Book Review: Sunday Matters, by Paul David Tripp
Review by Mark Redfern | 05.06.2024The Bible assumes that Christians will need encouragement to go to church.
Book Review: The Church, by Erin Wheeler
By Rachel Ware | 04.29.2024Erin Wheeler does a wonderful job of both defending the doctrine of the church and describing its beauty.
Visible Grace in Disagreements
By Caleb Batchelor | 03.06.2024Does the tone of your disagreements sound more like the intercessions of Jesus or the accusations of Satan?
Book Review: Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Review by Brad Littlejohn | 01.16.2024Whatever may be happening in the world around us, Bonhoeffer reminds that the day-to-day burdens and conflicts of Christian community should remain our top priority.
When Did Multiple Services Begin?
By Caleb Morell | 12.20.2023Before adopting a new practice, churches should always ask: what impact would this have on the church if continued indefinitely?
Black and White Church Catholicity
By Bobby Scott | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023How can predominantly white and black churches work together without compromising the convictions of each?
Why Racist Churches Are Anti-Catholic
By M. Y. Emerson, R. Lucas Stamps | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023Racism is a direct affront to Scripture, to the gospel, and to the Nicene Christianity that follows from them.
The Beauty and Power of Catholicity in Politically Charged Times
By Collin Hansen | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023Jesus commands his followers to love their enemies. In our politically charged times, that’s when the world sees the beauty and power of the gospel.
What Catholicity Requires: Tightly Held Beliefs and Big Hearts
By Scott Logsdon | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023How do we partner well with others when our convictions don’t align?
“Very Sweet Honey”: Basil of Caesarea’s Friendship with Syrian Christian Eusebius of Samosata
By Michael A. G. Haykin | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.27.2023Eusebius’s friendship with Basil of Caesarea during the doctrinal watershed of the 370s is of vital importance and should be remembered in any account of the Cappadocian theologian’s formulation of the Holy Spirit’s deity.
How to Use Prayer Meetings to Promote Catholicity
By Ben Lacey | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.13.2023Use your prayer meeting to help create Great Commission culture in your church, a culture that puts competition to death and extends friendship, hospitality, and generosity to other churches.
Book Review: Boundaries, by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
Review by Bob Johnson | 11.10.2023While ‘Boundaries’ has some helpful counsel, its application soon embodies the old adage “if you give a boy a hammer, the whole world becomes a nail.”
Book Review: Gathered Together, by Karl Deenick
Review by Mark Redfern | 10.20.2023‘Gathered Together’ will reintroduce you to God’s glorious vision for his church and “stir you up by way of reminder.”
Cooperating Under Persecution
By Paul Plantinga | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 10.10.2023I see a strong and growing catholicity among persecuted churches in China that churches in freer environments could learn from.
What Is Catholicity and What Does It Require?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 09.29.2023What do our churches mean by “catholic” when we recite the Nicene creed (381) and declare our belief in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church?
