Theology and Pastoral Ministry
By Graham Heslop | 12.10.2014Pastor, I plead with you: Don’t let your books become decorative and dusty testaments to your theological study. Theological study is not an academic hoop to jump through in order to get into the pastorate, but a vital aspect of any vital pastoral ministry.
Why I’m Glad My Church Hunting Is Over
By Samuel D. James | 12.08.2014My season of church hunting was a spiritually and emotionally challenging time, one that became harder the longer it lasted.
Blossoming Flowers Where Mao Wasn’t Looking
By Daniel Bays | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 12.03.2014It appears in retrospect that the Cultural Revolution, seen at the time as an unmitigated disaster for the church, was actually of great assistance to the growth of Christianity in many places in China.
Don’t Give Up Meeting Together
By Michael Kelley | 12.02.2014In an affluent and relatively free society, safe from persecution based on religious preference, what might keep us from continuing to show up?
Pastoring an Elderly Congregation
By Will McCartney | 11.25.2014How am I to lead an elderly saint who has faithfully followed Christ for more years than I have been alive?
Why We Need the Church
By Jenny Manley | 11.20.2014The statement “I love Jesus; I just don’t care for the church” does not make sense when we understand the church is a gift given to the people of God for the glory of God.
The Wilberforce Test: Preaching and the Public Square
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.18.2014The pastor who preaches for the transformation of his people is equipping them for service in this life that will echo into eternity.
Five Tips for Better Public Scripture Readings
By Trent Hunter | 11.17.2014We need to hear God’s Word, and we need to hear it together.
Cultural Opposition: Lie Down, Lean In, Lay Low, or Leave
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.11.2014Do we always have to fight to be faithful?
The Vanishing Church? Lessons from “Down Under”
By Phillip Jensen | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.05.2014There is an honesty and a holy distinctiveness in being a Christian in Australia today that makes the work of evangelism and the reality of church so much easier.
Thank God for . . . Government?
By Bruce Kent | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.04.2014You honor God by paying your taxes. Did you know the IRS could be an agent of your sanctification?
Denominational and Cultural Decline and Pastoral Prayers: An Interview with Mark Dever
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.03.2014How does talk of denominational decline affect your pastoral prayers?
Contemporary America and a Call to Prayer
By John Piper | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 10.31.2014I appeal to all Christians: Let us move to a new level in our commitment to pray for the outpouring of God’s saving and sanctifying power in our day.
Colonial America and How (Not) to Pray Against Cultural Decline
By Thomas S. Kidd | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 10.31.2014There is an overwhelming sense among Christians in the West that we are not only in a time of cultural decline, but that it is gaining pace. If that’s true, how should Christians pray?
