Recently my pastor preached a sermon where he used the phrase which is the title of this article. The Christian life was never meant to be easy, though there are those who want to make it that way by advocating prosperity doctrine or name it-claim it teaching. Luke 9:23 Jesus ...

When I take my little dog for a walk after dark, the neighbor’s larger black dog at times comes over to intimidate him. Because the dog is black I can’t see it in the dark, so I have to go out with a flashlight so he will not sneak up ...

Proverbs 29:2 says, “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.”  Although the new leaders are far from perfect, as we all are, this is exactly what has happened in the United States. America has seen the last four years filled with evil, ...

The world has a very large aging population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people 60 and older outnumbers children younger than five years. Between 2025 and 2050 the proportion of those over 60 will nearly double from 12 percent to 22 percent. By 2030, 1 ...

A survey by Emerson College revealed that 41 percent of young people believe the murder of the United Health Care CEO was justified. This shows how far our secular culture has fallen into the cesspool of debased thinking , as prophesied in Romans 1:28-32. After listing a multitude of ungodly ...