Thabiti shares a list of seven concerns of his in the wake of Time magazine’s trumpeting of the “New Calvinism.” Here is point #5 as well as Thabiti’s conclusion:

5. Goal displacement. Put simply: so much of the talk about the “new Calvinism” “winning the culture” ends up taking too many eyes off the cross, off the gospel, off the local church, off the great commission, and off the great commandment. Not all such talk does this, but enough does. And that’s bad.

Is the “new Calvinism” and its spread a cause for rejoicing? I think so. But there are also some pitfalls that come with loving the applause of men.

You can read the full post on his Pure Church blog.