The Need for Applied Calvinism: The Next Step for Calvinists

by Gary DeMar

56 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Gary is a graduate of Western Michigan University (1973) and earned his M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary in 1979. In 2007, he earned his Ph.D. in Christian Intellectual History from Whitefield Theological Seminary. Author of countless essays, news articles, and more than 27 book titles, he also hosts The Gary DeMar Show, and History Unwrapped—both broadcasted and podcasted. Gary has lived in the Atlanta area since 1979 with his wife, Carol. They have two married sons and are enjoying being grandparents to their grandson. Gary and Carol are members of Midway Presbyterian Church (PCA).

Reviews

[Bryan Kuranaga · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book and it challenges the status quo of Christians who called themselves "Calvinists." Unfortunately, being a Calvinists these days means that you focus solely on TULIP and nothing more. In this book, DeMar pushes against that train of thought and encourages people to actually apply the "sovereignty of God" of Calvinism into every sphere of life. If God is sovereign, this means (to borrow John Frame's understanding) that he is in Control, Present in the situation, and has ultimate Authority over it all. In other words, God is Lord over everything and this includes more than our salvation. He is Lord over our money, work, education, hobbies, government, etc. As a result, we need to be people who seek to live as God would have us to live in every sphere of life.