Mailbag #66: Is Preaching Necessary on the Mission Field? . . . Is “Closed Communion” Biblical?
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.27.2017— Is preaching required in missionary contexts, or do Bible studies suffice? — “Closed communion” seems exclusive and arrogant. Is it in the Bible?
4 Myths that Keep College Students from Joining a Church
By Jim Davis | 10.19.2017Do you want to faithfully follow Christ during your college years? Then join a church.
Episode 23: On Polity and Discipleship
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 10.17.2017Does church order really have anything to do with discipleship? Isn’t one polity—presbyterian, congregational, etc.—just as good as another?
Mailbag #64: How to Honor Exasperating Parents; Responding to an Excommunicated Member
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.13.2017— How should adult children respond to the unrealistic demands of their parents? — An excommunicated member continues to come and participate in the Lord’s Supper. What should we do?
Mailbag #63: How to Love Wayward Children; Is Plural Eldership Required or Encouraged?
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.06.2017— How should we treat our 18-year-old daughter’s relationship with her girlfriend? How do we love them without condoning their sin? — Should all churches have a plurality of elders, or are there some churches that simply cannot have a plurality of elders?
Book Review: Uncomfortable, by Brett McCracken
Review by Shane Williamson | 10.05.2017This book’s ecclesial-shaped Christianity is utterly necessary for the church today.
How Your Church’s Polity Affects Your Church’s Members
By Mark Dever | 10.03.20179Marks, the North American Mission Board, and Send DC partnered together for a one-day conference on church planting and revitalization in Washington, DC. The focus of the conference was “Understanding … keep reading…
Care for All the Flock – An Exposition of Acts 20:28
By Brian Davis | 10.03.20179Marks, the North American Mission Board, and Send DC partnered together for a one-day conference on church planting and revitalization in Washington, DC. The focus of the conference was “Understanding … keep reading…
Episode 20: On the Reformation
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Jonathan Leeman interviews Mark Dever on the Reformation and its usefulness for Christians today
The Sunday Before the 95 Theses
By Stephen Nichols | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017I hear there is a friar in the town of Wittenberg, a Brother Martin. Maybe he will help us.
Two Views on Church Discipline: Protestant vs. Roman Catholic
By Jeremy Kimble | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017How does a Protestant understanding of church discipline differ from Roman Catholicism’s?
Two Views on Church Authority: Protestant vs. Roman Catholic
By Gregg R. Allison | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Think of a three-legged stool. Now imaginatively label one of those legs “Scripture,” label the second leg “Tradition,” and label the third leg “Magisterium.”
Book Review: Church Order in the New Testament, by Eduard Schweizer
Review by Simeon Williams | 09.11.2017Schweizer’s arguments for a perpetually developing polity are unpersuasive because they depend on faulty arguments regarding differences among the apostles.
What do baptism and the Lord’s Supper have to do with the corporate gathering?
By Juan Sanchez | 08.29.2017Baptism implies the local church gathering. It’s an act in which both the church *and* the new believer participate.
VIDEO: Should every Christian be a member of a local church?
By Aaron Menikoff | 07.20.2017Should every Christian be a member of a local church?
