A Slice of Infinity

05/22/2020

"I am utterly convinced that neither walls nor suffering, neither unfortunate mishaps nor poor decisions can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. Perhaps you have noticed footprints of one following closely across your own life. Will you follow them?" —Ravi Zacharias



Image: Nicholas Roerich, We Are Opening the Gates, tempura on canvas, 1922.

We have been sharing some of our favorite A Slice of Infinity essays written by Ravi Zacharias over the years. Thank you for sharing your own stories, testimonies, reflections, and letters. Ravi's family and the RZIM...

05/20/2020

"What Bach said of music will one day be seen as true of all of life. We will be 're-created,' and all the threads of our earthly life will come together for the design that we will experience in heaven." —


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Image: Vincent Van Gogh, The Raising of Lazarus (after Rembrandt), oil on paper, 1890.

We have been sharing some of our favorite A Slice of Infinity essays written by Ravi Zacharias over the years. If you would like to share your own stories, testimonies, reflections, and letters for Ravi you can share...

05/19/2020

"How do you know that God exists? How do you know that God loves you? How do you know God is present versus absent? These questions, upon the hearts of so many, have answers as real as the formative moments in your life." —

Image: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ Learning to Read, oil on canvas, 1914.

We have been sharing some of our favorite A Slice of Infinity essays written by Ravi Zacharias over the years. If you would like to share your own stories, testimonies, reflections, and letters for Ravi you can share...

05/16/2020

"At Johns Hopkins that day we saw the handiwork of the One who made us for himself—and when we grasp its splendor, we find the greatest joy of all to be the truth that every thread matters and contributes to the adornment of the bride of the One who became flesh for us and dwelt among us." —Ravi Zacharias

In light of the recent announcement about the health of our beloved founder, we will be sharing some of our favorite A Slice of Infinity essays written by Ravi Zacharias over the years. If you would like to share your...

05/14/2020

"Knowing and loving God, we work our way through the struggles of pain, knowing of its ultimate connection to evil and its ultimate destruction by the One who is all-good and all-loving." —Ravi Zacharias

Read more: https://www.rzim.org/read/a-slice-of-infinity/the-value-of-something

Image: Rembrandt van Rijn, Return of the Prodigal Son.

05/13/2020

"The more I reflect on my own life and study the lives of others, I am fascinated to see the design God has for each one of us individually, if we would only respond. All through our days, little reminders show the threads that God has woven into our lives." –Ravi Zacharias

To read more: https://www.rzim.org/read/a-slice-of-infinity/from-disparate-threads

05/12/2020

“Think of it: humiliation and agony. This was the path Jesus chose with which to reach out for you and for me.” — in Ex Cruciatus | RZIM

Dear Slice Readers, In light of the recent announcement about the health of our beloved founder, we will be sharing some of our favorite A Slice of Infinity essays written by Ravi Zacharias over the years. If you would...

05/12/2020

In light of the recent announcement about the health of our beloved founder, we will be sharing some of our favorite A Slice of Infinity essays written by Ravi Zacharias over the years. If you would like to share your own stories, testimonies, reflections, and letters for Ravi, you can share them on social media using the hashtag or through RZIM Connect: https://ravi.care/ThankYouRavi. We plan to share these with Ravi and his family, and know they will be encouraged by the outpouring of support during this difficult time.

Thank you for taking the time to share how Ravi Zacharias’s ministry has impacted your life. You can comment below to share your stories, testimonies, reflections, and letters for Ravi with the RZIM online community. We plan to share these messages with Ravi and his family, and know they will be e...

04/16/2020

"He may not have been the Messiah all had hoped for, but it is hard to see him as anything less than the Messiah of great hope." --Stuart McAllister

When considering the Christian message, it is important to remember that the disciples of Jesus were totally surprised by the events that took place in Jerusalem. After the crucifixion of Jesus, the apostles rightfully...

04/16/2020

"Often reclaimed in times of despair or calamity, not unlike the one in which we currently find ourselves, the image of human life as vulnerable comes as a shock, even though we know it to be an accurate picture. We are not the towering pillars of strength we sometimes believe, but clay at best, which breaks and falls into pieces before our eyes. Our bodies are not as strong as we imagine, our sense of control grossly over-estimated. Careful calculations for what a lifetime should look like can be suddenly and irreconcilably stolen." -Jill Carattini

On May 6, 1937, radio commentator Herbert Morrison sat at the Naval airbase in Lakehurst, New Jersey waiting for the arrival of the Zeppelin Hindenburg, the largest airship that had ever flown. It was twelve hours behind...

04/14/2020

"The disruption of the cross would not be the last. The disruption of the resurrection was a disruption of cosmic proportions." --Margaret Manning

The streets were cluttered with trash instead of decorated with flowers. The houses had tarps for roofs, and often no roofs at all. The river water served for bathing, elimination, and drinking water. Bloated stomachs...

04/13/2020

"The bold proclamation of Easter is that bodies are not buried once and for all and forgotten. Suffering and injustice, viruses and cancer, murder and depression: None of these will have the final word." --Jill Carattini

Image: Georges Rouault, Résurrection, Miserere Series, cancelled plate, 1922-1927.

French modern artist Georges Rouault was born in 1871 just outside Paris in the part of the city devastated by war. He was born in the midst of civil war. His mother gave birth to him as she sought shelter from heavy...