Mike McKinley
Six Ways to Give Your People False Assurance
By Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: The Underestimated Doctrine of Conversion | 02.29.2012Don’t preach moralism. Ever. Preach the gospel every week. And then, with the indicatives of the gospel firmly in place, preach the imperatives that necessarily follow.
Church Planting Is for Wimps
By Mike McKinleyHow God Uses Messed-up People to Plant Ordinary Churches That Do Extraordinary Things Church Planting Is for Wimps tells the story of the revitalization of Guilford Baptist Church in northern Virginia. … keep reading…
Am I Really a Christian?
By Mike McKinleyYou may think you are, but you may not be. After all, Jesus himself said that some people will do seemingly “Christian” things in his name but will not truly … keep reading…
Church in Hard Places
By M. McConnell, M. McKinleyHow the Local Church Brings Life to the Poor and Needy It is impossible to alleviate poverty—in its fullest sense—apart from the local church. In recent years, Christians have shown … keep reading…
Book Review: What to Do When You Don’t Want to Go to Church, by Peggy Palau and Peggy Sue Wells
Review by Mike McKinley | 03.05.2010We need more than a call to just go back to church; we need to give ourselves to understanding what the church is, and then commit to building such a body.
Book(s) Review: The Emerging Church and Emerging Worship, by Dan Kimball
Review by Mike McKinley | 03.05.2010We should make an effort to make our worship clear and accessible, even to non-believers. But we have a primary responsibility to worship God according to his Word.
Book(s) Review: The Radical Reformission & Confessions of a Reformission Rev, by Mark Driscoll
Review by Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: The Emerging Church | 03.03.2010Taken together, the two books constitute a clarion call to the evangelical church in America, as it adapts to its marginalized status in post-modern culture.
Book Review: The Market-Driven Church, by Udo Middleman
Review by Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.02.2010Skip it and go read something by David Wells.
Book Review: I Sold My Soul On eBay, by Hemant Mehta
Review by Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Cooperation | 03.02.2010Which brings me to my question: why would the church scramble to take advice from someone who does not share its faith?
