Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes. It's a perfect genre in which to explore hard issues of good and evil, a mirror that allows the reader to see both the good and not so good in themselves.
Ted DekkerYouโre pretty sharp, Clive. Do you believe in God?โ Clive smiled. โI donโt know, should I?โ Actually, approaching the matter from a purely logical perspective, yes. All the evidence points to the existence of a creator. The single greatest body of evidence is the dismal failure of manโs desperate attempts to come up with a reasonable alternative, beginning with evolution. Iโve always looked at the universe and seen a creator as plainly as most people who look at the ocean see water.
Ted DekkerOnce born into childlike faith, brimming with belief, typical people begin to lose their faith. Society mocks them. Their friends smirk. They come to change the world, but over time the world changes them. Soon they forget who they were; they forget the faith they once had. Then one day someone tells them the truth, but they donโt want to go back, because theyโre comfortable in their new skin. Being a stranger in this world is never easy.
Ted DekkerIt's the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without the suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. Without deficiency, no longing. This is the secret of the human heart, Rom.
Ted DekkerThe fact is not kill entire populations is able to infect entire regions of land and control the only cure.
Ted DekkerIf readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders of the older generation dismiss emerging culture. Those leaders are at risk of becoming a feeble voice-piece without followers. Most of the younger generation is going deaf to the truth.
Ted Dekker