The absence of strife does not necessarily indicate the presence of peace.
You will either offend the world and please God, or please the world and offend God.
God owns all the wealth in the world!
Jesus knows the burdens we carry and the tears we shed, but He is the healer of broken hearts, broken dreams, and broken lives. Trust him. He never fails.
The vital Christian arouses opposition because he is a standing rebuke to the selfishness and sin of those around him.
If you take away the Jewish contribution to Christianity, there would be no Christianity. Judaism does not need Christianity to explain its existence; Christianity, however, cannot explain its existence without Judaism.