Is accountability lost in America?

I have been studying accountability for the past few weeks and find myself becoming increasingly aware of the lack thereof in America.  I realize that I am limited by my rather limited perspective and invite comments to the contrary, but it seems to me that I find the promotion of knowledge everywhere with limited if any emphasis given to accountability for the knowledge gained.

Mostly I find individuality, anonymity, and autonomous the thought process of the day in America.

Where’s the love?

I’ve been reading 1 Corinthians 12-14 over the past few days.  The discourse on having love as being greater than the gift of speaking in tongues, the gift of prophecy, understanding ALL mysteries and ALL knowledge, and the faith to move mountains fascinates as well as makes me ponder it’s acceptance by current day Christians.

Unfortunately, I find more “christianettes” in my limited perspective than true Christians.  I find some pursue the loud, clanging symbol type of spiritual gifts as it feeds their outgoing, people-oriented personality.  Then there are the more reserved types who pursue the gift of “understanding” but only to the extent that it makes them feel more intelligent than others.

{brief interruption – for those who are wondering why I am so pessimistic today, I woke up yesterday with the worst sinus headache in my entire life followed by a day of brain fog making it incredibly difficult to process thought.  My newborn is congested and kept me up half the night.  My 3 year old had trouble sleeping and kept me up the other half.  If you have a positive word for me, hang on to it until tomorrow when it will most likely be received more receptively and have actual benefit. }

By the way, I love that term, “christianette” which I first heard posed by Rice Broocks on one of his audio series.  It so aptly describes the person who most likely was confusingly told they were a Christian instead of actually becoming one through the process of salvation.

So where is the love?  I am not completely blind on this front.  I do see true Christians demonstrating the relationship they have with Christ by their actions on a daily basis.  The Life Pointe church my brother is now part of appears to be absolutely full of them.   {to be continued…}