Isaac Adams
11 Elder Chairman FAQs
By Isaac Adams | 03.23.2021Here are 11 frequently asked questions for elder chairmen.
20 Tweet-sized Lessons for the Chairman of the Elders
By Isaac Adams | 03.22.2021While an elders meeting isn’t a worship service, I pray these lessons will help your elders do all things “decently and in order” (1 Corinthians 14:40).
On Chairing an Elders Meeting (with Isaac Adams & Ken Barbic) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 158
By I. Adams, J. Leeman, K. Barbic, M. Dever | 02.02.2021What is an elder chairman? What do they do? Why is it a helpful role?
Why People in Your Church Don’t Evangelize — And One Really Important Thing to Do About It
By Isaac Adams | 05.06.2020Pastor, when it comes to helping your people in their evangelism, patiently and faithfully encourage them!
Episode 116: On Training Young Preachers (with Isaac Adams)
By I. Adams, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.25.2020One of the best ways to raise up the next generation of preachers is to give unproven guys opportunities. In this episode, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever and Isaac Adams about training young preachers.
Episode 97: On Celebrating Pastoral Anniversaries (with Isaac Adams)
By I. Adams, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 09.24.2019In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan chats with Mark and Isaac Adams—who presided over Mark’s 25th anniversary celebration—about how to celebrate pastoral anniversaries.
Episode 83: On Overcoming Fear in Personal Evangelism (with Isaac Adams)
By I. Adams, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.16.2019As Christians, we know we should share the gospel, but many of us feel discouraged—either about our lack of evangelism, or the lack of fruit from our evangelism. What can we do about this? Where can we lousy evangelists find hope?
Evangelism Workshop – Part 4 | Now What? Follow Up, Methods, Resources
By Isaac Adams | 02.25.2019Parts 1-4 available here: 9marks.org/series/evangelism-workshop-2019 Download the manuscript in PDF.
More Christian than Black or White
By Isaac Adams | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Phrases like “I’m more Christian than black or white” are gloriously true, but they’re often wielded in white culture to enable and encourage colorblindness.
Race, Political Partisanship, and the Unity of the Church
By C. Woods, I. Adams, J. Leeman, K. DeYoung, R. D. Moore | 04.13.2017A workshop from TGC’s 2017 national conference.
Participants: Jonathan Leeman, Isaac Adams, Curtis Woods, Russell Moore, Kevin DeYoung
Race, Grace, and the Church
By I. Adams, J. Leeman | 07.22.2016Here’s everything I’ve learned about the race conversation in a nutshell: it has to start by building friendships across racial lines with other members of my church.
Why White Churches Are Hard for Black People
By Isaac Adams | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015These aren’t true for every white church or for every black person, but the hope is that they lead to graceful and authentic conversation, to prayer, to action, and to joy in our Lord.
Don’t Be Color-Blind at Church
By Isaac Adams | 9Marks Journal: Multi-Ethnic Churches | 09.25.2015Christians should be both colorblind and color-conscious. Why? Because that’s what God is like.
Book Review: Effective Staffing for Vital Churches, by Bill Easum and Bill Tenny-Brittian
Review by Isaac Adams | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014This book’s principles are driven more by man’s intuition and tactics than the principles described in God’s Word.
