A collection of 52 short devotions, pulled up from the author Ravi Zacharias's various talks and essays over the years. The author was a renowned apologist, so I was expecting content related to Christian apology, but the book doesn't go in that direction at all. (Except for a brief definition of "worldview" and the four questions a worldview answers: origin, meaning, morality and destiny.) The short passages encourage readers to open up to God in prayer, praise God, trust God in times of storm.....etc. They are often illustrated with anecdotes of the author's personal experiences.

Some favorite quotes:
" There is only one place in the world where love, forgiveness and justice come together, and that is at the cross."
" Rather than chasing truth, we often chase shadows. We chase them because they are a haunting enticement of the substance without being the substance themselves.....Jesus was so aware of this weakness within us that He often walked the second mile to meet us, in order that something more dramatic might be used to put into perspective for us what is of greater importance to God."
" You will never lighten any load until you feel the pressure in your own soul."
" Christianity is not a religion or perspective; it is God's self-disclosure in Christ."
" The ultimate question is not 'What is the answer?' It is ' Who will answer?'"
" Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible so clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us: 'God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us' (Romans 5:8). "
" Having answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning."
" In Christianity, the essence of each and every person, the individual reality of each life, is sacred. It is sacred because intrinsic value has been given to us by our Creator, who has revealed Himself in the starry skies and upon a nail-scarred cross."
" God has created us for His purpose, and relationship and worship are built into this design. God alone can weave a pattern from the diverse strands of our lives -- whether suffering, success, joy, or heartache -- and fashion a magnificent design."
" God has put enough into this world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing. But He has left enough out to make it impossible to live by sheer reason alone. Faith and reason must always work together in that plausible blend."
" Behind every question, whether veiled or direct, is a questioner -- and one must always seek to respond to the individual and not merely the question."
" The denial of an objective moral law, based on the compulsion to deny the existence of God, results ultimately in the denial of evil itself."
" Praying with people can sometimes do more for them than preaching to them."
" Life is not made sacred by going to a place of worship; life already is sacred and that is why it moves us to a place of worship."
" Only when we surrender to the light of God's truth in our own lives are we enabled to truly see and then be a beacon of hope and healing in our dark world."
" The problem of evil has ultimately one source: it is the resistance to God's holiness that enshrouds all of creation. And there is ultimately only one hope for life: that is through the glorious display of God at work within a human soul."

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Ravi Zacharias is one of my favorite Bible teachers because he shares Biblical truth with common sense and reason. He writes beautifully and clearly so that we can truly understand the Scriptural teachings that he shares.

This book is beautiful, with heavy slick pages. I can tell a lot of thought was put into not only the content but the visual aspect of this book. It's a pleasure to hold and read.

There are 52 readings which could either be read as a daily devotional or a weekly devotional. I recommend the weekly reading as there is a lot to glean from his teachings and this would give you the time to do so. At the beginning of each devotion, there is a topic followed by an appropriate Scripture. Then there is a teaching on this that are approximately 2-3 pages. Finally, there are questions to ponder and answer as part of what you just read. I enjoyed this as it helped me to put into my own words what I learned so I could really remember it.

This is a wonderful book that takes you deeply into Scripture without talking over your head. If you've heard Ravi speak, he writes in the same way - engaging us with his words and Biblical Scripture. I highly recommend this book! 5 stars.

*This book was provided to me by BookLookBloggers. I received a copy of this book to review but I was not financially compensated in any way. The opinions expressed are my own and are based on my observations while reading this book. ( )