Affluence Obscures Your Need for God. Think of how many people make around $50K a year or more. On this mostly civilian base (more than 10,000 civilians) I've learned that most do. This seems to be a sufficient amount of money to make you comfortable enough to not see a need for God in your life. In today's affluent America, the only time the cultural majority turn to God is either during a national crisis (think "9/11') or a personal crisis (e.g. death of a loved one). The rest of the time, which is nearly all the time, life is too busy and comfortable to consider the reality of hell and whether you're ready to meet your Maker.

The gloomy fact is that the majority of Christians educate their children so that they, too, can enjoy a job that makes at least $50K a year. Our antipathy for the blue-collar life is so strong, that it causes us to forget the great danger of wealth. It depresses me to see so many Christians living the yuppie life, just like the rest of the world. Gradually, God becomes less and less as their dependence and aspirations turn more and more to the blessings of the almighty dollar.