Discipleship
Book Review: What Grieving People Wish You Knew, by Nancy Guthrie
Review by Eric Beach | 11.22.2016Many Christians and church leaders spend time interacting with grieving people or equipping their congregations to care for those around them who are grieving. Consequently, this book is especially pertinent for pastors.
Mailbag #42: Hypocritical Church Discipline; Pre-Marital Counseling for Two Unbelievers?
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.18.2016—Why do churches discipline for sins like homosexuality and adultery but not other sins like gluttony or vanity or greed? —Would you do pre-marital counseling for two unbelievers? If so, what would you cover?
Stop Looking for It—Pastoral Reflections on Joy
By Aaron Menikoff | 11.15.2016I know I’m supposed to delight in God. I know the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. Surely Paul wasn’t kidding when he commanded, … keep reading…
6 Reasons Congregational Singing Is Waning
By Thom Rainer | 11.08.2016Here is the clear reality in many congregations: congregational singing is waning in many churches. In some churches it seems to have disappeared altogether.
Mailbag #40: Too High a Standard for Church Membership; Where Are Churches Commanded to Gather Weekly
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.04.2016—You say the standard for church membership is nothing more than simply “being a Christian.” But that’s not entirely true, is it? —Where in Scripture are local churches commanded to gather every week?
Week #10—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Treat People Equally (Justice and Identity Politics)
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.03.2016This week we will mediate on the government’s job to treat all God-imagers equally as God-imagers.
Conversion & Its Costs: An Interview with Rosaria Butterfield
By M. Dever, R. Butterfield | 10.31.201620 years ago, Rosaria Butterfield was a tenured English professor, an activist, and a lesbian. Now, she’s a pastor’s wife, a mom, and a Christian. What happened?
25 Years Ago, “Nine Marks” Was Born
By Mark Dever | 10.28.2016On October 30, 1991—25 years ago this Sunday—Mark Dever wrote a letter to a church in Massachusetts. They needed a new pastor and wanted to know what they should be looking for. Mark responded with a list of nine must-haves—a list that has since become known as “nine marks of a healthy church.”
Week #9—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Punish Crime, Tax, and Defend the Nation
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.26.2016What does the Bible say about punishment, taxes, and war?
Week #8—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Do Justice
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.19.2016So what exactly is justice? That’s what we’re going to consider in today’s class.
Book Review: Calling on the Name of the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer, by J. Gary Millar
Review by Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 10.14.2016Why pray certain things? Because the Bible tells you to from cover to cover. This book will simplify, motivate, and focus your own prayer life.
Week #7—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Establish Peace
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.13.2016Government renders judgment to establish peace, order, and prosperity so that the church might do what God calls it to do.
Week #6—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Not Play God
By J. Leeman, N. Rodriguez | 10.07.2016For a government to “play God” is to pressure its citizens into idolatry.
Authority, Not Authoritarian
By Taylor Turkington | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016As a woman deeply thankful for the calling and care of elders, I’d like to offer four questions that may help you recognize if you are drifting into domineering.
Redeeming Authority for Those Who’ve Only Known Its Abuse
By Mez McConnell | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016As a pastor who has also suffered abuse, how do I respond to the abused sufferers and anti-authoritarian people in my care in a way that’s biblical, loving, and true to God’s revealed Word?
