A Gripping Quote

Yesterday Roger Aubrey posted a quote from the late Bible Teacher, T. Austin Sparks, who had been speaking at a conference in July 1968. The quote is gripping:

"I have no doubt that not a few of you who are here at this time have come with problems, and I find that Christians everywhere the world over are full of problems in our time. If it is not problems about their own spiritual life and themselves, it is problems about other Christians; or it is problems about the Church generally and, perhaps, locally...These problems are manifold, and they are apt to drain our spiritual life and get us very much locked up and held up in our spiritual progress...A lot of Christians are doing that today. They are missing the glory because their eyes are either turned inward or earthward.”

Clearly, Mr. Sparks was being more than a teacher at this point, for he was prophetically declaring what is true about our day. Indeed, the question must be asked, "Why do Christians seem to have so many problems?" I would be curious at your response.