What’s Really Wrong with Millennials
The last thing the church needs is to obsess about what Millennials “really want,” and tailor everything from worship to social media to reach them.
The last thing the church needs is to obsess about what Millennials “really want,” and tailor everything from worship to social media to reach them.
This world in general, and American culture in particular, cloaks the make-believe with authenticity. The Bible tells us that true authenticity is impossible apart from the gospel.
With poignant lyrics, Passenger has put into words the Millennials’ angst: we feel the dull trauma of our hollowness and long for something real. Our Facebook statuses, tweets, and Instagram photos project only the image we care to present. As the generation that has touted authenticity as the ultimate virtue, we have come to embody the vice we most despise: hypocrisy.