Are teens really 'fake' Christians?

Are some adults really 'fake' Christians?

Yes.

So it would only make sense that teens are going to be 'fake' Christians as well.

Jesus called these people hypocrites.

Are there Christians both adult and teen who need to own up to their faith walk with Jesus Christ?

Yes.

This article from CNN is circling the social landscape about how more teens are becoming 'fake' Christians.

Some of the most mature and Christ like people I know are teens. I have seen teens put on Christ in baptism who are ready to storm the gates of hell, but often times their faith, desire, and passion gets smashed when they realize that the church and parents sometimes do not follow Christ into the same baptism of dying to self to live in Him.

However, this article does have a few good talking points.

"We think that they want cake, but they actually want steak and potatoes, and we keep giving them cake," 


"Many teenagers thought that God simply wanted them to feel good and do good -- what the study's researchers called "moralistic therapeutic deism."


Two different perspective. Both of which I have seen in youth ministry. Teens are longing to wrestle with the truths of the Bible, but often times we are focused on the wrong objectives in youth ministry. The other being MTD or moralistic therapeutic deism, it prevalent because we have shifted our paradigm of who God truly is in our life. 




What are your thoughts about 'fake' Christians in light of the article? 






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