Mailbag #58: Does the State or Church Have Authority to Marry; Counsel for Re-Writing Our Constitution
By Jonathan Leeman | 04.07.2017— Who has the authority to marry: the state or the church? — Four brief questions from a pastor who’s rewriting his church’s constitution.
Pursuing Contentment through Your Ordinary Local Church
By Erik Raymond | 04.06.2017Your church has a primary role in your personal pursuit of contentment. Does this surprise you?
7 Dos and Don’ts of Discipling Singles
By Whitney Woollard | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.22.2017Here are seven simple things we can do—and not do!—so singles in our midst know we love them and respect them as fellow image-bearers of God.
Episode 6: On Pastoring Singles
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.21.2017Jonathan sits down with Mark to ask him questions from our new Journal: Pastoring Singles.
Singleness in Modern Culture
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Vocation and service: two major areas of life that are often neglected in the pulpit, but that help the people of God find purpose and hope in this fallen, often lonely world.
Diagnostic Questions for Ministering to Singles
By Mary Willson | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017As you are preaching through the Scriptures and thinking about applying the text, you might consider whether your text addresses questions like these.
Folding Singles into Family in the Life of the Church
By Sean DeMars | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017How are the families in your church are doing at loving single people? Do they strive to fold single people into their lives?
Using the Holidays to Host Singles
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Here are a few comments intended to encourage you to fold single-adult friends into your special family events.
Singleness, Same-Sex Attraction, and the Church: A Conversation with Sam Allberry, Rosaria Butterfield, and Christopher Yuan
By C. Yuan, R. Butterfield, S. Allberry | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Sam Allberry, Rosaria Butterfield, and Christopher Yuan answer questions on same-sex attraction, singleness, and the church.
Redefining Intimacy
By Ed Shaw | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017We live in a society whose only route to true intimacy has become the joy of sex.
Reforming College Dating through Discipleship
By Allen Duty | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Older men in the church can help college men develop a God-honoring approach to dating by encouraging them to imitate godly examples, embrace biblical values, and involve the church.
Sunday School Curriculum: Singleness and Courtship
By 9Marks | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.19.2017Capitol Hill Baptist Church offers a 13-week Sunday School course on singleness and courtship for free on its website. You can find all the manuscripts here.
Mailbag #56: Voting for a Pro-Choice Candidate; What Makes a “True” Church?
By Jonathan Leeman | 03.17.2017— Is it okay to tell my church members, “You should never vote for a pro-abortion candidate”? — Would you say churches that don’t practice membership or discipline are not true churches?
Episode 5: On Political Disagreements in the Church
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 03.14.2017We live in politically contentious times. Jonathan Leeman sat down with Mark Dever to chat about how to pastor people faithfully amidst political disagreement.
Episode 2: On Pastoring in the Age of Social Media
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.21.2017A mere ten years ago, social media didn’t exist. Now it’s everywhere. Jonathan Leeman sits down with Mark Dever to chat about the difficulties of pastoring in the age of social media.
