ESPRESSO SHOT: What Christianity Offers You

We do not come to Christ because He promises an easier road, nor because He adorns our hands with the glittering prizes of this passing world. We come because He bids us take up a cross before He speaks of a crown. The Christian faith is not an escape from suffering but an invitation to die to the self that clings so desperately to comfort and applause. If we seek only what is pleasant, we shall…