Crisis! What Crisis?

The title of this entry was borrowed from a Supertramp album, with a change in punctuation to make it mine. The 70's seem so far away now, when music helped a generation; Baby boomers mostly, to open their eyes in their search for truth.
Rarely do I listen to music anymore; just got out of the habit, and prefer peace and quiet these days. Is that one of the signs of getting old?
In our generation now, life is overpowered by crisis: the news gives us daily doses, as if that's all we live for; of course, being on top of the latest news making events is all about ratings. But being an ex-hippy, suspicious of establishment motives, I have to wonder how much of the news we hear is a smokescreen; engineered to distract us from something we aught to know.
This climate makes most of us want to escape, one way or another, from the bombardment of anxiety provoking stimuli. Lately I rarely put on the tv, unless I feel like watching CSI (the original series). We recently got back on the net, so my home page gives me the headlines from which I can choose to read the details of what means something to me. Now I can take a broader look over what I want to know on You Tube.
Last night, while browsing files on a couple of my favorite preachers, it struck me that there is a great spiritual crisis brewing right under our noses.
Those raised with Christian doctrine will be familiar with the term "The Body of Christ," or "The Church." Simply put, both terms refer to those who are born of the spirit (born-again). The letters (after the 4 gospels--message of good news--in The New Testament) were written to the early believers, who had stepped out in faith and experienced the new birth.
One thing we are encouraged to do is strive for unity among ourselves, but what I saw last night was a great disunity. Much of the 'Christian bashing' is coming from those who are caught up in denominational doctrine. These people are no better than the Pharisees, who Jesus lambasted as being hypocrites, and told us we had to be better than them. It's no wonder that so many are turned off by Christianity.
The target of most is 'the faith movement.' It seems that many can't deal with the idea that God wants to bless people; especially when people of faith become prosperous. We have so called Christians who seem possessed of a 'sour grapes' spirit. Within the body we are supposed to be happy when we hear of how God has blessed others.
People like Donald Trump, famous stars, and entepreneurs are praised for their success, but Christians who try to enjoy the good things of life are persecuted; called thieves, liars, and false teachers. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised; Jesus said we would be persecuted for our faith in him. So if we never get attacked by the secular world, we are doing something wrong. The present attack of televangelists could also be the outward evidence of the prophesy concerning the shaking of the church in the last days.
In conclusion I'd like to make one point: only those who are led by God's Spirit can say, "Jesus is Lord." I've listened to many of those now under attack for years, and know that they confidently make this claim.