Evangelism

Book Review: Honest Evangelism, by Rico Tice

Review by Austin Suter | 02.04.2016

Evangelism is hard. This book should help.

Book Review: The 3-D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures, by Jason Georges

Review by Jeremy Yong | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

Jason Georges, The 3-D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Culture. 3D Gospel, 2014, 82 pages. $8.99.   I am a pastor who grew up in an honor-shame culture, so the … keep reading…

A Collection of Book Reviews on the Church in China

Review by Eric Beach | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

Here is a collection of several brief book reviews on the Christian church in China through the centuries.

A Cross-Shaped Calling

By Tim Keesee | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

The missionary “calling” is not about us going so much as it is about us following in the bright wake of our risen King.

5 Ways Your Church Can Get Involved in Global Missions Starting Tomorrow

By D. Platt, P. Akin | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

2.8 billion people have little to no access to the gospel. What can we do about it, starting tomorrow?

One-on-One with the International Mission Board’s Executive Vice President

By 9Marks, S. Traeger | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

Over the last few years, a lot has changed at the IMB. 9Marks sat down with Sebastian Traeger to talk about it.

4 Practices of a Great Commission Church

By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

Too often, a grotesque competitiveness marks evangelical churches. But a Great Commission church does not compete with other gospel-preaching churches.

The Great Commission: Fulfilled by Churches and for Churches

By Ryan King | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

A primarily individualistic application of the Great Commission is more a product of our Western culture than from God’s Word.

What Would Happen if You Sent Your Best?

By Steve Jennings | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015

Sending your best people means new and healthy churches will be planted, and your congregation will mature.

Stop Sending Missionaries: Why More Isn’t Always Better

By Steve Jennings | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.18.2015

The workers are few, and the harvest is great. But that does not mean just any and all workers will do.

Take Your Job Overseas—Introducing Business for Missions

By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.16.2015

Your ordinary vocational gifts and talents might be a treasure to a congregation in Malaysia or London or Istanbul or Dubai.

Mailbag #24: What Happens to Infants Who Die; Thinking through Civil Disobedience; Calling Out False Teachers by Name

By Jonathan Leeman | 12.14.2015

— What happens to infants who die? Do they go to heaven? — How should Christians think through the category of “civil disobedience”? — Should pastors call out false teachers by name?

Is Every Christian a Missionary?

By Ken Caruthers | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.07.2015

Is every Christian a “missionary”? It turns out this is not an easy question to answer.

Africa, the Prosperity Gospel, and the Problem of Unguarded Churches

By Ken Mbugua | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.02.2015

Missionaries who labor in reached parts of Africa are today faced with a society that has been inoculated against the gospel. So what do we do about it?

Book Review: Talking to Catholics about the Gospel, by Chris Castaldo

Review by ​Leonardo De Chirico | 11.30.2015

My hope is that this book will set the tone for present and future engagements by evangelicals to their Catholic friends.