Atheist Explains His Investigation of Ravi Zacharias

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Julie Roys

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Guest Bios Show Transcript The new revelations concerning Ravi Zacharias have shocked much of the evangelical world, but they’re no surprise to Steve Baughman. Two years ago, Steve published an exposé on Ravi, revealing a pattern of sexual misconduct and deception by the famous apologist and those around him. Yet few paid any attention. On this episode of The Roys Report, Julie interviews Steve, an avowed atheist and lawyer, and explores why the red flags concerning Ravi were ignored for so long.

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0:00.0	The new revelations concerning Ravi Zacharias have been devastating.
0:08.8	The man revered as the greatest apologist of the 20th century is being accused of being a serial
0:13.8	sexual predator.
0:15.5	And while much of the evangelical world is in shock right now, one man is not.
0:20.6	Welcome to the Roy's report, a podcast dedicated to
0:23.4	reporting the truth and restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's. And joining me today is Steve Boffman.
0:29.3	Steve is a lawyer and the author of Cover Up in the Kingdom. That's an expose on Ravi Zacharais
0:34.7	that was published nearly two years ago. So for two years,
0:38.4	Steve Boffman has been sounding the alarm about Ravi Zacharias that's long before I published my
0:43.8	series of articles on Ravi or the recent pieces by World Magazine and Christianity Today. But very
0:50.1	few heated Steve's alarm. Perhaps that's because Steve is an atheist. And rightly or wrongly,
0:56.5	many Christians have assumed that he was out to destroy the church. Yet I believe Steve has done the
1:01.6	church a great service. Without Steve's vast research and documentation, I believe none of what's been
1:07.5	reported about Ravi Zacharias would have come to light. It was Steve who reached out to me in May of 2019 and pleaded with me to examine the facts about Ravi Zacharias. It was Steve who mailed me a copy of his book. And on the inside cover, he wrote, Julie, thank you for your investigative work and for caring about integrity in ministry. Friends, it was after reading
1:28.8	Steve's book that I realized that there were simply too many red flags to ignore. And it was after
1:34.5	reading Steve's book that I began investigating Ravi Zacharias and the sexting scandal,
1:39.3	including Lori Ann Thompson. So I feel indebted to Steve Boffman. And as I've said before, I don't think the
1:46.0	church is ever served by covering up wrongdoing. And even when it's painful, we have to face the
1:51.5	truth about our leaders and our organizations. That is the only path to repentance,
1:56.5	reform, and restoration. So I'm very excited today to speak with Steve Boffman. But before I do,
2:02.3	I want to thank the sponsors of the Roy's report, Judson University and Marquhart of Barrington.
2:07.5	Judson is an evangelical Christian university in the Chicago area that I've been privileged to
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