For those who cherish a character of "accountability"...
“The very act of looking for evil in others develops evil in those who look. By dwelling upon the faults of others, we are changed into the same image.”
― Ellen G. White, How To Get Along With Others
Developing your character
is more important
than enhancing your reputation.
"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Romans 12:2
The late theologian John Stott insisted that the church must master the discipline of “double listening”—one ear to God, the other to the world, so as to formulate patterns of communication that are simultaneously true to God’s word and relevant to the world’s cultural ethos.
It is a terrible misunderstanding of the Gospel to think that it offers us salvation while relieving us of responsibility for the life of the world, for the sin and sorrow and pain with which our human life and that of our fellow men and women are so deeply interwoven.
Look at this: garlic roasted in olive oil, lemon juice, basil & salt. What do you do with it? Toast a piece of bread, cover it with about hummus, & add a ridiculous number of garlic gloves. Then what? Well, then you bite into it and listen to your tastebuds scream with delight.