You’re So Depraved, You Probably Think This Church Is About You: How Total Depravity Upends Attractionalism
By Alex Duke | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019Unbelievers’ most essential problem is not that they’re ignorant, apathetic, or rudderless, but that they’ve personally, willfully, and happily rebelled against the God who made them.
Reformation Doctrine Fuels Reformation Ecclesiology: A Brief History
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019The Reformation fire has not gone out, nor has the evangelistic zeal of the modern American church died. The Word still speaks—and the gospel still is mighty to save.
Still Young, Restless, and Reformed? The New Calvinists at 10
By Collin Hansen | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019In another 10 years, it’s probable no one will talk again of the YRR.
Believe in Particular Redemption? Then Evangelize and Send Missionaries with Abandon
By Greg Turner | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019If you’re not engaged in evangelism and missions, then you don’t really believe in particular redemption.
Preach the Bible, Not Calvinism
By PJ Tibayan | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019Do not aim to preach your system with its terminology. Aim to preach the Bible itself.
3 Reasons Definite Atonement is Basic to Biblical Missions
By Alex Kocman | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019In order to preserve the vibrant missionary zeal of men like William Carey, it’s critical we view definite atonement not only as true but essential, forming the biblical basis of mission itself.
Teach, Wait, Repeat: How Calvinism Fuels My Commitment to Congregationalism
By Sam Emadi | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019We’ll consider how our theology shapes our polity, how polity shapes ministry, and how ministry is fueled by our conception of God.
Real Calvinists Pray
By J.A. Medders | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019Calvinism doesn’t render our prayers meaningless. On the contrary, it ought to revive and even sustain our prayer life.
Real Calvinists Brag About Jesus, Not Calvinism
By J.A. Medders | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019You mind if I brag about the Lord for a minute? Join me.
Dilapidated Buildings, Small Budgets, and Struggling Congregations: How Irresistible Grace Creates Steadfastness in Ministry
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019The doctrine of God’s irresistible grace is for you, right now, right here, on Tuesday morning.
Calvinism & Counseling
By Patti Withers | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019I rely heavily on the truth of God’s sovereignty in counseling, particularly on those aspects of his sovereignty that intersect with the doctrine of sanctification.
The Five Points of Calvinism and Your Church’s Sunday Meeting
By Matt Merker | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019It’s vital for those of us who hold to a reformed or “Calvinistic” doctrine of salvation to consider if our corporate worship reflects our professed soteriology.
Definite Atonement and Church Membership
By Stephen J. Wellum | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019What does definite atonement have to do with church membership?
Five Marks of a Calvinist Pastor’s Ministry
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019The last thing I want to do is imply one must embrace Calvinism to be a good pastor. Rather, in this article, I simply aim to reflect on how an affirmation of the doctrines of grace can spur a pastor on to greater degrees of faithfulness.
Calvinist Pastors and Non-Calvinist Churches: Candidating, Pastoring, and Moving On
By David Schrock | 9Marks Journal: Ecclesiology for Calvinists | 02.05.2019I want to share a few things that might be helpful for you—Calvinist pastor—if the Lord leads you to a church that doesn’t celebrate the doctrines of grace.
