“Lukewarm people think about life on earth much more often than eternity in heaven.”
“Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about.”
“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?”
“There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.”
“In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.”
“If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.”