Conversion & Its Costs: An Interview with Rosaria Butterfield
By M. Dever, R. Butterfield | 10.31.201620 years ago, Rosaria Butterfield was a tenured English professor, an activist, and a lesbian. Now, she’s a pastor’s wife, a mom, and a Christian. What happened?
25 Years Ago, “Nine Marks” Was Born
By Mark Dever | 10.28.2016On October 30, 1991—25 years ago this Sunday—Mark Dever wrote a letter to a church in Massachusetts. They needed a new pastor and wanted to know what they should be looking for. Mark responded with a list of nine must-haves—a list that has since become known as “nine marks of a healthy church.”
Book Review: Calling on the Name of the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer, by J. Gary Millar
Review by Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 10.14.2016Why pray certain things? Because the Bible tells you to from cover to cover. This book will simplify, motivate, and focus your own prayer life.
Four Biblical Foundations for Contextualization
By Zane Pratt | 07.18.2016The goal of contextualization is not comfort, but clarity.
Church Revitalization: Surviving a Plane Crash
By Mike Christ | 07.14.2016Four years ago, when I began this church revitalization, I believed my main goal would be to preach, pray, and stay, and included in “stay” is to develop personal relationships with people and pour into discipleship. That’s the same advice I’d give now.
The Holy Spirit, Prayer, and Preaching
By David Helm | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.17.2016When we genuinely embrace the conviction of our need for the Spirit, we give ourselves to the work of prayer and the work of preaching.
Reflections on SBC Pastors’ Conference, Monday, June 13, 2016
By Grant Gaines | 06.14.2016Grant Gaines reflects on the Pastor’s Conference at the Southern Baptist Convention.
Book Review: After You Believe, by N. T. Wright
Review by Mike Christ | 06.08.2016Wright majors on the skills one must develop to perform acts of holiness, but misses the relational heart of Christian obedience.
Book Review: Confessing the Faith, by Chad Van Dixhoorn
Review by Eric Beach | 05.25.2016What can a non-Presbyterian learn from the Westminster Confession of Faith?
6 Reasons to Confess Your Faith Corporately
By Gregg R. Allison | 05.19.2016These days, it’s hard to find churches with a strong and public commitment to their confessions of faith. That should change.
Book Review: The Whole Christ, by Sinclair Ferguson
By Paul Alexander | 05.18.2016This book is an instant classic—historical theology at its best.
Don’t Be Like Moses the Pragmatist
By Phil Ryken | 05.05.2016God does not rank preachers by the number of their converts or the size of their churches. Rather, he judges them according to the accuracy of their Bible exposition.
Book Review: Preaching the Whole Counsel of God, by Julius Kim
Review by Paul Alexander | 05.04.2016This book stands out as a simple, reliable guide for faithfulness in the trenches.
Confessions: Old or New?
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.17.2016Should you look for a historic confession that your church will align with, or adopt something written recently—or even write your own?
