Mark Dever
Episode 66: On Contextualization (with John Folmar and Trip Lee)
By J. Folmar, J. Leeman, M. Dever, T. Lee | 11.27.2018What’s the goal in contextualization? How do we know if we’ve gone too far, or not far enough?
Episode 65: On Jonathan’s New Book, The Rule of Love
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 11.20.2018The Bible tells us that “God is love.” But what does that actually mean? And what does it have to do with our lives and the local church?
Episode 64: On Equipping the Church to Fight Pornography Together (with Deepak Reju)
By D. Reju, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 11.13.2018It’s vital for individual Christians to pursue holiness. But how can church members work *together* in fighting against the sin of pornography?
Episode 62: On How to Prepare a Church to Practice Discipline
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.30.2018Before a pastor leads a church to practice discipline, he must teach the church what the Bible teaches. It’s better to woo and win the church in the truth, than to wreck it in the pursuit of rightness.
Is expositional preaching the best way to preach?
By Mark Dever | 10.24.2018God’s word — more than the cleverness of the preacher — is far better prepared to help us see the world around us.
Episode 61: On Shepherding during Disagreements
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.22.2018How should a pastor shepherd people through disagreement? How should he balance the tension between being a truth-teller and a peacemaker? Mark and Jonathan discuss.
Episode 60: On Cultivating a Culture of Evangelism
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.16.2018Churches shouldn’t farm out personal evangelism to pastors, professionals, or programs. Instead, the goal for every church ought to be a culture of evangelism.
Episode 59: On Teaching the Church about the Church
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.09.2018Pastors must teach the church about what a church is. If they don’t, who will?
Episode 58: On Members Meetings
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.02.2018In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Mark and Jonathan discuss members meetings—what they are, where they are in the Bible, and how to make them of spiritual interest.
The importance of feedback in pastoral ministry
By Mark Dever | 09.26.2018If you build a ministry where no one can give you feedback, you are teaching your congregation to be proud and self-defensive.
Missions – Mark Dever | Session 2
By Mark Dever | 09.25.2018Each year, the 9Marks at Southeastern Conference examines a particular topic related to church health and provides biblical and practical help fellow pastors and leaders.
Episode 57: On Prayer (with John Onwuchekwa)
By J. Onwuchekwa, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 09.25.2018In the season premiere of Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan and Mark sit down with John Onwuchekwa to talk about his new 9Marks book Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church.
What does church membership have to do with love?
By Mark Dever | 09.19.2018Surely we know that we’re saved because our hearts are stirred and we’re moved to tears as we sing “Amazing Grace,” right? No, says John. We know we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers.
How Do We Fulfill the Great Commission?
By Mark Dever | 09.05.2018The Great Commission is normally fulfilled through healthy local churches helping to plant other healthy local churches.
The Single Best Thing That’s Happened to Mark Dever as a Senior Pastor
By Mark Dever | 08.23.2018“Raising up a plurality of qualified elders has been the best single thing that’s happened to me as the senior pastor.”
