Three Lessons from 234 Pastors’ Libraries
By Forrest Strickland | 01.18.2024We have 234 catalogs of ministers’ libraries in the Netherlands during the seventeenth century. Here are three lessons we ought not neglect.
Connecting Evangelism and Church
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.17.2024Is evangelism an individual sport or a team sport? Really, it’s both.
Must Every Christian Evangelize?
By Tim Beougher | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.15.2024Church members sometimes wonder if they should just leave evangelism to the “professionals.”
They Will Listen: Evangelistic Confidence in a Cynical Age
By Paul Billings | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.12.2024Whatever your experience has told you about evangelism, take hope from Acts 28:28.
Best Books for Pastors in 2023
By Alex Duke | 12.29.2023We asked pastors around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2023 that helped you be a better pastor?
When Did Multiple Services Begin?
By Caleb Morell | 12.20.2023Before adopting a new practice, churches should always ask: what impact would this have on the church if continued indefinitely?
Top Ten 9Marks Podcast Episodes from 2023
By Sam Koo | 12.19.2023The manager and editor of all 9Marks’ podcasts ranks his favorite episodes we’ve released this year.
Mark’s 2024 Reading Plan
By Mark Dever | 12.15.2023Wondering what books to read in 2024? Watch this video as Mark Dever gives a 2024 reading plan with books from 9Marks, Banner of Truth, and others.
Wanted: Catholic Pastors
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023Do you actively work to partner with other local churches to fulfill the Great Commission? Or do you act as if your church can take the gospel to the ends of the earth all by yourselves?
Black and White Church Catholicity
By Bobby Scott | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023How can predominantly white and black churches work together without compromising the convictions of each?
Why Racist Churches Are Anti-Catholic
By M. Y. Emerson, R. Lucas Stamps | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023Racism is a direct affront to Scripture, to the gospel, and to the Nicene Christianity that follows from them.
Same Health, Different Look: Ecclesiology in Historically Black Churches
By Welton Bonner | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023You can build beautiful partnerships with churches that look different than yours if you look beyond the forms to see the elements.
The Beauty and Power of Catholicity in Politically Charged Times
By Collin Hansen | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023Jesus commands his followers to love their enemies. In our politically charged times, that’s when the world sees the beauty and power of the gospel.
What Catholicity Requires: Tightly Held Beliefs and Big Hearts
By Scott Logsdon | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023How do we partner well with others when our convictions don’t align?
“Very Sweet Honey”: Basil of Caesarea’s Friendship with Syrian Christian Eusebius of Samosata
By Michael A. G. Haykin | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023Eusebius’s friendship with Basil of Caesarea during the doctrinal watershed of the 370s is of vital importance and should be remembered in any account of the Cappadocian theologian’s formulation of the Holy Spirit’s deity.