Os pontos altos são os capítulos 2 (Rumo a um lar celeste) e 5 (Deus é a fonte do meu sofrimento?). ( )

Me. Zacharias' approach to apologetics has changed my life and dramatically improved my relationship with God. This book challenged me, moved me, and impressed me. It is well researched, thoughtfully and clearly written, with a factual but gracious tone. I imagine Mr. Zacharias is often the smartest man in the room, but he never makes anyone feel the lesser for it. If you're questioning your faith, or perhaps you don't agree with the Christian faith but want to understand it better, I challenge you to read this book cover to cover. I can't speak highly enough of this book or Mr. Zacharias! All of his books will now be going on my Amazon wishlist. Absolutely phenomenal. ( )

I had never read Ravi Zacharias' books although I knew many readers appreciated his approach to Christian apologetics. After his recent death, allegations came to light regarding his personal life. After they appeared in Christianity Today, many Christian-affiliated universities pulled his books from their shelves and even a major Christian bookseller/distributor pulled all his work from their catalog. After reading a discussion, I decided I wanted to read his work to judge its merit. I chose several titles that interested me because of their acclaim or their subject matter. This work is one of his most popular. I found it a mixed bag. On the one hand, he gets into philosophical aspects that would be difficult for lay persons to understand. On the other, he uses personal anecdotes that seem to make lay persons his intended audience. In the long run, the work disappointed because the topics were not laid out in a manner that would help Christians defend their faith. I hope the other volumes use a different style to deliver content. In the end, I do not believe this volume will stand the test of time. I will read other works later, but I don't want to plunge into the next volume at the moment. ( )

Some of the arguments are hard to follow but make sense if the reader concentrates. But I found that M. Zacharias didn't spend enough time with Jesus v. Other Religions the title of the book and concentrated more on the divinity of Jesus and the authority of the Bible. Which for me was preaching to the choir. Nevertheless a good, if wordy, explanation of the soundness of Christian theology. ( )

This is the first book of Ravi Zacharias that I have read so far. I bought this book about a year ago and I read parts but never got around to finishing it. I have watched several videos of Mr. Zacharias preaching and lecturing. He’s one of my favorite people to listen to. He has a story and an answer for almost anything. He’s pretty easy to listen to. And the same goes for reading his book.

Pros:

1. As I stated earlier he’s very easy to read. Some parts may have lost me, but through most of the book he was pretty easy to understand. His writing reminded me so much of C.S. Lewis. It was almost as if I was reading a brand new book from Lewis. (Although, I think he used Scripture more than Lewis.)

2. I love his mixture of theology and apologetics. I think it’s very important for an apologist to remember what Ravi says, “apologetics is the seasoning. The gospel is the main course.” I love how he answers questions that skeptics have today by going to the Bible.

3. I think it’s great how bold he is in the book. I’m very pleased to see he didn’t back down. He plainly tells the truth. And that’s what he calls it - TRUTH! I think it’s also brilliant how he expounds upon the uniqueness of what Jesus said compared to Buddha, Mohammed and others.

Cons:

1. Not much mention of the gospel. I would have liked Mr. Ravi to write a chapter all about the gospel. That would make it a very good book I would want to give to the lost. I would probably still give a few copies to people I know. But it would make it even better if it had a chapter all on the gospel.

2. This book is almost 200 pages long. I would have liked Ravi to make a larger book. There’s a lot more he could have mentioned. But that’s for other books I suppose.

3. I would have liked to see more theology.

Conclusion:

I would rank this as an apologetic classic, along with “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis. (Although I would note that Lewis had a lot of bad theology. But I believe he still wrote some good books. In this instance I learn to chew the meat, and spit out the bones.) If I were to make a theology/apologetics 101 list, and I could only put ten books in there, this would be on that list. It was a delight to read. And maybe someday I will read it again. ( )