Why should people choose Jesus in this age of “mass marketed spirituality”? Was the topic of conversation on Moody Radio’s In the Market with Janet Parshall today on WMBW 88.9 FM radio station.
WMBW, which reaches listeners primarily in Georgia and Tennessee, carries all Moody Radio programming, including that of Dr. Ravi Zacharias, one of three of Parshall’s guests on Mon., Feb. 6, 2012.
Zacharias, an Atlanta resident and leader behind Atlanta-headquartered Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, was on the program to discuss why he wrote his latest book Why Jesus?
The popular speaker, author and apologetics teacher told Parshall that he wrote Why Jesus? in order to address what he says is confusion about spirituality that began as much as 40 years ago. He also said that unless the Christian community helped attempt to answer the intellectual questions of the youth of today, they would continue to flounder--to our indictment--in the midst of the storm of deceit being taught them.
Skeptics want answers
That’s because many Christians have not done their homework, Zacharias said. Instead, they want to just tell unbelievers and skeptics that believing is a matter of faith, when it is actually a combination of faith and intellect.
Zacharias says that the movement of New Age spirituality, which includes ‘60s-‘70s Age of Aquarius, Shirley MacLaine, Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, as well as books from Deepak Chopra and the Dali Lama, have all contributed to the confusion experienced by this generation.
Whereas the Christian community tells those seeking answers to the hard questions in life that they just have to believe [in Christ], the New Age movement was willing to supply answers, albeit erroneous ones, Zacharias said.
His book, Why Jesus? attempts to highlight why persons seeking to experience peace, joy and a more positive life can’t expect to find it in the offerings man has provided thus far, like in New Age movements.
And he also details why so many in our culture have been wrongly influenced into this deceptive mindset by the media stars of today, like Oprah Winfrey, who used her platform to introduce some of these authors and their books, including Marianne Williamson.
Radio caller asks about meditation
One call-in show listener asked if her husband’s meditation practice was wrong, therefore, since meditation is a practice of the New Age movement. Meditation is also a practice of Christians and Ravi Zacharias sought to help her understand the difference between the two practices.
“There is no I/You in transcendental meditation,” Zacharias told the female caller, going on to clarify that if her husband was “looking inward in order to transcend himself,” rather than “meditating on the Word of God” for his direction and help than that was the error.
Georgians who may wish to hear Dr. Ravi Zacharias in person will stand a better chance of catching him on his daily radio program Let My People Think (carried on Moody Radio), as the popular speaker is slated to be at Moody Radio’s Founder’s Week in Chicago on Friday and India, Singapore and Malaysia soon thereafter.
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