Why Jesus?: Rediscovering His Truth in an Age of Mass Marketed Spirituality

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2012
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The author believes that over the past forty years movements like New Age spirituality and society's obsession with human potential have combined like a perfect storm to redefine for popular culture what has been for centuries the classic biblical definition of the person, work, and teaching of Jesus Christ. In WHY JESUS?, Ravi Zacharias looks at the impact of this storm by discussing the 60s-70s Age of Aquarius, actor Shirley MacLaine's book and TV series Out On a Limb, author James Redfield (The Celestine Prophecy), Rhonda Byrne (The Secret), Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code), and other books by Eckart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, the Dali Lama, and Marianne Williamson. Special attention will be given to the influence of Oprah Winfrey's media platform in reshaping society by introducing and promoting certain books and authors.
Major new age and human potential tenets will be discussed like: the belief that we are all gods and have to discover our divinity; Jesus was only a good teacher; Christianity is but one among many ways to eternal life; reincarnation is real; Jesus was married; truth is relative; there is no sin; and perfection is possible.
The truth of and the arguments for the bodily resurrection of Jesus will be presented as the most important argument for the exclusive claims about Jesus and Christianity.

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The author believes that over the past forty years movements like New Age spirituality and society's obsession with human potential have combined like a perfect storm to redefine for popular culture what has been for centuries the classic biblical definition of the person, work, and teaching of Jesus Christ. In WHY JESUS?, Ravi Zacharias looks at the impact of this storm by discussing the 60s-70s Age of Aquarius, actor Shirley MacLaine's book and TV series Out On a Limb, author James Redfield (The Celestine Prophecy), Rhonda Byrne (The Secret), Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code), and other books by Eckart Tolle, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, the Dali Lama, and Marianne Williamson. Special attention will be given to the influence of Oprah Winfrey's media platform in reshaping society by introducing and promoting certain books and authors.

Major new age and human potential tenets will be discussed like: the belief that we are all gods and have to discover our divinity; Jesus was only a good teacher; Christianity is but one among many ways to eternal life; reincarnation is real; Jesus was married; truth is relative; there is no sin; and perfection is possible.

The truth of and the arguments for the bodily resurrection of Jesus will be presented as the most important argument for the exclusive claims about Jesus and Christianity.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Faithwords
Published: 25 Jan 2012
ISBN 10: 0892963190
ISBN 13: 9780892963195

Media Reviews

Ravi takes a scholarly yet imaginative approach to aplogetics. --Bruce Wilkinson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Prayer of Jabez
I am not aquainted with a brighter mind or a more relevant and devoted defender of the faith than Ravi Zacharias. --Charles Swindoll
To every generation God sends a prophet. Ravi Zacharias is that prophet for this generation. You must hear him. --Josh McDowell
Ravi Zacharias gives a powerful defence of how Jesus Christ brings meaning and hope to an individual life. --Billy Graham
The works of Ravi Zacharias are a vital resource around our house. --Frank Peretti
Ravi Zacharias presents an outstanding defence of the Christian faith for our times. --R.C. Sproul

Author Bio

Ravi Zacharias is the founder and chairman of the board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates. Zacharias and his wife, Margie, have three grown children.