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Entitlement: a word thrown around often; yet, what is entitlement? Entitlement is an “I deserve, I have a right to” attitude. You do not have to look very far to see how this attitude pervades our country. If you are reading this article, you might very well be a millennial, some- one who was born i
Even the world is ringing alarm bells. It seems the problem centers in the millennial generation: those born in the 1980s and 1990s. The employer in his late fifties cannot believe his ears when a twenty-something young man expects to work minimal hours for fantastic pay and benefits. The tenured pr
Perhaps you have heard of the popular children’s story called “The Little Red Hen.” In this story, the hen works diligently to plant seeds, care for the wheat, and then prepare a loaf of delicious bread. At every step of the way, her fellow farm animals refuse to help her. But when the bread is fres
Besides, she wasn't driving recklessly. Entitlement. The examples of this I-deserve-I-have-a-right-to attitude are seemingly endless. The list just given is far from exhaustive. In the next segment, we will look together at the root of entitlement, and we will do so from a biblical point of view
Hello, I am Reverend Ryan Barnhill, pastor at Peace Protestant Reformed Church in Lansing, Illinois. Examining entitlement through a biblical lens is the subject under consideration. The topic of this second segment is the root of entitlement. The world tries to get at the root of entitlement. M
Hello, I am Rev. Ryan Barnhill, pastor at Peace Protestant Reformed Church in Lansing, Illinois. Examining entitlement through a biblical lens is the subject under consideration. The topic of this third segment is the spiritual prescription for entitlement. As terrible and far-reaching as the si
Responsibility
Now this relationship implies certain privileges and certain duties. The privileges consist in the fact that one has the right to the protection which the organism grants to its members. It also means that he shares in the goods, the prosperity, the good fortunes of the body of which he is a member.
The end times are described in scripture as perilous times (2 Tim. 3:1). These perilous times will be characterized by men and women who reject God and his sovereignty and who are “lovers of their own selves” (v. 2). Rejecting God, man will live a self-centered life, believing himself to be worthy o
By it is simply meant the legal prerogative, or privilege, to do something. To us an example for clarification: John, the son of Mr. A., has the right, the privilege, to go in and out of the home of Mr. A., by virtue of the fact that John is Mr. A.’s son. The multitude of other kids that live on the