Authority: God’s Good and Dangerous Gift
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016Authority is better than you think and worse than you think. It is God’s good and dangerous gift.
GOD'S GOOD GIFT
The Shift from Authority to Preference—And Its Consequences for the Church
By Os Guinness | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016Our modern world tends to undermine all forms of authority other than its own and replaces them with the sense that all responses are merely a matter of preference.
Is There Such a Thing as Church Authority?
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016Here are seven points regarding the keys of the kingdom, and how local churches exercise authority through their use.
What is the Nature of Pastoral Authority? — Perspectives from a Methodist, a Presbyterian, and a Baptist
By B. Merkle, K. DeYoung, M. O'Reilly | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.26.2016We asked three pastors from three different traditions to answer the question: What is the nature of a pastor’s authority?
Delighting in Authority: How to Create a Culture of Happy Complementarians
By Whitney Woollard | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016It’s time for the church to create space in its local assemblies for strong females who happily affirm authority while advocating for more opportunities for women to flourish according to their gifts and qualification.
Is It Self-Serving to Teach on Your Own Authority?
By B. Johnson, J. Yong | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016We asked two pastors the question: Is it self-serving to teach on a pastor’s authority? If not, then how should you do it?
Views of Authority from around the World
By J. Fang, M. Gilbart-Smith, R. Hsu, T. J. Santos Filho | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016We asked three pastors to reflect on how the people of their nation—Brazil, Great Britain, and China—tend to respond to exercised authority.
How a Roman Catholic View of Church Authority Compares to a Protestant View
By Gregg R. Allison | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016What’s the difference between a Protestant understanding of local church authority and a Roman Catholic one?
GOD'S DANGEROUS GIFT
Authority, Not Authoritarian
By Taylor Turkington | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016As a woman deeply thankful for the calling and care of elders, I’d like to offer four questions that may help you recognize if you are drifting into domineering.
Don’t Be a 9Marxist!
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.16.2016Here are fifteen marks that will keep you from being a “9Marxist,” that is, a church leader who abuses their authority.
Authority and Its Abuse
By Shai Linne | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016The greater the degree of authority, the greater the pain inflicted when it is abused. If it’s devastating in the world, how much more so in the church of Jesus Christ?
Redeeming Authority for Those Who’ve Only Known Its Abuse
By Mez McConnell | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016As a pastor who has also suffered abuse, how do I respond to the abused sufferers and anti-authoritarian people in my care in a way that’s biblical, loving, and true to God’s revealed Word?
The Abuse of Authority in Prosperity Gospel Churches
By D. A. Horton | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.21.2016Prosperity gospel churches are seedbeds for abusive authority.
GETTING PRACTICAL
How Scripture’s Authority Shapes What We Do On Sunday Morning
By Brian Davis | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.28.2016How do we decide what to do when we gather together on Sundays? Well, quite simply, we don’t decide. God does—and God has.
The Sword and the Shepherd’s Staff: Reporting Sexual Abuse to the Authorities
By Travis Wussow | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016It is not a pastor’s job to adjudicate the dispute; instead, the pastor’s job is to walk with his people through the implications created by the state’s justice system.
A Pastoral Response to Millennial Autonomy
By Kevin McKay | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 08.15.2016The church gives millennials the joys of intimate relationship and meaning, but not in ways most might naturally think.
A Healthy Church Member Is a Humble Follower
By Thabiti Anyabwile | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016Leadership in the local church is established by God for the blessing of his people. However, for leadership to be effective, it needs to be encouraged and supported by the members of the church.
Church Membership: A Single Woman’s Perspective
By Chelsea Patterson | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016When I first began attending my church, I’d never given much thought to church membership. And if I’m honest, it all sounded a bit dull to me.
How New Elders Earn Authority
By Clint Humfrey | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016How does a new elder earn that informal authority or trust that is crucial to leading a congregation?
On the Authority of a Sending Church
By Ken Caruthers | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016Let’s ensure that missionaries who leave quickly fall under the authority of a Christ-governed healthy church wherever they are.
Thinking Biblically about Authority: An Interview with David Wells
By David Wells | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 03.15.2017What we all need are not more authoritarian preachers but more authoritative sermons.
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