What Can a 424-Year-Old Book Teach Us about the Conscience?
By Caleb Morell | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Through Political Turmoil | 09.29.2020What can a 424-year-old book teach us about the conscience? And why does it matter for us today?
How Did Charles Spurgeon Address Contemporary Issues in His Preaching?
By A. DiPrima, G. Chang | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Through Political Turmoil | 09.29.2020Charles Spurgeon lived during a time of social and political upheaval. How did that affect his preaching?
Don’t Get Left Behind: Why Pastors Should Consider Preaching through Revelation in Our Cultural Moment
By Sam Emadi | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Through Political Turmoil | 09.29.2020If you want to pastor faithfully in the midst of cultural and political turmoil, then consider teaching through the book of Revelation.
13 Principles for Pastoring Through Political Turmoil
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Through Political Turmoil | 09.29.2020We feel the political heat for different reasons, but we all feel it. How do we endure? Here are thirteen principles for pastoring through political turmoil.
How to Hold Your Tongue About Politics And Thereby Not Split Your Church Over Things the Bible Doesn’t Talk About: AN ADDENDUM
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Through Political Turmoil | 09.29.2020What are some guardrails that can help a pastor navigate political issues, especially in a year like 2020?
3 Reasons You Should Preach through Hebrews
By Bobby Jamieson | 09.14.2020Perseverance is a drum pastors can always afford to beat, especially during a pandemic. And Hebrews tells us how to persevere: look to Christ who persevered before us, and for us.
Moving from Programs to a Culture of Discipleship in an Immigrant Church
By Mark Pakingan | 09.11.2020From my experience, immigrant churches tend toward program-centric ministry. Why? It’s complicated.
Want Your Church to Enjoy Unity? Let the Gospel Do Its Dividing Work.
By William Farley | 09.04.2020When I became a lead pastor, I preached the gospel enthusiastically, but I didn’t understand its winnowing power or how positive that process would be.
When Looking for a Church, Beware the “Right Fit”
By Murray Campbell | 08.31.2020“I’m looking for a church that’s just like me.” Few people would say it quite so crassly, but the sentiment is common.
How Should the Preexistence of Christ Shape How We Preach the Old Testament?
By Greg Lanier | 08.28.2020I want to reflect briefly on whether and how the preexistence of Christ could impact the preaching of the Old Testament.
A Strict But Clear Definition of the Church Brings Freedom
By Caleb Greggsen | 08.24.2020How would you, according to Scripture, define the church? Does this definition free you up or weigh you down?
Why I Love Pastoring the Immigrant Church—And Why You Would, Too
By Stephen Chen | 08.21.2020The last church I expected to pastor was an immigrant church. Twelve years later, I realize how wrong I was.
3 Reasons to Preach through Philemon
By Nate Pickowicz | 08.17.2020We love and forgive others because the Lord Jesus has first loved and forgiven us (Eph. 4:32). This is the heart and soul of the gospel, portrayed in the book of Philemon.
Why Churches Should Excommunicate Longstanding Non-Attenders
By Alex Duke | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 08.14.2020I’ve never met a growing and mature Christian who doesn’t regularly attend a gospel-preaching church.
What Does the Bible Have to Teach Our Churches about Multi-Ethnic Unity?
By Jeff Mooney | 08.10.2020Hopefully, these passages and the questions they evoke will propel us to become the fishbowl community into which the nations can look and clearly see tangible, gospel-centered love in a world that so desperately needs it.
