Youth Ministry and the Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
By Walt Mueller | 9Marks Journal: Expressive Individualism in the Church | 03.11.2022Have our youth ministries been complicit in expressive individualism’s cancerous spread within the body of Christ?
When a Pastor’s Child Strays
By David Gough | 01.17.2022I write not as a mere observer or sympathized, but as a father and a pastor who prays for his own wayward children. How desperately I long for them to embrace the faith they were taught.
Confessing the Faith: The Place of Confessions in Church Life
By K. Soltau, M. Short | 9Marks Journal: Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry | 11.24.2021So in 2021, in a largely unchurched and post-Christian European country, why make confessions a regular rhythm in church life?
Editor’s Note: Defending Sound Doctrine Against the Deconstruction of American Evangelicalism
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry | 11.16.2021Jonathan Leeman reflects on the recent and popular project of “deconstructing” evangelicalism.
What the Doctrine of Justification Means for Facebook Fights Among Church Members?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry | 11.16.2021What does sola fide have to do with Facebook squabbles?
What the Doctrine of Man Means for Your Accountability Group
By Caleb Greggsen | 9Marks Journal: Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry | 11.16.2021The usefulness of accountability relationships depends on whether or not you allow the Bible’s instruction about people to inform how you think about such groups.
What the Doctrine of Revelation Means for Our Lord’s Day Gatherings
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry | 11.16.2021What you believe about how God reveals himself to us will impact what kind of church you build.
Friendship: The Foundation of Paul’s Global Ministry
By Caleb Greggsen | 10.25.2021One of Paul’s most consistent values may surprise us: friendship.
On Translating Books and the Great Commission (with Rick Denham, Daniel Henderson and David Adams) | Pastors Talk, Ep. 181
By D. Henderson, D. Adams, R. Denham | 09.28.2021What does translating books have to do with the Great Commission? Jonathan Leeman sat down with three international publishers to talk about that question.
Must Churches Follow Mask Mandates?
By Jonathan Leeman | 09.20.20219Marks doesn’t exist to make any of these judgments for you or your elder board. That’s your job, pastor. But as well as I know how to describe it, these are the principled questions before you.
A Sample Prayer of Corporate Confession
By Blake Boylston | 09.10.2021Does your church regularly confess their sins together? Consider this sample prayer of confession for some direction.
After Withdrawal, Afghan Christians Still Need Your Prayers
By Josh Manley | 09.02.2021In the aftermath of the United States’ withdrawal, brothers and sisters from Afghanistan continue to reach out with requests for prayer. How can you pray for them?
15 Reasons Your Soul Needs Gathered Worship, Not Just a Livestream
By Dane Ortlund | 08.27.2021Here are 15 reflections on all that is lost when we choose to worship from the couch instead of the pew.
A Brief, Personal History of How God May Use Friendships Like Yours
By Alex DiPrima | 08.23.2021Getting to spend your life serving Christ is sweet. Getting to do so with dear friends only makes it sweeter.
Yes, Singing Really Does Change People
By Shai Linne | 9Marks Journal: The Ordinary Means of Grace—Or, Don’t Do Weird Stuff | 07.26.2021When I was converted to Christianity as an adult over twenty years ago, I vividly recall my first Sunday at my mother’s church.
