Andy Davis
Be Courageous! Don’t Avoid Hard or Awkward Conversations
By Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020Pastors can neither be people-pleasers on the one side, nor take pleasure in hurting people on the other. A loving courage for the sake of the final blessedness of the flock is the goal.
Episode 70: On Church Revitalization (with Aaron Menikoff & Andy Davis)
By A. Menikoff, A. Davis, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 01.08.2019What do pastors in the throes of church revitalization need to know? In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan interviews Mark and two other pastors who went through a revitalization, Andy Davis and Aaron Menikoff.
Rely on God’s Word, Not on Techniques
By Andy Davis | 09.08.2017If the Word of God isn’t central to a revitalization effort, no genuine, long-lasting transformation will ever occur.
Can Single Men Serve as Elders?
By Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Does “husband of one wife” disqualify single men from serving as elders?
Looking to the New Testament for Models of Corporate Prayer
By Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.21.2016There is evidence in the New Testament that the Holy Spirit wills to use prayer meetings to pour out his power again and again on local churches.
Pastor’s Forum: Can You Reverse-Engineer a Multi-Ethnic Church?
By A. Davis, G. Gilbert, J. Onwuchekwa | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015Can you manufacture a multi-ethnic church programmatically, pragmatically, or consumeristically?
Discipling Guys
By Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.10.2015Boys don’t enter the world knowing how to be godly men. They have to be trained.
Revitalizing a Church
By A. Davis, M. Dever | 05.08.2012Andy Davis, a pastor in North Carolina, recounts the stirring story of his church’s revitalization.
The Reform of First Baptist Church of Durham
By Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: Revitalize: Why We Must Reclaim Dying Churches—and How | 10.27.2011On Sunday morning, August 19, 2001, I began corporate worship at First Baptist Church (FBC) Durham by calling on the members of the church to repent.
Book Review: Simply Christian, by N. T. Wright
Review by Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 03.05.2010Most pointedly, I don’t believe this book tenderly and clearly warns individual sinners of their peril or calls upon them to flee to Christ as the only remedy for their sin before God.
Book Review: The God-Centered Life: Insights from Jonathan Edwards for Today, by Josh Moody
Review by Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 2) | 03.02.2010This book is a cogent and succinct summary of the central themes of the life of Jonathan Edwards, and Moody does his best work applying those themes to our present context.
A Pastors’ and Theologians’ Forum on Biblical Theology
By A. Menikoff, A. Davis, G. Goldsworthy, P. Johnson, S. J. Wellum | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.01.2010If there’s no steady diet of biblical theology, what do our churches and church members really lose?
Is there a formula for deciding what to preach?
By Andy Davis | 03.01.2010Preach always in such a way that God’s words are made clear and God’s message comes straight from the text.