American Christianity

There are day that I am disappointed in Christianity in America. Lately those days have been more and more frequent. We get in our heads that Christianity is a positive force in world history while forgetting the wrongs that have been committed in the name of God. These wrongs were either a result of our actions or wrongs committed with passive affirmation from Christians. I believe in the Gospel. Knowing the Gospel, we are all sinners and this sinful nature still exists in us. However we, as Christians forget this aspect of the Gospel and the taint of sin in our hearts corrupts the Church. We forget to remain vigilant and let the power that we have in America corrupt us. I feel there is such a lack of a sense of joy in salvation, a Biblical understanding of our selves, and a lack of repentance.