Unbelief in an Elder’s Children — Practice
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 02.26.2010Can you envision a scenario in which your child’s unbelief would disqualify you?
Caring for the Pastor: The Sabbatical
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010The role of pastor-preacher, if done faithfully, is one of the most taxing jobs in the world.
Is Congregationalism a Democracy?
By Paul Alexander | 02.26.2010Is congregationalism a democracy? There are some striking resemblances, but the biblical answer is no.
Disagreements and Differences Among Elders
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010What do you do when you struggle to get along with a fellow elder?
Ninth Mark of a Healthy Church Member — Follows Leadership
By Thabiti Anyabwile | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010Church members are the people who generally make or break a local church.
Seminary Smarties — Now Showing At A Website Near You
By Bill Mounce | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010As we know, the one qualification that separates elders from other roles in the church is that they be “able to teach” (1 Tim. 3:2).
Lessons in Shepherding 3: The Gospels
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010To say that Jesus is the shepherd of his flock is to say that he’s a ruler.
Lessons in Shepherding 2: Jeremiah and Ezekiel
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010
Lessons in Shepherding 4: Acts, 1 Peter, and Revelation
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010Why must an elder pay close attention to himself? Isn’t that selfish? No. It’s responsible.
Lessons in Shepherding 1: God, Moses and David
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010The man who is a shepherd of God’s people must know that he is a guardian of God’s fame, a fact in which he should find tremendous confidence.
What I Can and Cannot Live With as a Pastor
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010Something can be true, yet we can decide as pastors that our congregations are not ready to act tomorrow in a way they might be ready to act in a year.
The Church as Classroom: The History of Master’s Seminary
By Nathan Busenitz | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Churches need seminaries and seminaries need churches.
Should Pastors Change Anything in the First Year?
By Phillip Jensen | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010We should not leave the sheep where we found them. That would be a dereliction of duty.
Is This a Hill Worth Dying On?
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010How do you know which issues are essential and which are not? Which hill are you willing to die on?
How Do Pastors Raise Up Pastors?
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Future pastors aren’t built in a day.
