Discipleship
Episode 48: On Core Seminars and Sunday School
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.17.2018For many churches, the Sunday School hour has gone by the wayside. In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Mark and Jonathan talk about how Core Seminar classes can become a vital ministry for any local church.
More Christian than Black or White
By Isaac Adams | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Phrases like “I’m more Christian than black or white” are gloriously true, but they’re often wielded in white culture to enable and encourage colorblindness.
More Christian Than Democrat or Republican
By Bruce Ashford | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Some say that religion shouldn’t be brought into the public square, especially not into politics. This common wisdom is well-intentioned but wrong, unhelpful, and ultimately impossible to put into practice.
More Christian Than American
By J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018We serve America best when we don’t serve her first.
Men, Women, and the Place of True Equality
By Trillia Newbell | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018In our rush to explain and emphasize the differences between men and women, we too often forget to emphasize the gloriously counter-culture truth of the equality of men and women.
Church Life: Our True Political Witness
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Where do we first beat swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks? Where should love of enemy first dissolve a nation’s tribalism? Where should Lincoln’s “just and lasting peace” first take root and grow?
Just A Spoonful Of Wilberforce
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018We should tell the stories of successful Christian social advocates. But we should also tell the “unsuccessful” stories too, and explain how so many “unsuccessful” heroes pleased God through their faithfulness.
The Dangerous Allure of Being a Cultural Warrior
By Brian Davis | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Our cultural engagement should always advertise our true hope. Just as we are not of this world, our hope is not of this world—nor is it dependent on this world’s acceptance.
Why Politics Overwhelms the Church
By Russell D. Moore | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Caesar never prompted Jesus to rejoice (Lk. 10:21). Pilate never prompted him to sweat blood. Why? Because he trusted a sovereign Father and saw a kingdom that would triumph over all rivals.
The Local Church as a Counterculture
By Brett McCracken | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018The local church was never meant to be a cultural, comfortable, bourgeois social club that affirms people in their idolatry and helps them along on a journey to their “best life now.” It was meant to be a counterculture, a set-apart community embodying a radically different vision for human flourishing.
A Symposium: How can we work toward greater ethnic unity in our churches?
By I. L. Ince, P. Jeon, P. Y. Lee, P. Holmes | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018We asked four minority brothers the following question: How can we work toward greater ethnic unity in our churches?
Be a Gospel Neighbor
By Aaron Menikoff | 04.02.2018Being a good neighbor is a crucial component to being a faithful evangelist. We should all aspire to be gospel neighbors.
Book Review: The Mentoring Church, by Phil Newton
Review by Bob Johnson | 03.19.2018No matter the size of your membership, your church can (and must) pursue leadership training—and this book provides the tools to do it.
Episode 43: On Pastoring Through Theological Controversies (with Ligon Duncan)
By J. Leeman, L. Duncan, M. Dever | 03.13.2018It’s not a pastor’s job to have a PhD. But pastors are called to protect the flock from false teachers, and to shepherd people through theological questions and concerns.
7 Ways to Protect and Pass On the Gospel
9Marks | 03.09.2018Christian, you have an assigned task from Jesus and it involves at least two things: helping fellow church members make it to heaven and getting the gospel into the next generation.
