Something wonderful is happening in Western Evangelicalism. A resurgence of Calvinism is changing lives, transforming churches, and spreading the gospel. The books are great, the sermons are life-changing, the music is inspirational, and the conferences are astonishing. Will this continue or will we, who are part of it all, end up destroying it? That depends on how we live the message.

As “insiders” of the Calvinist resurgence, there are at least eight ways we can mess everything up.

• By loving Calvinism as an end in itself
• By becoming theologians instead of disciples
• By loving God’s sovereignty more than God himself
• By losing an urgency in evangelism
• By refusing to learn from non-Calvinists
• By tidying up the Bible’s “loose ends”
• By being a bunch of arrogant know-it-alls
• By scoffing at the emotional hang-ups others have with Calvinism