Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.
Max LucadoYou need someone to lift your spirits. You need someone to look you in the face and say, "This isn't the end. Don't give up. There is a better place than this. And I'll lead you there.
Max LucadoWorry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?
Max LucadoTragically, some people believe they are going to heaven when they die just because a few drops of water were sprinkled over their heads a few weeks after their birth. They have no personal faith, have never made a personal decision, and are banking on a hollow ceremony to save them. How absurd.
Max Lucado