We don't have eternal life because we're good, we have it because God is good.
If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.
I'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.
If your character is not strengthening, your future is weakening.
If you're not dead...you're not done.
To be great at a few things and experience it, you'll have to say no to many things.