{"id":21097,"date":"2026-06-18T18:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=21097"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:48:28","slug":"the-hype-of-gen-z-returning-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=21097","title":{"rendered":"The Hype of Gen-Z \"Returning\" to God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has been going on in the news of especially Christian circle since last couple of years. It's about an increasing report of young people going back to church and particularly an attraction to the high church (i.e. Roman Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Churches, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wouldn't buy it, just like I didn't buy the 2023 Asbury University Revival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would caution that <strong>longing for the sacred is not the same as submitting to the Savior<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The host of the video below nailed it: Coming to worship <strong>looking only for aesthetic intimacy<\/strong> without an objective truth-based commitment to obey God is like <strong>wanting to sleep with someone without marrying them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apakah ini Kebangunan Rohani Sejati? | Reformed Corner #13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6ID7lU9ksM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been going on in the news of especially Christian circle since last couple of years. It's about an increasing report of young people going back to church and particularly an attraction to the high church (i.e. Roman Catholic &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=21097\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-theologization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21101,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21097\/revisions\/21101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}