Book Review: Searching for Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans

Review by Ray Ortlund | 04.28.2015

I am not confident that, if I took this book to heart and swallowed its Christianity whole, I would be ready to stand before God on that great and final day.

Dear New Seminarian . . . Sincerely, Your Anglican Brother

By Sam Allberry | 04.23.2015

These years in seminary will provide what may be the greatest opportunity to read that you’ll ever get.

Dear New Seminarian . . . Sincerely, Your Baptist Brother

By Matthew J. Hall | 04.22.2015

It seems virtually impossible to single out a handful of books from two millennia of Christian history for you. But you’ll find this sort of list to be commonplace among types like us.

Dear New Seminarian . . . Sincerely, Your Presbyterian Brother

By Guy Prentiss Waters | 04.21.2015

To get the most from seminary you should prepare by reading good books that will do two things for you—lay a good foundation for your studies in the classroom, and lay a good foundation for gospel ministry.

First Five Years 2015

By B. Jamieson, E. Aponte, G. Kell, J. Yong, J. Onwuchekwa, J. Worsley, K. Mbugua, M. Dever, P. Harshit, S. Linne, T. Lee | 04.20.2015

First Five Years was a 9Marks Conference to encourage and instruct new pastors. If you are new in your ministry—perhaps in preparation, or in the first years of a church plant, or in your first church, or just beginning your pastorate in a new place—this conference is meant to equip you.

Book Review: Expository Listening, by Ken Ramey

Review by Aaron Menikoff | 04.16.2015

It’s hard to sit down and listen to an hour-long sermon when you spend your day flipping from the smart phone to the iPad to the big screen.

A Brief History of Complementarian Literature

By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.19.2015

Just as the Reformation constituted a mighty preaching and writing engine, so evangelical complementarianism has produced many millions of words that have revived and strengthened God’s church.

Complementarianism as a Worldview 

By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.19.2015

Complementarianism has explanatory power on a range of major, life-shaping matters. But more than this, it has apologetic power, both in the living of this doctrine, and the speaking.

Introducing the 9Marks Mailbag

By A. Duke, J. Leeman | 03.04.2015

Introducing a new feature on the 9Marks site.

Life, Ministry, and Books with Tim Keller—Part 3: Books

By M. Dever, T. Keller | 02.25.2015

In the last of a three-part interview,* Mark Dever interviews Tim Keller about his book-writing ministry, how he attempts to confront a secular audience with the gospel, and more.

Book Review: God’s Design for Man and Woman, by Andreas and Margaret Köstenberger

Review by David Schrock | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 02.23.2015

In the last three decades there has not been a comprehensive and scholarly biblical theology of manhood and womanhood. Until now.

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.

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.

Book Review: The Heart Is the Target, by Murray Capill

Review by David Sunday | 12.29.2014

Every preacher should read at least one stimulating book on preaching per year. If this one became your choice in 2015, your church would be well-served and grateful.

Book Review: Hand in Hand, by Randy Alcorn

Review by Jason Helopoulos | 12.11.2014

If nothing else, this book is a needed correction for angry Arminians and cranky Calvinists.