Respect for Authority

Sarah is a member of Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Michigan. She wrote this essay for the Protestant Reformed Scholarship. Why should I? Who made you the boss of me? I do not have to listen to you! These responses along with many other disrespectful retorts are increasing at a disturbing rate among children and young people, especially in school. When God is no longer recognized as the authority over all things, men have no standard for authority and each individual...