Alex Duke
On Apple Stores and the DMV: Two Kinds of Churches that Create Complementarian Chaos
By Alex Duke | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.11.2019I’ve been in churches whose authority structures are like an Apple Store’s, and I’ve been in churches whose authority structures are like the DMV’s. In both cases—but in different ways—chaos bubbles up to the surface.
Youth and Church Membership—Or, Stop Baptizing Children into the Ether
By Alex Duke | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Following the Lord Together | 05.07.2019A church should not baptize young people apart from church membership. To do so is unbiblical, unhelpful, and unloving.
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.
Best Books for Pastors in 2018
By Alex Duke | 12.21.2018We asked pastors from around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2018 that helped you be a better pastor?
Best Books for Pastors in 2017
By Alex Duke | 12.21.2017We asked 60 pastors around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2017 that helped you be a better pastor?
Four Ways the Reformation Changed Church History
By Alex Duke | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Luther and his fellow Protestant reformers changed the course of church history. How so? Let me name four.
A Conversation about Missions with Andy Johnson
By A. Duke, A. Johnson | 09.13.2017Our editorial manager Alex Duke sat down with author Andy Johnson to talk about his new book Missions and the importance of being intentional in our missionary endeavors.
Book Review: The Prodigal Church, by Jared C. Wilson
Review by Alex Duke | 07.29.2015The Prodigal Church is more than just a demolition project. Atop the wreckage left by pragmatism and consumerism, Wilson attempts to rebuild scaffolding with different, yet more durable materials. In this, the book succeeds, though not perfectly.
Introducing the 9Marks Mailbag
By A. Duke, J. Leeman | 03.04.2015Introducing a new feature on the 9Marks site.
Book Review: Dispatches from the Front, by Tim Keesee
Review by Alex Duke | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.10.2014Read this book if for no other reason than it puts flesh and bone on our prayers as it illustrates the faithfulness of God in keeping his promises.
On Being an “Ordinary” Christian: An Interview with Michael Horton
By Alex Duke | 10.14.2014If we were more serious about these ordinary means of grace, I’m convinced the church would have a much stronger witness in the world today.
Nine Marks of a Healthy Worship Leader
By Alex Duke | 9Marks Journal: The Church Singing | 04.23.2014“Whoa, those people love to sing about Jesus!” is always better than “Man, that guy is great!”
