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In a world with so many religions, why Jesus? We are living in a time when you can believe anything, as long as you do not claim it to be true. In the name of "tolerance," our postmodern culture embraces everything from Eastern mysticism to New Age spirituality. But as Ravi Zacharias points out, such unquestioning acceptance of all things spiritual is absurd. All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true. Jesus Among Other Gods provides the answers to the most fundamental claims about Christianity, such as: Aren't all religions fundamentally the same? Was Jesus who He claimed to be? Can one study the life of Christ and demonstrate conclusively that He was and is the way, the truth, and the life? In each chapter, Zacharias considers a unique claim that Jesus made and then contrasts the truth of Jesus with the founders of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism with compelling insight and passionate conviction. In addition to an impressive breadth of reading and study, he shares his personal journey from despair and meaninglessness to his discovery that Jesus is who He said He is. "In Jesus Among Other Gods, Ravi Zacharias demonstrates that he is one of the most intellectually gifted as well as spiritually sensitive writers of today's leading apologists for the Christian faith. Zacharias brings alive the unique power of the claims of Jesus about himself and the utter relevance of his message today for the human condition." -- David Aikman, author of Great Souls … (more)
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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.