Leadership

Five Tips for Better Public Scripture Readings

By Trent Hunter | 11.17.2014

We need to hear God’s Word, and we need to hear it together.

Book Review: Next, by William Vanderbloemen and Warren Bird

Review by Jason Meyer | 11.14.2014

This book brought me great pain in terms of the way the authors measure success in pastoral succession.

Thank God for . . . Government?

By Bruce Kent | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.04.2014

You honor God by paying your taxes. Did you know the IRS could be an agent of your sanctification?

Denominational and Cultural Decline and Pastoral Prayers: An Interview with Mark Dever 

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.03.2014

How does talk of denominational decline affect your pastoral prayers?

Book Review: The Community of Jesus, ed. by Christopher Morgan and Kendell Easley

Review by Andy Naselli | 10.30.2014

This book wrestles with the key texts on the people of God throughout Scripture, shrewdly synthesizes the themes, and warmly applies it to God’s people today.

Not Satisfied with Our Shepherding . . . Yet

By Bob Johnson | 10.22.2014

Church membership is not primarily for recruiting volunteers to make ministries run better. Church membership is a commitment to help one another make it to heaven.

Sexuality and Silence

By Andrew Wilson | 10.17.2014

Our desire to be wisely engaged in the culture should affect how we talk about ethical issues, but not whether we do at all.

Twenty-Two Problems with Multi-site Churches

By Jonathan Leeman | 10.01.2014

In an age which wants authenticity and reality, multi-site is ironically anti-incarnational: it divides Word from flesh.

When should you not submit to church leaders?

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When should you not submit to church leaders?

Book Review: Finding a Vision for Your Church, by Michael A. Milton

Review by Ben Wright | 09.15.2014

This is no nifty how-to book; it is a why-to and what-to book.

What Does “First Among Equals” Mean on an Elder Board

By Jonathan Leeman | 08.28.2014

The answer to this question depends on combining both the revealed wisdom that God gives to all of us in his Word and the situation-specific wisdom that he must give individually.

What a New Pastor Doesn’t Know

By Matthew Hoskinson | 08.28.2014

If you’re getting ready to enter a pastorate, you might have your list of changes ready. Can I encourage you to tuck that list away for a while?

Imagination, Church Reform, and the Art of the Impossible

By Bobby Jamieson | 08.28.2014

Imagination draws the line between what one can and can’t conceive. So we could say that an increasingly biblical imagination involves faith expanding your view of the possible.

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Stretching the Pastor’s Imagination

By Bobby Jamieson | 08.28.2014

Here are a few suggestions for stretching and strengthening pastors’ imaginations.

Leading the Church through Grief of Sin

By Joey Cochran | 08.27.2014

It is appropriate for us to include opportunities to grieve, confess and repent sin in our church’s corporate gathering.

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