Jesus among Other Gods
by Ravi Zacharias
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Jesus Among Other Gods:In his most important work to date, apologetics scholar and popular speaker Ravi Zacharias shows how the blueprint for life and death itself is found in a true understanding of Jesus. With a simple yet penetrating style, Zacharias uses rich illustrations to celebrate the power of Jesus Christ to transform lives.Jesus Among Other Godscontrasts the truth of Jesus with founders of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, strengthening believers and compelling them to share their show more faith with our post-modern world.
Deliver Us From Evil:
With clarity and insight, Zacharias shows how many of today's most popular ideas, thoughts, and beliefs are vandalizing our culture. He shows how it is there, "in the depths of our innermost being, That the work of God changes what we want to do. This is not an ethical system calling us to civility. This is the transforming work of the grace of God, who calls us His children."
He shows how:
- Secularization has led us to a loss of shame, generating evil even against those we love
- Pluralization has led us to a loss of reason, generating evil toward those we choose to hate
- Privatization has led us to loss of meaning, generating evil against ourselves
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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 show more 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. show less
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.
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 show more 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. show less
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 show more 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. show less
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.
Os pontos altos são os capítulos 2 (Rumo a um lar celeste) e 5 (Deus é a fonte do meu sofrimento?).
I was given this book by a pastor at my husband's church, but failed to find any convincing arguments for Christianity in it.
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Ravi Zacharias was born on March 26, 1946 in India. He is a Christian apologist and author of several Christian books. He won the Gold Medallion Book Award for his title Can Man Live Without God? His works include: A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism, Deliver Us from Evil, Cries of the Heart, The Broken Promise, Recapture the Wonder, Has show more Christianity Failed You? and The Prince and the Prophet: Jesus Talks with Mohammed. He is the founder and chairman of the board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, host of the radio programs Let My People Think and Just Thinking, and has been a visiting scholar at Ridley Hall, where he studied moralist philosophers and literature of the Romantic era. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Jesus among Other Gods
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- Jesus among other gods
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- 2000
- First words
- I begin with an incident in my life that causes storms of emotion to well up within me.
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- Bare nothing has never been known to produce something. Can one scientifically explain how a state of absolute nothingness can bring about intelligent processes and results? However one wants to disagree on the processes, t... (show all)he fact is that this is an ontologically haunted universe. By that, I mean that the ultimate cause of our being and out very mode of thinking demand that what we are and how we came to be cannot just be dismissed as "it happened." There is intelligibility running through our veins, and from that we cannot run.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He is not dead. He is alive in the best sense of the term. The celebration has begun.
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