Preaching for the “Home Run”

By Mike McKinley | 08.22.2014

Most sermons are “base hits.” The preacher presents the meaning of the text, teaches and applies it faithfully, and the congregation receives it gladly.

What Is a Local Church?

By Jonathan Leeman | 08.22.2014

It’s the institution which Jesus created and authorized to pronounce the gospel of the kingdom, to affirm gospel professors, to oversee their discipleship, and to expose impostors.

Maybe I Do Want Topical Preaching?

By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014

Dear Mr. Young Expositional Preacher. I am a member of your church. Call me Johnny Average Church Member. First of all, I am very grateful for your commitment to expositional … keep reading…

How to Survive a Cultural Crisis—7 Principles from Mark Dever

With Mark Dever | 08.21.2014

Each nation and age has a unique way to express its depravity, to attack God. But none will succeed any more than the crucifixion succeeded in defeating Jesus.

Book Review: Prepared by Grace, For Grace, by Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley

Review by Kevin Wilkening | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

The Puritan doctrine of preparation underscores the central truth of conversion, which is that God saves guilty sinners by Christ alone.

Book Review: Christ-Centered Preaching, by Bryan Chapell

Review by Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

Those committed to proclaiming God’s Word will find Chapell’s volume accessible, resourceful, and useful.

Book Review: Does God Desire All to Be Saved?, by John Piper

Review by Robbie Hopkins | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

This book offers an important lesson in doing theology: the importance of responsibly grappling with biblical truths that may appear at first blush to be mutually incompatible.

Book Review: Preaching? Simple Teaching on Simply Preaching, by Alec Motyer

Review by Nik Lingle | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

Exhortations to rely on the Holy Spirit permeate the pages of this book.

Book Review: The Crucified King, by Jeremy Treat

Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

The heart of the book is summed up in Augustine’s saying, “He endured death as a lamb; he devoured it as a lion.”

Biblical Theology and the Sexuality Crisis

By Al Mohler | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

Is “transgender” in the concordance?

Biblical Theology and Corporate Worship

By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

Do Old Testament patterns of worship apply to new covenant church gatherings?

Sample Sermon: A Pastor’s Job

By Mike Christ | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

This sermon was preached at Greenbelt Baptist Church in Greenbelt, Maryland on June 29, 2014. We think it’s a commendable example of using biblical theology to instruct and edify a congregation.

Biblical Theology and Gospel Proclamation

By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014

Five biblical strategies to get from any text to the gospel.

Where’d All These Calvinists Come From?

By Mark Dever | 06.18.2014

Two events served to bring to the front of my mind the growing prominence of reformed theology among the young in the American evangelical scene. I was having dinner in … keep reading…

Stop Preaching to “Non-Christians”

By Mike McKinley | 06.12.2014

I hate the word “non-Christian”. Christians use it all the time to describe people who are not Christians.  For example, we might say something like, “I invited my non-Christian neighbor … keep reading…