Millenials and the False "Gospel of Nice"

If I were young, my justifiable and earnest anger would rise too with merit and justification. 

O God, O merciful Lord, help them, the youngsters, the lads and lasses, we beseech Thy Majesty, for the sake of Thy honor, Thy Covenant, and Thy Name, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen.        

Millennials and the false 'gospel of nice'

Opinion by Daniel Darling, special to CNN

(CNN) – Perhaps you’ve heard that there is trouble brewing among evangelicals.
Younger Christians are weary of pitched cultural battles and are longing for the “real Jesus” – a Jesus who talks more about washing feet and feeding the poor than flashpoint issues like same-sex marriage and the sanctity of life.


If key evangelical influencers don’t listen, we are told, they are about to lose the entire millennial generation. Or, maybe that generation is already gone.


This story has been told with testimonials, chronicled in best-selling books and posted on popular blogs.


Here’s the short version: If only orthodox evangelical leaders would give up their antiquated beliefs, get more in step with the real Jesus, the church and the world would be better off.
Embedded in this narrative are two presuppositions:


• Young evangelicals are fleeing the church at a rapid pace.
• The real message of Jesus looks nothing like orthodox Christianity.


There’s only one thing wrong with these two ideas: They aren’t true.


Let me explain.


First of all, evangelicals don’t have a youth problem. I’ve heard the apocalyptic “leaving in droves” narrative since I was, wait for it, an evangelical young person myself.


But experts who have weighed this data point beg to differ.


For the rest, see:
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/03/millennials-and-the-false-gospel-of-nice/