Re: Entitlement

[Rob Bos]

Yep. I think you are right. At the risk of sounding too Barthian, I 
think that the gospel tells us that we think we want is not what we 
need, and that it challenges us beyond what we want to putting God and 
others first (whilst still loving ourselves). The wonder of the gospel 
is that this is actually good news as it sets us free from ourselves 
forcommunion with God, other people and creation. God transforms us, not 
because we are entitled, but when we are not entitled.
Rob

Trevor Mattiske wrote:
During Compass last night, Hugh Mackay said that he was troubled by 
the sense of "entitlement" growing in Australian society.

I wonder if this assumption of entitlement in society is a logical 
outcome of the continuing focus on the autonomous self?

I further wonder if the apparent popularity of some churches in 
Australian society arises from their endorsement of a paradigm of 
entitlement through the health and wealth message which they proclaim. 
(One possibly unkind friend compared some Pentacostal churches to 
populist politicians - namely that people respond favourably when they 
are told things which agree with and reinforce their world-view.)

ISTM that the message of the Gospel is anything but a message of 
entitlement. Right? Wrong?

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