Discipleship
When Your Husband Is Burnt Out
By Anna Moore | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Perhaps you’re just beginning your journey as a pastor’s wife. Perhaps you’ve been one far longer than me. Whatever the case, remember and rejoice in the gospel. Draw near to Christ. He, above all, will sustain you and restore your joy.
How My Small Church Hasn’t Burnt Me Out
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018My small church hasn’t killed me yet. In fact, it’s grown me.
Be Tender-Hearted and Thick-Skinned: How Humility Protects Pastors from Pastoral Burnout
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018The thick-skinned and tender-hearted pastor is best positioned to minister for the long haul.
Am I Burnt Out? 30 Useful Questions
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Here are 30 questions—15 internal and 15 external—to ask yourself to discover whether or not you’re on the road to burnout.
Managing Expectations for a Sustainable Ministry
By David Murray | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018How can a church support and protect its new pastor both from his own and others’ expectations, so that he will set off and continue at a sustainable pace?
Discerning the Signs of Pastoral Burnout
By John Henderson | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Pastoral burnout could be defined as the moment or season when a pastor loses the motivation, hope, energy, joy, and focus required to fulfill his work, and these losses center upon the work itself.
Confession ≠ Repentance
By Ty Gooch | 07.16.2018How many times have we seen confession happen without genuine and lasting change? Why does genuine transformation still evade us?
What Does a Prayer of Lament Sound Like?
9Marks | 06.25.2018Last week, we posted an article entitled “Why We Added a Prayer of Lament to Our Sunday Gathering.” Below are two samples of such prayers from Hinson Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon.
Why We Added a Prayer of Lament to Our Sunday Gathering
By Neal Woollard | 06.20.2018Lament is ingrained into the culture of Jesus’ people and will be until he returns. That’s why we recently added a corporate prayer of lament to our public worship.
Episode 55: On the Ministry of Good Christian Books
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 06.05.2018Good books help us follow Jesus.
C. S. Lewis on Corporate Worship
By Joe Rigney | 05.29.2018Over time, C. S. Lewis came to see the dangers in both individualism and collectivism in Christian worship. More importantly, he came to see how the church is the antidote to both.
Book Review: Three Books by J. Oswald Sanders
Review by Mark Tanious | 05.24.2018These resources would help any Christian who wants to understand how the nature of God impacts the Christian life, what it means to be a growing disciple of Jesus Christ, and how to grow into a mature leader for the glory of Christ.
Book Review—J. C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone, by Iain Murray
Review by Nate Pickowicz | 05.16.2018Famously known as “the man of granite with the heart of a child,” JC Ryle stands out as a towering example of Christian fortitude and pastoral excellence.
How the Exodus Connects to Baptism & the Lord’s Supper
By Andrew Wilson | 05.07.2018The task of the church can be described in all sorts of ways, but one of the most evocative is this: we are called to live the exodus.
Episode 49: On How the Nations Rage
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.24.2018In this episode, Mark chats with Jonathan about his new book How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith & Politics in a Divided Age.
