There is a gnawing problem in our great nation: homelessness. According to Urban Ministry statistics, 610,042 homeless people – including 11,448 people in North Carolina – are living in cars, the woods, abandoned buildings or under bridges. With the chill of winter approaching, how can we sit back in our recliners, sipping coffee or hot cocoa in our comfortable homes, while our brothers and sisters are suffering outside?
One of the greatest obstacles to becoming a committed Christian is that Christianity is challenging. The task of living a fully God-centered life is no walk in the park, as the lives of the greatest and most fully converted Christians who have ever lived – the saints – will attest. Indeed, Christianity lived to the fullest involves struggle. But is the struggle worth it?