Deserving entitlement

Canadian Pacific

While watching A&E and the Scientology series...I had no idea what would be stated.

For work, I attended a pastors' prayer meeting, this afternoon. The leader stated (paraphrased):

People in our society think they are good, therefore people reason they deserve this and that good thing. 

People have a sense of entitlement.

Deserving entitlement

This in contrast to Romans, Galatians, Hebrews and other texts in the New Testament, that teach the universal corrupt and fallen nature of humanity, human sinfulness and ethical and moral imperfection. The only remedy being the applied atoning and resurrection work of Christ to believers through regeneration by the Holy Spirit, by grace through faith. (Ephesians 1-2).

Bending metal sound from oven @ box standard 425 degrees Fahrenheit

The Boss's sister, Aunt Boss, visited  recently from Alberta and suggested (paraphrased for satirical purposes) that with my continued slimming down with less sleep apnea symptoms, and my super-villain, man in black, Kingpin frame, that I should consider baking fish and food in the oven as opposed to frying on the stove. Okay, I thought, the Boss is an excellent cook, but I disliked baked boxed fish before, she made, but I would try it again, my way. Sure enough, Aunt Boss is correct, it works very well and tastes very good. So, the standard fish box states @ 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes, but I have been grilling for 15 minutes. It has worked fine so far. But, today after church and shopping, while grilling, I heard a bending metal sound from the oven and the tray was bent, as I was grilling a vegetable. See above. I have now switched grilling temperature to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The tray has had enough @425 degrees for 15 minutes.

Same old Maple Laughs (Ripped off)

Well, I am glad I missed game two as I was doing Regional Director, ministry work. Same old Leafs, not championship caliber, year after year, after year, after year, after year, yet always in the running for the club value 'Stanley Cup'. The choke in Boston reminds me of the Canucks in the 2011, Stanley Cup Final. I mean come on, a thinking hockey person knows a team has to have grit and solid defence to play in Boston (Philadelphia etc...) at playoff time. The Leafs are in the same division as Boston with divisional playoffs. Being blown out shows little grit and poor defence and quite frankly, club negligence. At least the Jets have some grit and defence. Again it makes me think Canadian hockey fans are largely being ripped off. The 'young players' defence is largely an excuse. Get young players than can play in tough road buildings in combination with similar veterans.

When I was a kid...

This type of issue came up at a church group bible study in 2017. (Paraphrased) An older man from the early baby boomer generation stated that Western society has declined and is declining. This is a similar view of many traditionalists (born before World War Two) and especially biblical Christian traditionalists. The hosts, that are early Generation Y, millennials, countered this view somewhat and pointed out some of the benefits of progressive thought. My views as a Generation X, baby buster born between the boomers and millennials, and more importantly with my formal and informal education in Christ, is that there is historically no 'golden era' of Christianity. There has always been since the fall (Genesis 3) a very tainted world and each and every secular and religious society is tainted. I can grant that there has been some progression, such as for example with women's rights to work and vote as equals (Genesis 1:27-28: God made male and female made in the image and likeness of God). Medical advancements are a strong premise for progression of a sort. But, I agree somewhat with the older gentleman, the baby boomer, there has been an ethical decline, post World War Two. I reason this relates to a decline in Western society in biblical scripture reading and study, the study of theology, philosophy and philosophy of religion, and the rejection of Christian faith and philosophy by many in Western society. It has also been argued within scholarship that the decline of Christianity began with the age of reason, or the Enlightenment (18th Century). As well, and this is related, there is a perceived  general, greater, lack of common sense. Many people lack common sense because he/she does not have a reasonable worldview to draw from. The lack of common sense relates to the image...

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