Evangelicals and Millennials Rock the Vote

Posted: January 20, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Just for Fun | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Recently, USA Today ran a piece  “Rock the Vote poll: Millennials’ agenda for the next president” summarizing four important issues at hand during the 2016 election. They write,

Get serious about converting to renewable energy, the under-35 generation says by an overwhelming margin, and require every gun buyer to undergo a background check. They endorse putting body cameras on police officers and accepting refugees from war-torn countries such as Syria.

While it is hard to nail down Millennials political ideology, baby boomer evangelicals find themselves in a similar confusing identity. Recently, Rev. Dr. John Piper provided an example of this confusion; Is an evangelical a political or theological commitment, and do not say both?

From his spiritualizing anti-gun post resonating with Millennials nationwide, “Should Christians Be Encouraged to Arm Themselves?” to his recent, unexplained justice tweets:

If “Black Lives Matter” matters, know why from their own website. . See What We Believe and Herstory.

“Slaves, obey your masters.” Really? 1 Peter 2:18-20 Look at the Book.

The enemy called terrorists kills his dozens in America. The enemy called love of self-preservation kills millions–forever.

Millennials political party is hard to nail down, one of those reasons come from their need to tweet feelings on an issue, rather than voting on it. When it comes to public policy, millennials aren’t reliably liberal or conservative, and when it comes to theology, evangelicals aren’t reliably liberal or conservatives either. Imagine if being evangelical was not a political commitment, but rather theological. However theological commitment does exists, and it is called confessionalism. Perhaps 2K could offer a bit of advice here – America is not a Christian nation, nor will it be one. Good confessionalists who reside in America consider their nation not redemptively, but politically; seemly less patriotic, and more ecclesiastically.  I hope John Piper understands the confusion that lies in the moral arousal evangelicals express in their political agenda, then press on others, with or without (theological) explanation.
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