Whatever else it embraces, true Christian experience must always include a
genuine encounter with God. Without this, religion is but a shadow, a reflection
of reality, a cheap copy of an original once enjoyed by someone else of whom
we have heard. It cannot but be a major tragedy in the life of any man to live in
a church from childhood to old age and know nothing more real than some
synthetic god compounded of theology and logic, but having no eyes to see, no
ears to hear and no heart to love.