A Call for Pastors to Pray for Their People
By Ryan Fullerton | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.21.2016Pastors, here are six biblical truths that I hope will jolt us out of our prayerless slumber.
Praying the ‘Big Four’ Corporately
By John Onwuchekwa | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.20.2016Adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication. How should we pray on Sunday morning?
The Holy Spirit, Prayer, and Preaching
By David Helm | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.17.2016When we genuinely embrace the conviction of our need for the Spirit, we give ourselves to the work of prayer and the work of preaching.
Reflections on the SBC Annual Meeting, Tuesday, June 14, 2016
By Grant Gaines | 06.15.2016After all that transpired today, I was left with appreciation for our denominational systems, with some lingering questions about our theology and practice, and with hopefulness in the area of racial unity
Reflections on SBC Pastors’ Conference, Monday, June 13, 2016
By Grant Gaines | 06.14.2016Grant Gaines reflects on the Pastor’s Conference at the Southern Baptist Convention.
Why You Should Be Praying the Psalms
By Donald S. Whitney | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.09.2016Tired of praying the same old things about the same old things? Try praying the psalms.
Looking to the Past for Lessons about Prayer
By Thomas S. Kidd | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.03.2016With all due regard to churches’ individual circumstances, it’s hard to justify the lack of congregational prayer in many of today’s churches, or the relegation of prayer to an obligatory sidelight.
When Do You Practice Church Discipline? And How Do You Confront the Sin?
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.01.2016What sins should result in public church discipline? And how should we confront brothers or sisters in sin?
4 Ways to Categorize Complaints in the Church
By Jonathan Rourke | 05.27.2016Hearing and responding to complaints is in the pastor’s job description. But how can we do this better?
The Limitations of Parachurch Ministries & Church Planting
By Nathan Knight | 05.26.2016Five years of service in your local church will yield much better dividends than five hours of being evaluated by the greatest church planting minds in the country.
Is Meek Weak?—Pastoral Reflections on Gentleness
By Aaron Menikoff | 05.23.2016The pastor who feels the need to power his church to greatness through the exercise of his own gifts underestimates the power of the gospel.
6 Reasons to Confess Your Faith Corporately
By Gregg R. Allison | 05.19.2016These days, it’s hard to find churches with a strong and public commitment to their confessions of faith. That should change.
Book Review: The Whole Christ, by Sinclair Ferguson
By Paul Alexander | 05.18.2016This book is an instant classic—historical theology at its best.
Don’t Be Like Moses the Pragmatist
By Phil Ryken | 05.05.2016God does not rank preachers by the number of their converts or the size of their churches. Rather, he judges them according to the accuracy of their Bible exposition.
9 Factors to Consider When Choosing Someone to Disciple
By Mark Dever | 05.03.2016Here are 9 factors to consider when choosing someone to disciple.
