MacArthur Advises Young Reformers

In a recent blog post on the Grace To You website, John MacArthur wrote:

'It has been five years since Christianity Today published Collin Hansen's article titled “Young, Restless, Reformed.” Hansen later expanded the article into a book with the same title (Wheaton: Crossway, 2008). He has carefully documented a very encouraging trend: large numbers of young people (college age and younger) are discovering the doctrines of grace, embracing a more biblical and Christ-centered worldview, and beginning to delve more deeply into serious theology than most 20th-century evangelicals were prone to do.'

Dr. MacArthur goes on to note many positive elements of the YRR movement, but adds... 'It is overall a positive development and a trend to be encouraged—but the YRR movement as it is shaping up also needs to face up to some fairly serious problems and potential pitfalls. So I have some words of encouragement and counsel for YRRs, and I want to take a few days here at the blog to write to them about their movement, its influences, some hazards that lie ahead, some tendencies to avoid, and some qualities to cultivate.'

On the program today, I will speak with Phil Johnson - Executive Director of Grace to You. We will discuss some of the topics addressed in the recent blog posts.