Known as millennial kids , the generation of young people born after 1980 are more diverse and pluralistic than any generation before. As children raised in the information age, they are growing up surrounded by an unprecedented rate of societal and cultural change. Their place as the second generation steeped in the postmodern world view has led their collective soul to regard truth as relative. At the level of adopting moral and religious belief, it s the individual freedom of every man choosing for himself. Decisions are made not on universally acknowledged and transcendent standards of right and wrong, but on my own personal feeling at any given point in time.
Emotion takes precedence over reason.
In a world like this, there s nothing wrong with three Christian teens inviting millions of their peers to sit in a dark theater and watch as they celebrate and indulge their sexuality in American Pie . Like it or not, this is our world. Shaking our heads or wagging a scolding finger won t make it go away. Rather, we ve got to deeply understand and gracefully respond if we want to see young hearts and minds turn from sin to embrace the truth. Everywhere you look, smorgasbord spirituality is looking back.