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The Good and The Bad of New Calvinism
April 16, 2025
Summary
New Calvinism: The Young, Restless, and Reformed Movement. This has been a significant movement—a major groundswell—in recent decades within the American and Western Church. What’s good about it? What’s maybe not so good? That’s the conversation Jon and Justin are going to have today from our typical confessional and Reformed perspective. There is much to celebrate, but there are also aspects where we might say, "Maybe not the best."
Topics
- What is good in the Young, Restless, and Reformed movement
- Where New Calvinism falls short from a confessional view
- Celebrating gains without ignoring the costs
Links
- More Than Forgiven — Justin Perdue
- Theocast Community
- Rest — free ebook on faith vs. faithfulness
- Partner with Theocast
Transcript
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New Calvinism, the young restless and reformed movement.
This has been a thing, a big movement, a big groundswell in recent decades in the American church, in the Western church.
What's good about it?
What's maybe not so good about it?
That's the conversation John and I are going to have today from our typical confessional and reformed perspective.
There's much to celebrate, and there are things that we're like, eh, maybe not the best.
Stay tuned.
Hey guys, this is Justin.
Maybe you know that you are forgiven because of Jesus Christ, but you're wondering, what does Jesus have to do with my Christian life?
How is he involved in my sanctification, even?
Or is he concerned at all with the ways that I struggle and the way that my life goes up and down?
Is there any comfort for me in Jesus, when it comes to all of that.
Well, I've written a book called More Than Forgiven: How Being in Christ Changes Everything that deals with this topic from Romans chapter 6.
You can find this book at theocast.org.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.
If that's you today, this afternoon, this morning, or in the middle of the night, I promise you, our goal is to really point you to Jesus.
There are two Reformed Baptist pastors who love the historical confessions, and that's our whole job: is to pull the flutter off the gospel and serve you, Jesus Christ, in all means possible.
Amen.
Your hosts are Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, where he is proclaiming the gospel, beating back the forces of darkness down there.
So thankful for it.
