tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256479334636075659.post6142690681667333801..comments2023-09-29T08:31:40.794-07:00Comments on Being a Christian Today: An Entitlement MindsetDonald Fishgrabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977970195032209188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256479334636075659.post-79056060991466903732012-11-08T08:03:21.811-08:002012-11-08T08:03:21.811-08:00You are exactly correct in your assessment. Unfor...You are exactly correct in your assessment. Unfortunately, the attitude pervades almost the entire world including the church. The rich and powerful, and the poor are equally convinced they are owed whatever they want. <br /><br />The idea of merit pay for themselves is offensive to most people today, although tye would approve it for others.Donald Fishgrabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977970195032209188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256479334636075659.post-19437839093704424142012-11-07T18:05:39.268-08:002012-11-07T18:05:39.268-08:00We have preachers like Joel Osteen who encourage t...We have preachers like Joel Osteen who encourage this mentality; it is entirely pandemic in our age to foster and exercise our right to have more, and the best of, everything. The health and wealth preachers opened the doors and positive thinking kept them open to this destructive delusion that God secretly wants to lavish His children with every earthly pleasure we can conceive. I shudder to think what the Bible tells us we're actually entitled to...Ian Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027275808408069964noreply@blogger.com