My bad. You were right and I did not address that.
I agree with you on that.
It is not only affecting the numbers in churches but the quality in churches. Entitlement mentality is running rampant among even those who profess faith of some kind.
Not necessarily welfare, government support kind, but directed at God. The name if and claim it theology. God owes you __________. (Good health, good relationships, pain free living, prosperity.... whatever. All you have to do is speak it and it's yours)
It's subtle and I daresay most believing that don't even recognize that they are thinking that way cause it's all dressed up in spirituality and a few Scripture verses.
metmom:
Fair enough. No harm no foul.