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Impact: Ravi Zacharias

May 19, 2020 5:30 pm

Ravi Zacharias died May 19, 2020, after a short battle with bone cancer.

Ravi Zacharias was born and raised in India, coming to Christ as a cricket-playing teenager, after a failed suicide attempt in a hospital, where he read a Bible. In the coming years, he spoke at countless university audiences across the world, taught on a radio program Let My People Think, and engaged in evangelistic conversations with numerous civic and political leaders, all over the globe.

His greatest impact was through the establishment of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), where Ravi built a network of young Christian apologists, that carry on the legacy of providing sound, intellectual reasoning, in support of defending the Christian faith. This newer generation of Christian apologists includes the voices of Vince Vitale, Abdu Murray, Amy Orr-Ewing, and Sam Alberry.

Even though RZIM has not always been without controversy, RZIM has sought to continue the work that Ravi Zacharias began decades ago, through extensive speaking engagements, and a growing Internet presence.

I taught several Adult Bible Classes, based on his book Jesus Among Other Gods. I even got a chance to meet Ravi, when he spoke at my church, a little over a decade ago. He will be sorely missed.

Posted by Clarke Morledge

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7 Responses to “Impact: Ravi Zacharias”

  1. An amazing story about an amazing ambassador for Christ.

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    By dwwork on May 20, 2020 at 4:23 pm

  2. The “Apologetics Empire” responds to Ravi’s death:

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    By Clarke Morledge on May 21, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    1. This type of stuff just puzzles me. Several people really hated the brief Christianity Today obit piece on Ravi Zacharias, written by Daniel Gilman, presumably because there are a couple of sentences that mention the scandals Ravi was connected with, a few years ago.

      One Twitter’er writes: “I don’t know who Daniel Silliman is, but I know who @RaviZacharias was. Ravi had more character & integrity in his little finger than this guy. Poor excuse for an obit.”

      Does anyone have the heart to tell this Twitter’er than Daniel Silliman was hired by Ravi Zacharias, as he works FOR RZIM????????

      Here is a longer piece from Daniel Silliman. Perhaps some of Silliman’s detractors should read it:

      https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/four-things-that-surprised-me-about-ravi-zacharias/

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      By Clarke Morledge on May 23, 2020 at 10:58 pm

  3. Another view:

    http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2020/05/24/ravi-zacharias-as-exemplary-apologist-a-demurral/

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    By Clarke Morledge on May 26, 2020 at 8:20 pm

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    By Clarke Morledge on May 29, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    1. Very insightful article by Tim Keller about Ravi:

      https://religionnews.com/2020/05/29/the-vision-of-ravi-zacharias/

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      By Clarke Morledge on June 2, 2020 at 12:20 pm

  5. One of Britain’s most beloved Bible teachers died just a few days after Ravi Zacharias:

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    By Clarke Morledge on June 2, 2020 at 1:19 pm

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