Mark Redfern
What Does Proverbs Teach about Being Quarrelsome?
By Mark Redfern | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.18.2022What can we learn from the book of Proverbs about what it means to be quarrelsome?
Book Review: The Wisdom Pyramid, by Brett McCracken
Review by Mark Redfern | 06.03.2021In an age increasingly unmooring itself from the well-worn roads of biblical reality, we need to be led again to the green pastures and still waters of God’s wisdom. This book will help lead you there.
Book Review: Providence, by John Piper
Review by Mark Redfern | 05.07.2021The vision of God in these pages is (to use some hyphenated Piperisms) hope-giving, pride-humbling, and mind-stretching.
Book Review: Pastors and Their Critics, by Joel Beeke and Nick Thompson
Review by Mark Redfern | 03.18.2021Handling criticism is not first a matter of skill, but a matter of the heart.
Heavenly Helps for Pastoral Problems (with Mark Redfern)
By J. Leeman, M. Redfern | 02.15.2021If you read through the pastoral epistles, you’ll notice how often Paul encourages Timothy and Titus with the hope of heaven. Jonathan Leeman chats with pastor Mark Redfern about this. … keep reading…
Book Review: 40 Questions About Pastoral Ministry, by Phil Newton
Review by Mark Redfern | 02.11.2021Newton’s book gripped my heart, brought tears to my eyes, encouraged my faith, and put resolve in my soul.
Book Review: Devoted to God’s Church, by Sinclair Ferguson
Review by Mark Redfern | 01.14.2021Ferguson’s portrait of church life is refreshing and one that feels, by God’s enabling grace, achievable.
Heavenly Helps for Pastoral Problems: 7 Ways Heaven Helps Us Overcome Challenges in Ministry
By Mark Redfern | 9Marks Journal: Heaven: Rejoicing in Future Glory | 12.22.2020Paul repeatedly connects the implications of eternal life to his pastoral labor. In this article, I will highlight seven of those implications.
Book Review: A Way With Words, by Dan Darling
Review by Mark Redfern | 11.05.2020Far from being negative toward online interaction, A Way With Words paints a noble vision for online speech.
Recalibrating Sources of Encouragement: How My Sources of Joy Have Changed 10 Years into Ministry
By Mark Redfern | 9Marks Journal: Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor | 06.30.2020In my decade of pastoring, I’ve undergone a shift in the sources of my joy.
Book Review: The Elder, by Cornelis Van Dam
Review by Mark Redfern | 06.05.2020Van Dam’s book will help you understand your pastoral calling as preservers and nurturers of life in the covenant community.
Book Review: Reformed Preaching, by Joel Beeke
Review by Mark Redfern | 03.05.2020Reformed Preaching offers a robust assessment of the core of biblical preaching: reaching the heart of people with the Word of God through the heart of the preacher.
Book Review: Encouragement, by Mark Chanski
Review by Mark Redfern | 11.14.2019Much like a product flying off of the shelves, encouragement is in high demand. But in all too many of our churches, it is in short supply.
Book Review: J-Curve, by Paul Miller
Review by Mark Redfern | 09.05.2019This life is the wilderness before the promised land, where temptations to grumble abound. This present sojourn includes a cross being placed upon our shoulders before the crown that one day adorns our heads.
Book Review: Grace Defined and Defended
Review by Mark Redfern | 08.01.2019In my own church, we recently spent the month of July preaching on the doctrines of grace. DeYoung’s book provided helpful historical context and pastoral application for the series. I gladly recommend this book to pastors and growing Christians alike.
