The New Calvinism Considered: A Personal and Pastoral Assessment

Of all the various movements that have affected the evangelicalChristian Church in the early years of the 21st century, theyoung, restless and reformed or New Calvinists are among themost significant. Jeremy Walker acknowledges the difficulties oftackling this subject, which he approaches with some caution. Hewrites of his desire to provide a balanced and appropriatelyirenic assessment as he considers the contribution of variouspersonalities:At the core you will hear names such as John Piper, Mark Dever,C.J. Mahaney, Al Mohler, Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, KevinDeYoung, Ligon Duncan, Tim Keller, Don Carson, and WayneGrudem. On the websites and in the blogosphere names likeJustin Taylor and Tim Challies are prominent.More on the fringes, and with a much more ambivalentrelationship, are men like R. C. Sproul and John MacArthur onthe one hand and James MacDonald and Francis Chan on theother.