Anyone who preaches the feel-goodism that Joel does is a flim flam artist.
God’s promises are not for this world, but the next. Do you really think the devout Christian in say North Korea is suffering in some dank cell getting beaten because he isn’t devout enough???? The very idea that belief and following of Christ will give you happiness on earth is BLASPHEMY. Yet this is the drivel this guy and far more preach every day, and its offensive and repugnant.
John 15:18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19“If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
Agreed. Sometimes christians preach that if you become a christian then everything is grand. Not true. In fact, it could get bad for us. What we have when we put our faith in God and become His, is peace from the mayhem. We know that whatever happens, we have Christ. If we die, we have Christ. If we lose our job, we have Christ. If a spouse is unfaithful, we have Christ. Putting our successes and faith in worldly things will only let us down. Christ will not. That is our hope and our peace.