For the Church Gathered
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How Biblical Theology Guards and Guides Churches
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Right biblical theology offers a trustworthy guide to life in the church, and guards against wrong emphases, wrong expectations, and a wrong gospel.
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Biblical Theology and Gospel Proclamation
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Five biblical strategies to get from any text to the gospel.
Biblical Theology and Counseling
By Michael Emlet | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Where are we? Who are we? What’s wrong? What’s the remedy?
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Biblical Theology and Shepherding
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014How do you know what a pastor’s fundamental role is? Look to Scripture’s story of shepherding.
Sample Sermon: A Pastor’s Job
By Mike Christ | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014This sermon was preached at Greenbelt Baptist Church in Greenbelt, Maryland on June 29, 2014. We think it’s a commendable example of using biblical theology to instruct and edify a congregation.
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Biblical Theology and Corporate Worship
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Do Old Testament patterns of worship apply to new covenant church gatherings?
For the Church Scattered
Biblical Theology and the Sexuality Crisis
By Al Mohler | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Is “transgender” in the concordance?
Biblical Theology and Identity
By Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Here’s what happens when Scripture’s story of sonship tells us who we are.
Biblical Theology and Liberation
By Steven Harris | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Whole-Bible answers to Liberation Theology’s approach to oppression, sin, the Exodus, and more.
Book Reviews
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Book Review: The Crucified King, by Jeremy Treat
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014The heart of the book is summed up in Augustine’s saying, “He endured death as a lamb; he devoured it as a lion.”
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Book Review: Preaching? Simple Teaching on Simply Preaching, by Alec Motyer
Review by Nik Lingle | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Exhortations to rely on the Holy Spirit permeate the pages of this book.
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Book Review: All Things for Good, by Thomas Watson
Review by Joey Cochran | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014All Things For Good was written nearly four centuries ago, but remains as relevant as if it were written yesterday.
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Book Review: Taking God at His Word, by Kevin DeYoung
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 04.07.2014My faith was nourished and deepened by reading this book. Yours will be too.
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Book Review: Does God Desire All to Be Saved?, by John Piper
Review by Robbie Hopkins | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014This book offers an important lesson in doing theology: the importance of responsibly grappling with biblical truths that may appear at first blush to be mutually incompatible.
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Book Review: Effective Staffing for Vital Churches, by Bill Easum and Bill Tenny-Brittian
Review by Isaac Adams | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014This book’s principles are driven more by man’s intuition and tactics than the principles described in God’s Word.
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Book Review: Christ-Centered Preaching, by Bryan Chapell
Review by Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Those committed to proclaiming God’s Word will find Chapell’s volume accessible, resourceful, and useful.
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Book Review: Prepared by Grace, For Grace, by Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley
Review by Kevin Wilkening | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014The Puritan doctrine of preparation underscores the central truth of conversion, which is that God saves guilty sinners by Christ alone.
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