Mark Dever has just concluded a series examining the resurgence of interest in Reformed Theology and Calvinism, particularly among young people. As he explains in his first post:

At Together for the Gospel, April 2006, at one point I asked people to stand by ages. Out of 3,000 we had a few senior citizens. Some guys in their 50′s. A lot in their 40′s. A TON in their 30′s. And even MORE in their 20′s…

The purpose of this series of posts is simply to address the question–why? And I mean that not in a theological sense (our God is sovereign, or because people read their Bibles) but in an historical sense.

Specifically, he traces the resurgence to roughly 10 factors in 10 posts, in roughly chronological order:

1. The writings of C. H. Spurgeon
2. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
3. The Banner of Truth Trust publishing house
4. Evangelism Explosion, by D. James Kennedy
5. The Inerrancy Controversy
6. The Presbyterian Church in America
7. J. I. Packer and Knowing God
8. R. C. Sproul and John MacArthur
9. John Piper
10. The rise of secularism and the decline of Christian nominalism

I have to say that at least 5 or 6 of those on that list have impacted me personally, either directly or indirectly. How about you?

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they realize, “Hey, I’ve really made a colossal mess of my bookmarks!”

That time came for me recently. Specifically, with regard to my del.icio.us links. If you don’t know what del.icio.us is, well, it’s a “social bookmarking” tool that lets you basically store favorites on the web. Click the link there to learn more.

Anyway, my del.icio.us links got to be quite a mess. For starters, I never used tags when I started using the service. Plus, I had a lot of stuff that I would bookmark hoping to get back to later, but never ever did. So… I decided to “reboot” my del.icio.us. Actually, what I did was export everything, wipe it all out, and add back in the wheat only, leaving the chaff behind. (Well, at least in my opinion.)

One other result of this is that I’ve now added My del.icio.us Links to the sidebar on the right. You can see my 5 most recent bookmarked items, or click the title (“My del.icio.us Links”) to view all my links. In case you’re interested in what I have found interesting on the web…

And speaking of reading I find interesting, the other addition to the right sidebar is my Google Reader Shared Items. These are basically blog posts that I’ve read recently that I find interesting. (And you can see all my shared items by clicking the More link at the bottom of the list.)

The bottom line is that whenever you visit my site, even if I haven’t posted anything, there’s probably still something new to read! Enjoy…