. . . doesn't sell.

I talked with a guy tonight who sort of grew up with the Pentecostal-flavored prosperity gospel. He's made the paradigm shift and it has caused rifts with those close to him.
We talked about how the actual promises of Scripture for this life are for trouble and for suffering. About how the cross isn't for eliminating suffering but for endowing suffering with meaning.

Here's a good story I found via Tim Challies:
When God Doesn't Heal You: A Life Lived Suffering and for God's Glory