[CatoRenasci]

However we look at this point, the fact remains that it has never been easy to be faithful to Christ within a non-Christian society. This shouldn't surprise us - He promised us that it wouldn't be easy, but that "our reward is great in Heaven" if we "love not our lives, unto death."

Well put. It is our own hubris I fear to think the world should be remade so that it is easy to be a Christian.

[Tax-chick]

It is our own hubris I fear to think the world should be remade so that it is easy to be a Christian.

Well, on the one hand, we should strive for a world in which people are free to pursue what is right and to reject what is evil. On the other hand, it seems improbable that this will be achieved on any large scale, since the New Testament describes Satan as "the ruler of this world."

My own goal is to be prepared for the testing of my faith, and to be worthy of the martyrs who have gone before.

[TradicalRC]

Well put. It is our own hubris I fear to think the world should be remade so that it is easy to be a Christian.

And yet Christ prayed, "Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven."