Preaching
Mailbag #65: Distinctly Calvinist Statement of Faith? . . . When An Elder Isn’t “Apt to Teach”
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.20.2017— What should a church include in its Statement of Faith? For example, should a SoF be explicitly Calvinistic? — How should a church handle a situation when it’s been determined an elder isn’t “apt to teach”?
Episode 20: On the Reformation
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Jonathan Leeman interviews Mark Dever on the Reformation and its usefulness for Christians today
The Sunday Before the 95 Theses
By Stephen Nichols | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017I hear there is a friar in the town of Wittenberg, a Brother Martin. Maybe he will help us.
How the Reformers Rediscovered the Holy Spirit and True Conversion
By Sinclair Ferguson | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017The Reformation featured a rediscovery of the Holy Spirit.
What Role Did Expositional Preaching Play in the Reformation?
By Michael Reeves | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Almost certainly, the most striking practical change at the time of the Reformation was the rise of expository preaching in local churches.
Is the Reformation Just a White Man’s Legacy?: How the Reformation Addresses Social Exploitation
By Mika Edmonson | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017For many Christians, the Reformation has nothing substantial to say to racial and economic injustices. Are they wrong?
Book Review: Encountering God Through Expository Preaching, By Orrick, Payne, and Fullerton
Review by Robert Kinney | 09.25.2017If you’re looking for the value of expository preaching beyond simply getting the text right, this book is a good place to start.
Rely on God’s Word, Not on Techniques
By Andy Davis | 09.08.2017If the Word of God isn’t central to a revitalization effort, no genuine, long-lasting transformation will ever occur.
The Priority of Patience, Prayer, and Preaching in Church Planting
By Josh Manley | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017As you patiently “preach and pray, love and stay,” you’ll find that your church has been planted on fertile soil that bears up good and lasting fruit.
How to Do Ministry When You Don’t Have Money
By Brian Davis | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017How do you serve the Lord as a church planter while broke?
What 9Marks Purists Should Know About Church Planting
By Ed Stetzer | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017I love gospel clarity and biblical ecclesiology, but I’m concerned about the anti-practical nature we sometimes see in the 9Marks community.
Book Review: Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century, by Aubrey Malphurs
Review by John Joseph | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017This perspective on what it takes to plant a church is simply overwhelming, and worse than that, it’s not biblical.
Church Mergers and Tolerable Irregularities
By Brad Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017When should two churches merge despite the differences—and when should they stay separate precisely because of their differences?
Planting Churches for Pleasure, Not for Profit
By Nathan Knight | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017What’s needed to plant a church isn’t the wisdom of Jim Collins, but the gospel of Jesus Christ.
How to Merge Two Church Cultures
By Dave Russell | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017In a church merger, you must understand the two existing cultures and lead them to become one. Here are five ways to do that.
