Michael Coren: While his death this week escaped attention in Canada, the Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias was a powerful figure who preached in more than 70 countries.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a news briefing on May 20, 2020, noting the passing of Zacharias Ravi Zacharias, perhaps the most respected and successful Christian apologist of his generation, died this week after a battle with cancer. He was 74. Born in India and resident in the U.S., he immigrated to Canada when he was 20, studied at what is now Tyndale University in Toronto and still has family in the city.
He spoke and preached in more than 70 countries, wrote 30 books, and addressed often-hostile university students in venues the world over. His book,, sold 500,000 copies. He was a genuinely significant figure, with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, whatever one thinks of him and his policies, tweeting that he was, “deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Ravi Zacharias, a Christian apologist whose ministry for the gospel of Jesus Christ impacted millions around the world.
What people in the Christian world think of him, however, is not universally positive. While they represent a small minority, there are those who look to some examples of scandal in Zacharias’s life, and in a display of morbidly bad and graceless taste and timing were roaring their displeasure within hours of his death, with his wife and family’s wounds still open wide. The allegations are two-fold, one concerning his academic claims and the other his personal life.
The other issue is more troubling. In a case that was settled in 2017, a Canadian woman accused Zacharias of sexting and exchanging inappropriate emails with her. He would later write, “Let me state categorically that I never met her alone, publicly or privately.
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