Sunday, April 19, 2015

Too Rich for Heaven | Ernie's Musings

Too Rich for Heaven | Ernie's Musings




And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.  (Luke 18:23)

Let’s face it. With the possible exception of the homeless, many of whom are in that condition by choice, poverty – the third-world kind of poverty where people live on one bowl of rice a day, have only one change of clothes, no shoes and live in cardboard houses – in the United States does  not exist ... Affluence often erects an insurmountable obstacle to the Gospel here in America. Many people here in the U.S. are self-sufficient enough that they do not perceive their need for God. They  get along fine without Him, so why should they give up their lifestyle to follow Christ who asks them to change their way of living? Read more ... http://erniecarrasco.com/2015/04/19/too-rich-for-heaven/.