of his CD series.

I recommend him highly.

2 posted on 06/16/2008 5:21:15 PM PDT by Tolkien (Another day, another 1.603 million miles around the sun.)
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To: Tolkien
Ravi is excellent.

He makes my head explode, but I try to keep up anyway.

3 posted on 06/16/2008 6:10:23 PM PDT by tbpiper (NObama '08)
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To: Tolkien
Ravi is excellent.

He makes my head explode, but I try to keep up anyway.

4 posted on 06/16/2008 6:10:29 PM PDT by tbpiper (NObama '08)
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To: lancer256

The source: http://www.rzim.org/


5 posted on 06/16/2008 6:14:26 PM PDT by Broker (Grandpa Petti Bones wants to know.)
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To: Tolkien
I agree, Ravi is excellent.

Other folks I'd recommend (free downloads on Sermonaudio.com):

Alan Cairns at Alan Cairns

AE Wilder-Smith at AE Wilder-Smith

6 posted on 06/16/2008 6:15:15 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: El Cid

Dr. Michael Youssef here in Atlanta speaks the truth with love with Church of the Apostles: http://www.apostles.org/
His global outreach ministry is called “Leading the Way”.
Here: http://www.leadingtheway.org/site/PageServer?pagename=who_default


7 posted on 06/16/2008 6:19:37 PM PDT by Broker (Grandpa Petti Bones wants to know.)
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To: lancer256

I really enjoy listening to Ravi Z.


8 posted on 06/16/2008 6:20:31 PM PDT by DeLaine (To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites; moderation is for monks....Heinlein)
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To: El Cid

The “gold standard” on the problem of evil and the existence of God is “God, Freedom, and Evil” by Alvin Plantinga


9 posted on 06/16/2008 7:58:52 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: El Cid
I will check these guys out.

Right now I'm enjoying Michael Horton but I will listen to these guys tomorrow.

10 posted on 06/16/2008 7:59:50 PM PDT by Tolkien (Another day, another 1.603 million miles around the sun.)
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To: Tolkien; Broker; LiteKeeper
Thanks for the recommendations -- I'll have to check them out.

God Bless.

11 posted on 06/16/2008 9:30:41 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: El Cid; SkyPilot

Appreciate the posted links ... and I’m a very big Zacharias fan with many series on CD for listening in the vehicle. Ravi is one of God’s men for our times. ... Ping Sky


12 posted on 06/16/2008 9:37:57 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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