Millennials

“The new report, ‘Reviving Evangelism,’ commissioned by Alpha USA, examines the experiences of persons who share their faith and their attitudes toward evangelizing.” - Christian Post

“The emerging Millennial interest in ‘justice’ creates a fascinating dynamic for close observers of American culture. Moral relativism, the deconstruction of all objective-truth claims, was sold as the inevitable future just a generation ago. Not only has relativism failed to conquer our cultural landscape.

“Never once at the start of my workweek …have I paused, looked to the heavens and whispered: #ThankGodIt’sMonday. Apparently, that makes me a traitor to my generation.” - NYTimes

Divorce rates are down, but… “Many poor and less educated Americans are opting not to get married at all. They’re living together [and] often raising kids together [but] studies have shown these cohabiting relationships are less stable than they used to be.” - Center for Vision & Values

“So if the ‘strict churches’ theory doesn’t explain why many conservative denominations are experiencing losses, and the ‘political alienation’ theory doesn’t account for why people are exiting religion entirely rather than merely switching to a faith that’s more suitable, what does explain it?” RNS

“Over the last decade, astrology, spiritualism, crystals, and alternative beliefs have exploded in popularity among millennials.” WRNews

“While 63 percent of the 65+ crowd agreed that right and wrong was objective, or does not change, only 36 percent of the 18-24 age group thought the same. In other words, two-thirds of the next generation believe standards of right and wrong are relative to the individual.” Intellectual Takeout

Poll finds 87% of millennials believe marijuana is safer than alcohol

Doug Wilson: Those who wear soft clothing and who speak soft words are found in king’s palaces … and in the mouth of modern evangelicalism. And so it is that a gospel preached by snowflakes is incapable of offering snowflakes what they so desperately need—which is to get over themselves.