Episode 49: On How the Nations Rage
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.24.2018In this episode, Mark chats with Jonathan about his new book How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith & Politics in a Divided Age.
Why There’s No Such Thing as African Christianity
By Conrad Mbewe | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as African Christianity or Asian Christianity or Western Christianity. The Christian faith is one, and it’s portrayed for us as such in the Scriptures.
Just A Spoonful Of Wilberforce
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018We should tell the stories of successful Christian social advocates. But we should also tell the “unsuccessful” stories too, and explain how so many “unsuccessful” heroes pleased God through their faithfulness.
American Civil Religion and the Gospel Aren’t the Same Thing
By John D. Wilsey | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Civil religion, when it remains unevaluated and unchecked by the Word of God, can easily run amok. It can present the nation as God, as the savior of the world, as the last best hope on earth.
The Church’s Most Powerful Political Word: The Gospel
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Our gospel, the gospel of justification by faith alone, is profoundly political. It creates a new body politic, one where there’s no boasting. And it sends us as ambassadors with a message of peace for all who would look to King Jesus and live.
How the State Serves Both Salvation and Religious Freedom
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Don’t put too much hope in government. But don’t give up on it either. Churches need good governments.
Episode 46: On Biblical Theology (with Nick Roark)
By J. Leeman, M. Dever, N. Roark | 04.03.2018In this episode, Mark and Jonathan sit down with Nick Roark, a pastor and the author of the new book Biblical Theology: How the Church Faithfully Teaches the Gospel.
Are “Altar Calls” a Good Idea?
By Mark Dever | 03.22.2018When a Christian minister preaches the gospel, there has to be an invitation. But that invitation is a call to repent and believe—not to physically relocate your body at the end of the service. — Mark Dever
Book Review: Perfect Sinners, by Matt Fuller
Review by Tim Chapman | 03.15.2018Too many believers feel too often as though we’re living life on trial before God, uncertain of his verdict on us. This book should help Christians realize that’s not the case.
How Charles Spurgeon Pastored Fellow Suffering Christians
By Michael Reeves | 03.08.2018When pastoring the suffering and depressed, Spurgeon seemed most often to have focused people on Christ crucified as the Man of Sorrows.
The Great Commission Needs the Church
By Mark Dever | 03.07.2018Mark Dever talks about the necessary connection between the local church and the Great Commission.
The Foolish Quest for a “Silver Bullet” in Global Missions
By Steve Jennings | 03.02.2018We’ve gone mad trying to unlock what everyone since the days of the apostles hasn’t discovered yet: the perfect formula for explosive, exponential kingdom growth.
What Should I Do When I’m Doubting My Salvation?
By Mark Dever | 02.28.2018Mark Dever answers this important question.
What is Expositional Preaching?
By Mark Dever | 02.27.2018A talk delivered at the 9Marks at Midwestern conference.
Evangelism Involves No Manipulation
By Mark Dever | 02.15.2018Mark Dever explains how true evangelism has nothing to do with coercion or manipulation.
