Book Review: The Art of Turning, by Kevin DeYoung
Review by Sean DeMars | 08.28.2017Christians need to think more clearly about our innate moral calibration mechanism, and I’m confident this little book will help us do just that.
“But A Portion of Our Transgressions”: A Model Prayer of Confession
By Omar Johnson | 08.21.2017If You, O LORD, should mark iniquities, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, through Christ Jesus.
Book Review: Conversion & Discipleship: You Can’t Have One Without the Other, by Bill Hull
Review by Ben Wright | 08.18.2017This book is a mix of both pastoral usefulness and troubling ambiguity.
Healthy churches are an antidote to the prosperity gospel
By Ken Mbugua | 08.17.2017If Africa were filled with healthy churches, the prosperity gospel would not be wrecking us the way that it is now.
What are the greatest needs in missions today?
By J. Mack Stiles | 08.15.2017Three problems facing missions today: —a misunderstanding of the gospel —a misunderstanding of the church —a misunderstanding of the “call”
Christians Should Be Motivated to Minister to Homeless People
By Matthew Spandler-Davison | 08.14.2017Homelessness is always a crisis. But merciful, compassionate, and loving Christians can’t only and always walk the other way.
Movie Review—Luther: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer, by Stephen McCaskell
Review by Nate Keeler | 08.11.2017With the 500th year of the Protestant Reformation upon us we have a unique opportunity to pique the interest of our church members.
How Western Methods Have Affected Missions in India
By Pastor Harshit | 08.04.2017First Five Years is a 9Marks Conference meant to encourage and instruct new pastors. Check out the videos from First Five Years 2017 on our website, or listen to the messages on … keep reading…
Thinking Through the Missionary’s Influence in a New Church
By Scott Williamson | 08.04.2017What role should cross-cultural church planters play in a new church plant?
Book Review: This Changes Everything, by Jaquelle Crowe
Review by Coye Still | 07.26.2017The usefulness of this book stretches beyond its target audience to anyone who is working to communicate the gospel and its implications to teenagers.
Don’t Be a Do-Gooder: Pastoral Reflections on Goodness
By Aaron Menikoff | 07.17.2017We need to grow not only in doing good, but in being good. We need the spiritual fruit of goodness. How can we grow in this?
VIDEO: What’s wrong with evangelistic programs?
By J. Mack Stiles | 07.11.2017The problem with evangelistic programs is that they often make you feel like you’ve done evangelism—when you actually haven’t.
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?
