How Should Missionaries Relate to Local Churches Overseas?
By Matt Rhodes | 05.04.2022Low ecclesiology can cause confusion about missionaries’ involvement in local churches where they serve. Should we attend? Should we be members? For many missionaries, the practical answers are “no” and “no.”
Why Your Local Church’s History Should Matter to Your Church Members
By Forrest Strickland | 04.25.2022Your local church’s history is integral to your members caring for one another, for at least three reasons.
The Prosperity Gospel Loves God’s Gifts, But Ignores God Himself
By M. McKinley, S. DeMars | 04.14.2022When you see a church or ministry that talks about God’s gifts but spends relatively little time talking about God’s character or our need to respond to him in repentance and faith, then you can be pretty sure you’re dealing with the prosperity gospel.
13 Pillars for Planting Healthy Churches
By Matt Rogers | 04.11.2022What ingredients are necessary to plant healthy, strong, biblical churches—and sustain them?
Expressive Individualism and the Church
By Carl Trueman | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022Like our sinful natures, expressive individualism is something that will inform our intuitions and our understanding until the day we die. So what do we do about it?
Do 9Marks Churches Foster Expressive Individualism?
By Ben Wright | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022Few demographic tribes are more likely to “amen!” a critique of attractional church methodology than 9Marks readers. But are we guilty of cultivating individualism, too?
“You’ve Got Self:” How the Internet Cultivates Expressive Individualism in All of Us
By Samuel D. James | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022The liturgies of assembled, embodied, gospel worship point us toward one set of beliefs and values, while the liturgies of Internet membership point us toward a different set.
What Does Paul Mean By “Quarrelsome”?
By Will McKinney | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022A quarrelsome, contentious person wants to argue and fight the right issues, but they do so usually at the wrong time and in the wrong way. Does this describe you?
What Is the Root of Quarrelsomeness and How Does It Get Fixed?
By David Dunham | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022A prideful and insecure heart will destroy a ministry, but a humbled heart can serve the Lord and his church well.
How Do We Recognize Quarrelsome People?
By Nathan Loudin | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022The Bible expects us to discern quarrelsome people. But how?
What Does Proverbs Teach about Being Quarrelsome?
By Mark Redfern | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022What can we learn from the book of Proverbs about what it means to be quarrelsome?
Are you Contending for the Truth or Quarrelsome?
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022So how do we tell the difference between fighting the good fight and just argumentative?
Summary of Carl Trueman’s, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
By John Benton | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022Haven’t been able to read through Trueman’s book? Check out this 5000-word summary.
Are You Principled or Just a Contentious Jerk?
By Paul Martin | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022So how do you know if you’re principled or just a contentious jerk?
Expressive Individualism, Embodied Telos, and How to Be an Anti-Winfrey
By Andrew Walker | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022Pastor, your job is to honor and celebrate the embodied persons that God created every man and woman to be, and to teach your congregation to do the same.
