Cooperative Ministry in the New Testament
By Chad Brand | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013Share, help, support, send—New Testament churches cooperated in all these ways and more. We should too.
Testing the Glue that Binds Churches Together
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013In an allegedly post-denominational age, what binds churches together? Does that glue work?
A Church and Churches: Integration
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013Local churches have the same Christ, same confession, and same commission. Here are ten practical implications of these connections.
A Church and Churches: Independence
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013To understand how local churches relate to each other we first need to ask, who holds the keys?
Character
By Sharon DickensHow Do I Change? So, you’ve heard the Gospel, you’ve accepted Jesus as your Saviour, you’re going to church regularly – you’re definitely a Christian, but you don’t feel like … keep reading…
Book Review: Sensing Jesus: Life and Ministry as a Human Being, by Zack Eswine
Review by Kevin Wilkening | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 04.17.2013This book reminds you that you are not God, and yet you are gloriously human—just what God created you to be.
Training
By Isaac AdamsHow Do I Grow as a Christian? The Christian life is many things, so it can be hard to know how exactly we should live it. Training is a guide to show … keep reading…
Book Review: The Creedal Imperative, by Carl Trueman
Review by Peter Hess | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 03.22.2013Trueman demonstrates both the value of creeds and confessions for the life of the local church and the serious consequences that follow if we refuse to make our doctrinal beliefs explicit in writing.
Resources on Work
9Marks | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 03.13.2013A few practical resources for pastoring Christians for the workplace: A six-week Sunday School Class on Christians in the Workplace from Capitol Hill Baptist Church A five-week Sunday School Class … keep reading…
Book Review: Church Transfusion, by Neil Cole and Phil Helfer
Review by Todd Pruitt | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 03.08.2013I know the authors mean well, but the church does not need more doctrinal ambivalence and suspicion of preaching to carry on faithfully in the world.
Book Review: How the Church Fails Businesspeople, by John Knapp
Review by Nik Lingle | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 03.08.2013This book would be a good starting point for pastors wrestling with how to equip their people to live as disciples of Jesus around the clock.
Businessperson, Help your Pastor Build Trellises
By Sebastian Traeger | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 03.08.2013It is easy for businesspeople in a church to feel misunderstood and underutilized. But this businessman advises, ask not what your church can do for you, but what you can do for your church.
Pastor, Teach Your Businesspeople to Tend the Vine
By Sebastian Traeger | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 03.08.2013Pastors and businesspeople bring different gifts to bear for the body. One way pastors can help businesspeople thrive in church is by teaching them to disciple.
7 Things Pastors Should Teach Those in the Marketplace
By Lukas Naugle | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 03.08.2013The marketplace can seem dizzyingly diverse, yet it’s where many church members spend most of their time. What should pastors teach them?
What Makes Work “Christian”?
By J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 03.08.2013Scripture teaches us how to serve God through our work, not just after work. Here are five features of what that looks like.