Ravi Zacharias, Christian evangelist and defender of the faith, dies at 74

[shockedcanadian]

Wow. He was a key public figure who brought me to Christ. Just recently watched some of his videos and have seen hundreds of his sermons.

RIP Mr. Zacharias, and thank you.

Ravi Zacharias, Christian evangelist and defender of the faith, dies at 74


Ravi Zacharias, a renowned Christian evangelist and best-selling author, died Tuesday morning at his home in Atlanta after a brief battle with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, Fox News has confirmed. He was 74.


The popular author, speaker, and founder of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) spent the greater part of his life defending Christianity after finding his faith while facing suicide at the age of 17.

Zacharias was a frequent guest on Fox News Channel discussing issues of faith. He was born in Chennai, India, in 1946, and immigrated to Canada, where he began his studies in theology, before moving to the United States, according to his online obituary.

At 37, he was invited to preach by Billy Graham at the inaugural International Conference for Itinerant Evangelists in Amsterdam in 1983. The next year, he founded RZIM with the mission of "helping the thinker believe and the believer think" and his ministry now employs nearly 100 Christian scholars and authors in 15 countries.

 

[there4eyeM]

"Defender of the faith" is an interesting term. It rather implies that the faith is vulnerable to a lack of defenders. How could the truth be vulnerable?
No disrespect to this person is implied, it's just a thought stirred by the title.

 

[Andylusion]

Wow. He was a key public figure who brought me to Christ. Just recently watched some of his videos and have seen hundreds of his sermons.

RIP Mr. Zacharias, and thank you.

Ravi Zacharias, Christian evangelist and defender of the faith, dies at 74


Ravi Zacharias, a renowned Christian evangelist and best-selling author, died Tuesday morning at his home in Atlanta after a brief battle with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, Fox News has confirmed. He was 74.


The popular author, speaker, and founder of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) spent the greater part of his life defending Christianity after finding his faith while facing suicide at the age of 17.

Zacharias was a frequent guest on Fox News Channel discussing issues of faith. He was born in Chennai, India, in 1946, and immigrated to Canada, where he began his studies in theology, before moving to the United States, according to his online obituary.

At 37, he was invited to preach by Billy Graham at the inaugural International Conference for Itinerant Evangelists in Amsterdam in 1983. The next year, he founded RZIM with the mission of "helping the thinker believe and the believer think" and his ministry now employs nearly 100 Christian scholars and authors in 15 countries.

Aw.... crap.
Crap crap crap crap.
... Crap.

 

[ding]

"Defender of the faith" is an interesting term. It rather implies that the faith is vulnerable to a lack of defenders. How could the truth be vulnerable?
No disrespect to this person is implied, it's just a thought stirred by the title.

I think it says more that truth is under attack.