5 Perspectives on the New Calvinism for New Calvinists

I'll never forget the first time I read Collin Hansen's book Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists. I enjoyed it so much. It was a breath of fresh air for me at the time because I had finally understood and embraced Reformed Theology and I discovered that I wasn't alone in my experience but had apparently been a part of a bigger phenomenon that has been happening in Evangelicalism for some time. A movement most of us know as the Young, Restless, Reformed (YRR) or the New Calvinism movement.
This has been a wonderful thing (and a horrible thing to some of you), and it's not without it's own issues. Issues I've seen firsthand, and some of them have already been brought up and stirred up a good deal of controversy with people getting bent out of shape over some of it. To be fair, some of the criticism seemed negative and cynical but some of it was valid and should be seriously considered. And the last time I checked, the Bible has much to commend to hearing and heeding from those who've gone ahead of us and have a lot of wisdom to offer. So I've collected 5 videos here that have been out for a while but are pure gold in what they're worth for what some of these men have to say. So take up and watch, and take notes.









While most of you probably recognize the other big names and might put more stock in what they have to say, I personally find Brian Dempsey's thoughts on this movement especially important and worth taking seriously.

Eschatology for Everyone

I just finished listening to Kim Riddlebarger's Amillennialism 101 lecture series (which I thoroughly enjoyed!) and came away with more steel in my conviction that Eschatology is too important for us to leave on the back burner (as most of us do!) I'm not gonna talk about Amillennialism right now but I am gonna put the cookie jar on the bottom shelf for the rest of the other kids. Ideas have consequences. And what we believe always affects our convictions, values and ethics in the day to day. So for anyone who feels lost in all of this I highly recommend watching this roundtable discussion between a few pastor/theologians (who are also friends, which makes it interesting too because there's much to learn from the way these men interact with each other, respect each other and even have a little fun at the same time - something we don't do very well most of the time!) as they discuss these things. It's 2 hours long so if you can't sit for that long you can download or listen to it here.


If you're hungry for more check out Jesus is Coming Back When? and the Eschatology section over at Monergism.com

A Little Theology of Sleep

"Sleep is like a broken record that comes around with the same message every day: Man is not sovereign...Man is not sovereign..." - John Piper

City Love

Why Cities? Let John Piper break it down for you in a nutshell here.



For a little more on cities in general, be sure to check out these articles as well:

A Biblical Theology of the City (Tim Keller)

4 Ways to Know Your City (Jonathan Dodson)

And you can check out more at Verge Network.

Winterproof

"Dear happy young people, prepare for deep loss and long sadness by feeding a kind of joy that thrives in winter." - John Piper