Mark Dever
How My Mind Has Changed: The Centrality of the Congregation
By Mark Dever | 02.26.2010Love is largely local. And the local congregation, then, is the place which claims to display this love for all the world to see.
What I Can and Cannot Live With as a Pastor
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010Something can be true, yet we can decide as pastors that our congregations are not ready to act tomorrow in a way they might be ready to act in a year.
Raising Up Pastors Is the Church’s Work
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Seminaries are not made to make pastors. Churches make pastors.
How Do Pastors Raise Up Pastors?
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Future pastors aren’t built in a day.
On the Use and Importance of Corporate Prayer
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Corporate Prayer | 02.26.2010Corporate prayer begins to take out the individualistic assumption that Christianity is only about me and my relationship with God.
Prayer in the Life and Ministry of the Pastor
By Mark Dever | 02.26.2010In times that are hard, we encourage ourselves by praying, remembering that this is ultimately God’s work.
Together for What?
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Cooperation | 02.25.2010We are justified by faith alone, but a justifying faith produces Christians who look more and more like the God they worship.
Inerrancy of the Bible: An Annotated Bibliography
By Mark Dever | 02.25.2010Behind the centrality of expositional preaching is the assumption of the authority and truthfulness of God’s Word.
Preach to the Ignorant, the Doubtful, and Sinners
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Preaching | 02.25.2010I want to approach the topic of application slightly differently: not only are there different kinds of hearers, there are also different kinds of application.
“Don’t Do It!!” Why You Shouldn’t Practice Church Discipline
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 02.25.2010When pastors first discover church discipline in the Bible, I often tell them: “Don’t do it . . . at least not yet.”
Why I Love the Temporariness of My Pastoral Ministry
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010I love thinking about the temporariness of my pastoral ministry.
The Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Church Membership (with Jonathan Leeman and John Folmar)
By J. Folmar, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.01.2010Mark Dever hosts a roundtable with Jonathan Leeman and John Folmar to discuss God’s love and church membership and Leeman’s new book which considers their connection.
The Story of Matt (with Matt Chandler)
By M. Dever, M. Chandler | 01.01.2010A note from Mark Dever: “This past August, Matt shared an hour with us to talk about his ministry. In light of what has happened to Matt in recent days (cancer diagnosis), we contacted him about publishing this interview. He said he was very happy for us to present it, and that he was continuing to trust in God for the future. As you listen to this interview, thank God for our brother and pray for him.”
Pastoral Ministry and Training (with Phillip Jensen)
By M. Dever, P. Jensen | 12.01.2009Phillip Jensen attacks evangelical assumptions about ministry training, spiritual gifts, and more.
Inspiring Lives (with Iain Murray)
By I. H. Murray, M. Dever | 11.01.2009Iain Murray, one of evangelicalism’s premier biographers, points to several luminaries from church history you might have missed.