“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.”

Ravi Zacharias was an Indian-born Canadian and American evangelical minister and Christian apologist. He lived from 1946 to 2020 and founded Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. He spent more than 40 years in Christian apologetics and wrote more than 30 books. He also hosted the radio programs Let My People Think and Just Thinking, and was ordained in the Christian and Missionary Alliance tradition.