Was listening to a Philip Yancey interview today where he said;
"Helmut Thielicke observed that the greatest weakness of America is an inadequate theology of suffering. We get spoiled by our comforts. Our entire culture revolves around entertainment. We move from air-conditioned and heated automobiles into similarly climate controlled buildings. We take more prescription medicines than the rest of the world combined.
As I travel, I’ve concluded, quite simply, that “God goes where he’s wanted.” God never forces himself on a person or a nation. If a society gets comfortable and loses interest in faith, the Spirit quietly moves on. Some US cities have 500 cable television stations available. We have so many distractions that the average church service seems boring by contrast.
Meanwhile, peasants in China, villagers in the Philippines and Brazil and much of Africa find hope and comfort in the promises of the Gospel, both for this life and for the next.
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