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

Ravi Zacharias

Jan 2012 · Sold by FaithWords

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

This book is a eye opener. His source is the best and he is an excellent author. He is a prophet of our times who we should listen to with an open mind and heart.

Very insightful and very thought provoking. The only thing to consider is that this very much so centers around an answer to new age spirituality. I think many may seek to read Mr. Zacharias without a vested interest in this particular topic. This is what happened with me really, but after reading this I did become more aware of this sort of thinking and feel much better equipped to put such a worldview to a critical test. The intended title of the book was originally "From Oprah to Chopra" and in fact would have been more appropriate I feel.

You can't go wrong reading Ravi.

About the author

Ravi Zacharias is the Founder and President of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Austria, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. Zacharias and his wife, Margie, have three grown children. He is the author of many books, including Can Man Live Without God and Why Jesus?