Professor: Some Millennials Harmfully 'Reworking' God's Image

A professor has spoken with concern about how some Millennials have "reworked" the Image of God in order to stop fighting the culture wars.

Dr. Owen Strachan, assistant professor of Christian Theology and Church History at Boyce College in Louisville, Ky., told those gathered in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday that this "reworking" distorts historic Christianity.

"Some of the so-called Millennial generation is finding the Gospel of Christ and the body of ethics it animates is a reproach. So God must be reworked," said Strachan.

"The message of salvation through judgment that propelled the historic church to preach and act and love must be reworked into a declaration of God's absolute and total love without concern for its holiness."

Strachan lamented that this reworking transforms God into "the great acceptor of all" without regards to matters of sin and forgiveness.

"Like a boyfriend in a pop song, God becomes the one who is so sublimely loving that he would never ask you to change," said Strachan, who stated that this results in a "weakened church" and a "comatose Gospel." Read more