“Humor aside, I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.”

[Has Christianity Failed You?, 2010, Zondervan, 9780310269557, 23963023M, http://books.google.com/books?id=Wr7-r3Vz2x4C&pg=PA157&dq=%22I+think+the+reason+we+sometimes+have+the+false+sense%22, 157]
2010s

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