The absence of strife does not necessarily indicate the presence of peace.
What is the point of having free speech if you have nothing to say?
If your investments are limited to this earth, you are the world's worst investor.
You will either offend the world and please God, or please the world and offend God.
Truth is not what I say it is, and not what you think it is. Truth is what God's word says it is.
The vital Christian arouses opposition because he is a standing rebuke to the selfishness and sin of those around him.