Discipleship
A Conversation about Church Revitalization with Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 07.23.2015The more we reduce ministry to business, the more pastors are convinced to think like CEOs and less like shepherds.
Book Review: Can These Bones Live? by Bill Henard
Review by Casey Hough | 07.22.2015f you’re is looking for a book that deals with church revitalization primarily from the perspective of dependence upon God’s work according to God’s will, this book should not be your first choice.
Adopting and Choosing a Statement of Faith
By Will McCartney | 07.15.2015Not having a statement of faith exposes a church to every individual’s own interpretations of various doctrines, and opens the door for denials of biblical authority.
The Body of Christ as a Self-Fulfilling Metaphor
By Patrick Schreiner | 07.02.2015When the Scriptures speak in metaphors they are both describing and creating in the people of God how to think and act.
Connecting Church and Culture with Russell Moore and Mark Dever
By M. Dever, R. D. Moore | 06.19.2015Mark Dever and Russell Moore chat about the local church and culture at the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention.
Mailbag #9—Lord’s Supper in Small Groups; Elder Disqualified by Unbelieving Wife; Immersion Necessary for Baptism?
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.12.2015—Is it legitimate to take the Lord’s Supper apart from a local congregation? —Can a man with an unbelieving wife serve as an elder? —Is immersion necessary for baptism?
What I’ve Learned After One Year of Preaching God’s Word
By Dallas Goebel | 9Marks Journal: Expositional Preaching | 06.03.2015A good gardener delights in what he plants, and finds joy in seeing the smallest fruit. So it must be for the pastor.
Compelling Community—A Conversation with Mark Dever & Jamie Dunlop
By J. Dunlop, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.21.2015If God the Holy Spirit left your church this weekend, what would happen next?
Book Review: Searching for Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans
Review by Ray Ortlund | 04.28.2015I am not confident that, if I took this book to heart and swallowed its Christianity whole, I would be ready to stand before God on that great and final day.
Dear New Seminarian . . . Sincerely, Your Anglican Brother
By Sam Allberry | 04.23.2015These years in seminary will provide what may be the greatest opportunity to read that you’ll ever get.
Mailbag #5: Not Baptizing Children, Small Groups, Elders and Porn—Again
By Jonathan Leeman | 04.10.2015—Should we baptize children? —What’s better, small groups or one-on-one discipleship? —How do pastors balance being a model to the flock while still confessing their fallibility?
Why Complementarianism Is Crucial to Discipleship
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.18.2015You can maintain belief in the gospel apart from a complementarian conception of discipleship, but your vision of discipleship will work against such belief, not for it.
Discipling Guys
By Andy Davis | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.10.2015Boys don’t enter the world knowing how to be godly men. They have to be trained.
Mailbag #1—Lent, Mid-life Pastor, Elder Agenda
By Jonathan Leeman | 03.06.2015Do you practice Lent? How should I behave toward my nominal Christian brother? How should understand my “calling” to vocational ministry?
Macro-shepherding and Micro-shepherding: An Important Distinction
By Tim Witmer | 02.05.2015The terminology of macro-shepherding and micro-shepherding is designed to help leaders understand and distinguish their comprehensive and complementary responsibilities.
