español 9Marks Explained : A Letter From Mark Dever

What Distinguishes Biblical Counseling from other Methods?

What are the differences between biblical counseling and various other approaches to counseling that are popular in the church? Read more >

Praying Beyond Health Concerns

How can pastors encourage their church members to pray beyond the sick list? The question has a simple answer, but one that may take time: members will begin to pray beyond the sick list when their pastors know how. The Problem This process sounds simple, but it must not be. Many pastoral prayers don’t go beyond the sick list. And even these prayers are not very pointed or intelligent. Instead, they sound uncannily like a nursing report at the local hospital’s shift change:Read more >

Looking at the Past and Present of Counseling

The following is an interview with David Powlison LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING 9Marks: Are there significant points of commonality between biblical counseling in the past, such as the Puritan approach, and proper biblical counseling today? Read more >

The Therapeutic Gospel

What may be the most famous chapter in all of western literature portrays the appeal of a "therapeutic gospel." Read more >