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6 Desiring God Conference comes to a close tomorrow morning, with a message from the conference’s host – John Piper. The theme of the conference is “Above All Earthly Powers: The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World. Speakers have included Voddie Baucham, D.A. Carson, Mark Driscoll, Tim Keller, David Wells, and Piper.

To say I’ve taken in a lot of information this weekend would be a drastic understatement. The speakers have taken us deep into God’s Word, and I have plenty of notes to prove it. To expound on my notes from the conference would take quite a while. Instead, I will direct you to visit the Desiring God website, which will have all audio from the conference available for free download shortly after the conference is over. I would like to instead focus on a new realization I’ve taken from the conference.

The biggest reflection I have from this weekend is that Reformed theology isn’t just a way of thinking about God. We are currently in the midst of a Reformed movement in America that involves both young and old. There is seemingly more young people here than older folks. This is encouraging to me because it shows the direction of Christians and churches in America. People are becoming more interesting in learning about the Bible and what God says, rather than relying on the idea of no absolute truths or focusing only on the incarnation of Jesus (Emerging Churches). Young Christians are interested in Reformed theology, and this is an interest that harkens back to Puritans.

The recent past of new ideas in churches has focused on being “contemporary” in style – being modern and relevant to society. This idea drove the formation of the emerging church, and has seemingly made a lot of young Christians feel uneasy. Mostly, the emerging movement has resulted in churches that are “miles wide and inches deep” (to take the words from my pastor, Rick Long). In turn, young Christians have become interested in the fundamental nature of God, and the literal truths of the Bible. These interests in the fundamental aspects of Christianity has revealed something ironic – as it stands, the Bible, Christianity, God and His Sovereignty are modern and relevant.

Dare I say, we are on the brink of the Second Reformation?