An Emerging Church Primer
By Justin Taylor | 9Marks Journal: The Emerging Church | 02.25.2010We need to remember that we are bound by the Word of God to speak the truth in love. Some of us are so wired to “ speak the truth” that we fail to do it in love.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Bethlehem College and Seminary
By Tom Steller | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the Bethlehem College and Seminary’s answers (submitted by Tom Steller). BCS is based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Resources on Evangelism
By Ryan Townsend | 02.25.2010Get these resources for your pastoral toolbox and use them with your church.
What is the Missional Life?
By Eric Simmons | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Mission | 02.25.2010Pastor, God has called you to more than just the people in your church. He wants to mobilize you and your people to reach another people.
Preach to the Non-Christian, Christian, and Church Member
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 02.25.2010Yes, the preacher should be sensitive to the unchurched. But if we target the unchurched alone, the message may be lost or so diluted that God’s people become malnourished.
A Pastor’s Priorities for Day One
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are five priorities you should bring to your first day of ministry.
Preaching Up: Applying the Word of God to Midlife and Beyond
By Israel Haas | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 02.25.2010I’m 29 years old. Can I apply the Scriptures effectively to the lives of people twice my age who live in a world without YouTube and iPods and dreams as big as the Montana sky?
Why I Love the Temporariness of My Pastoral Ministry
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010I love thinking about the temporariness of my pastoral ministry.
A Pastor Defends His Multi-Site Church
By J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.25.2010Here is why we enthusiastically embrace the multi-site strategy as biblically sound, practically wise, and pastorally helpful.
The Therapeutic Gospel
By David Powlison | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 02.25.2010In this new gospel, the great “ evils” to be redressed do not call for any fundamental change of direction in the human heart.
Leaving Home, Returning Home
By Michael Lawrence | 02.25.2010From the perspective of the Fall, we understand better not only what it means that we have all truly left home, but also how we can make it back again.
8 Steps for Dealing with Difficult Leaders
By Ken Swetland | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are eight principles for dealing with difficult people.
How God’s Wrath Equals and Reveals God’s Worth
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 02.25.2010Wrath and worth are perfectly matched together. The former takes the measure of the latter and expresses itself accordingly. One is as precious as the other.
Good Friday Meditation: A Fitting Crown
By Michael Lawrence | 02.25.2010Jesus did not claim the throne of Rome or any other empire. No, his claim was over the whole world, the entire creation, and for that only thorns would do.
“ Why Are We Joyfully Committed?”
By Tom Steller | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Why are the pastors at Bethlehem Baptist Church joyfully committed to pastoral mentoring?