Even David Hume, one of history most famous skeptics, said it's just barely possible that God exists.

Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God.

It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.

Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything — your sin, your smallness, your stupidity — you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heart’s deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy. Would you not return fearless and singing? What can earth do to you, if you are guaranteed heaven? To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny — less, a scratch on a penny.

Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia.

It is the Godfather, not God the Father, who makes you an offer you can’t refuse.

Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.