Garrett Kell
Panel #5
By B. Jamieson, G. Kell, M. Dever, T. Anyabwile | 08.03.2017First Five Years is a 9Marks Conference meant to encourage and instruct new pastors. Check out the videos from First Five Years 2017 on our website, or listen to the messages on … keep reading…
How important is a pastor’s devotional life?
By Garrett Kell | 07.27.2017There’s nothing more important than a pastor’s devotional life.
Pastors, Spend Time with Non-Pastors
By Garrett Kell | 04.13.2017Pastors, we must use some of our best time, energy, and resources training up plumbers, lawyers, teachers, and bankers.
Book Review: Church Planting Thresholds, by Clint Clifton
Review by Garrett Kell | 10.27.2016This resource will be among the books our church planters will spend time reading in the future. I happily recommend it.
Pastor’s Forum: Stories of Answered Prayer
By A. Menikoff, D. Newkirk, G. Conner, G. Kell, J. Vincent, S. Kelly | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.21.2016A few brief stories of how God has answered church-wide prayers.
27 Ways to Use Your Confession and Covenant
By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016The ways we can use Statements of Faith and Church Covenants in our churches are many, but what matters most is that if we have them, we use them to help each other follow Jesus.
Book Review: The Imperfect Pastor, by Zack Eswine
Review by Garrett Kell | 03.07.2016Whether you’re a young pastor, a seasoned pastor, a broken pastor, or a pastor’s wife, you should add this book to your must-read list.
Book Review: Caring for Widows, by Brian Croft and Austin Walker
Review by Garrett Kell | 10.20.2015Widows matter to God, and they should matter to God’s people as well.
A Sample Statement on Regular Church Attendance
By Garrett Kell | 09.01.2015Faithful attendance honors Christ and builds up His church. Non-attendance moves in the other direction. It makes light of His name and harms His church in many ways and for many reasons.
Giving and Receiving Godly Criticism: Sharpening Each Other With Your Words
By Garrett Kell | 02.03.2015God uses his people to speak the truth to one another in love, and this includes critical truth. If you’re missing this element in your discipling relationships, you’re like a shepherd with no rod.
Advice for a New Elder
By Garrett Kell | 12.17.2014Here’s the summary of what more seasoned pastors had to say to a young man who is stepping in as a new overseer.
On the Art & Practice of Preaching
By G. Kell, M. Dever | 11.03.2014Is expositional preaching the only kind of faithful preaching? Are personal illustrations useful or unacceptable? How can preachers encourage obedience without veering toward moralism? In this wide-ranging interview, Garrett Kell talks with Mark Dever on the art and practice of preaching.
Book Review: On Preaching, by H. B. Charles
Review by Garrett Kell | 10.27.2014I wanted a resource to both improve my preaching and to pass on to young preachers. I didn’t come away disappointed.
