Ahhhh......well my (and perhaps Newt's) spirituality is a little different.
I believe that my own miserable spiritual condition (and not Newt's) should be the primary focus of my disgust at the fallen human condition.
Of course, if one is already a member of the "elect"..........
If one is saved, they understand that they are sinners in need of salvation..that they did nothing and can do nothing to earn the merits of God..
The fact that Christ chose to save me says nothing of me, nothing of my church.. nothing of my doctrine.. it is all about Him and his mercy and grace..
Psa 68:20 [He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation........
I am not ashamed that God chose to save me, that I can not find favor with Him by my works or actions..
Jhn 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.