In this first of the books on theology in the review, Ravi Zacharias writes a rebuttal to atheist Sam Harris's "Letters to a Christian Nation." At first glance, this would seem to be a poor subject and not worth either the time nor money spent on it. Yet in this unChristian nation of ours (proof? read the polls on the matter) it behooves us to be able to make a defense of the Gospel, which begins with the idea that there really is a God.
Zacharias, a well known apologist, certainly the greatest of his generation, and even amongst the greatest ever, sets about using logic, science and scripture to prove his point and to ultimately demolish Mr. Harris's posits.
The book is rich in logic, rich in truth (obviously there must be a culling of doctrinal bias that Zacharias exhibits) and provides excellent fodder for discussion and teaching material for churches.
Take, for instance, his defense of the gospel via the discipline of mathematics (probability) and genetics in the above picture.
Zacharias genius is obviously his unbelievable mind, yet he excels in make the complex easy to understand. The reduction of ideas are both simple and irresistible.
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