TIME has published a “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now” list for the year 2009. The interesting thing is that among businesses, jobs, and reworking the infrastructure of our country, “The New Calvinism” ranks third in what’s changing our world.
What makes the ideas found in New Calvinism so powerful? Why is it different? Essentially, Reformed theology is spreading because the focus is the gospel, the power of God to save. We want to see God save people, thsu New Calvinism is missional in nature. Where in the past, Christians withdrew from the world, New Calvinism is invading it. Yet, New Calvinism holds fast to scripture, the most important thing we have on this earth. The message is simple, the doctrine steady, the focus is love through Christ.
It is interesting that this has become a sort of fad in our culture. So much so that a secular magazine would declare it the 3rd most influential idea in our world. Here are some really interesting articles to read:
3. The New Calvinism – 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now
