In grad school, I encountered other spiritual heartaches. While at Regent University, I had a classmate who described herself as radically pro-life. She also said she drove women to get abortions. When asked about this, she said that God told her to love people, not to judge them.

As a Baptist, I believe that Jesus Christ is God, that He rose from death, and that everything the Bible says is true. My preference for decentralized government that enforces traditional morality renders me a social conservative.

Also, I’m in my late twenties. That means I’m a “millennial.”

I know what you’re thinking. What’s it like to be a freak?

Honestly? I feel like an old man in in my own generation. I find myself shaking my head at the beliefs and behavior of young people I don’t identify with, and longing for the good ol’ days when sound doctrine and morals ruled the culture-days which my better judgment tells me never existed.

The clash between my convictions and those of the culture is most apparent on social issues. If people like Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’sMorning Joe are to be believed, the mere fact that I believe homosexuality to be immoral makes me a bigot.

I am not surprised that someone outside the faith perceives me in a negative light. However, such sentiments are no longer confined to the unchurched world.

For example, prior the U.S. Supreme Court’s Windsor decision, which struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), I reached out to an old classmate, urging prayers for the Justices, that they would make the right decision, as well as for homosexuals, that they would come to know the love of God.

She responded by saying, “Jesus loves everyone,” before calling me hateful and de-friending me on Facebook.

In grad school, I encountered other spiritual heartaches. While at Regent University, I had a classmate who described herself as radically pro-life. She also said she drove women to get abortions. When asked about this, she said that God told her to love people, not to judge them.

To say that I was shocked that a self-described, pro-life Christian helped abort children is an understatement.

As disturbing as these two examples are, given that they came from believers, they are iconic of the millennial generation’s fundamental misunderstanding of Jesus.

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