How Do We Fulfill the Great Commission?
By Mark Dever | 09.05.2018The Great Commission is normally fulfilled through healthy local churches helping to plant other healthy local churches.
H. B. Charles on Baptism & the Lord’s Supper
By H. B. Charles | 08.29.2018Deeper convictions lead to higher praise.
The Burden for Missions Begins at Home
By Mark Dever | 08.08.2018If you treat personal evangelism like an optional add-on to the Christian life, then don’t be surprised when your church’s zeal for missions suffers.
Is the whole Bible really all about Jesus?
By Nick Roark | 08.02.2018In both Old and New Testaments, we read the story of how Christ is rescuing a people from their sins for His everlasting glory.
The Greatest Cure for Pastoral Burnout Is Christ Himself
By Nick Roark | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018May the mighty promises of Christ fuel our faith until, at last, we see him face to face.
A Parable of Endurance from the Mission Field
By Tim Keesee | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Future hope fuels present faithfulness—both in pastoral ministry and on the mission field.
Is Evangelism the Pastor’s Job?
By Mark Dever | 06.14.2018Mark Dever answers the question, “Is evangelism only the responsibility of pastors?”
How to Fail in Your Evangelism
By Mark Dever | 06.04.2018We don’t fail in our evangelism when we faithfully tell the gospel and yet the person is not converted. We fail in our evangelism when we don’t faithfully tell the gospel at all.
You Need More Than a Better You
By Mark Dever | 05.17.2018Mark Dever reflects on the uniquely biblical doctrine of conversion.
Episode 52: On the Sufficiency of Scripture
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.15.2018What do we mean when we say that Scripture is “sufficient”? Does the sufficiency of Scripture have anything to do with pastoral ministry? Does it shackle pastors or does it provide them reassurance?
Expositional Sermons Are a Picture of Salvation
By Mark Dever | 04.25.2018A day is coming when faith will give way to sight, and sermons will be no more. But now, we’re in a different time. Now, we still need to hear God’s Word spoken to us.
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.
