hell can’t be erased; it can’t be ignored. It can’t be papered over with thin tissues of bad exegesis or philosophized out of existence, and so we need to study it with fear and trembling, with tears and courage—and then resolve once more to bring as many people to heaven with us as we can.

‘Depression is a serious problem in the greater atheist community and far too often, that depression has led to suicide. This is something many of my fellow atheists often don’t like to admit, but it is true.’”

Jean-Paul Sartre said, ‘Everything is indeed permitted if God does not exist.’

God isn’t willing that any perish; hell is the result of humans freely separating themselves from him and his love.”

Universalism is the opiate of the theologians. It’s the way we would want the world to be.

“If the materialistic narrative is all there is, then we can throw meaning, purpose, and significance out the window.

Harvard researchers released a new study documenting that attendance at religious services dramatically reduces deaths from suicide, drugs, and alcohol.

One way or another, there will be consciousness in eternity, either with Christ or apart from him. Live today with eternity in mind.”

“People often talk about an epidemic of suicide,” concluded Jones, “but the real epidemic is the increasing rejection of a robust belief in an afterlife. That’s what is miring more and more people in hopelessness.”