Book Review: Teach Us to Want, by Jen Pollock Michel

Review by Jenny Manley | 02.11.2015

Michel’s book provides a guide for the believer as they figure out what to do with those desires that did not die when placed on a shelf.

Life, Ministry, and Books with Tim Keller—Part 1: Life

By M. Dever, T. Keller | 02.09.2015

Mark Dever interviews Tim Keller about his conversion, what led him to New York City, why the cultural gap between generations has exponentially grown in recent decades, and much more.

Giving and Receiving Godly Criticism: Sharpening Each Other With Your Words

By Garrett Kell | 02.03.2015

God uses his people to speak the truth to one another in love, and this includes critical truth. If you’re missing this element in your discipling relationships, you’re like a shepherd with no rod.

Book Review: The Church Planting Wife, by Christine Hoover

Review by Erin Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 02.02.2015

Both practical and encouraging, The Churching Planting Wife is well worth the time of any wife married to a man pursuing or involved in ministry.

Is The Bible Too Complicated For Those Who Struggle To Read?

By Andy Prime | 01.01.2015

The importance of the perspicuity of the Scriptures is the clarity of the Saviour.

How I Select and Schedule Discipling Relationships 

By Greg Spraul | 12.23.2014

I’m not the Messiah, Jesus is, and I want Jesus to be the main thing for the person I disciple, not me or anyone else.

Book Review: Oprah: The Gospel of An Icon

Review by Jonathan Baer | 12.15.2014

Oproah can—and does—offer promises of temporal salvation, but it fails to deliver anything of enduring value.

Book Review: Women of the Word, by Jen Wilkin

Review by E. Bratcher | 12.09.2014

Of course a Christian woman’s life is very full. But maybe that’s not a good excuse for not digging into the Word in a meaningful way.

Books and Discipleship: A Conversation across Five Continents

By K. Mbugua, M. Dever, M. McConnell, R. Denham | 12.03.2014

Mark Dever interviews four men ministering across four continents: South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Five Tips for Better Public Scripture Readings

By Trent Hunter | 11.17.2014

We need to hear God’s Word, and we need to hear it together.

Is Christianity in Britain in Terminal Decline?

By Mike Gilbart-Smith | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.12.2014

It is far too early to sign the church’s death warrant. Therefore, news of its decline have been greatly exaggerated.

Cultural Opposition: Lie Down, Lean In, Lay Low, or Leave

By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.11.2014

Do we always have to fight to be faithful?

Thank God for . . . Government?

By Bruce Kent | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.04.2014

You honor God by paying your taxes. Did you know the IRS could be an agent of your sanctification?

Book(s) Review: Persecuted & The Global War on Christians

Review by Greg Cochran | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.03.2014

Books like the two reviewed here will help keep Christians aware of the persecution being suffered in the wake of gospel discipleship.

Contemporary America and a Call to Prayer

By John Piper | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 10.31.2014

I appeal to all Christians: Let us move to a new level in our commitment to pray for the outpouring of God’s saving and sanctifying power in our day.