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?