To track the renascent influence of "New Calvinism," Josh Byers and Tim Challis recently used an infographpic (see below) to map the movement's apexes since 1986, the year that Minnesota pastor John Piper authored Desiring God.
The father of the theological system known as Calvinism, John Calvin (1509-1564) was a prominent French theologian during the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther and Calvin are arguably the most significant architects of the Reformation. "If Luther sounded the trumpet for reform, Calvin orchestrated the score by which the Reformation became a part of Western civilization," according to a quote found in Theopedia.
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