Preaching for the “Home Run”
By Mike McKinley | 08.22.2014Most 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 | 08.22.2014It’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 | 08.21.2014Dear 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 | 08.21.2014Each 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 | 08.20.2014The 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 | 08.20.2014Those 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 | 08.20.2014This 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 | 08.20.2014Exhortations 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 | 08.20.2014The 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 | 08.20.2014Is “transgender” in the concordance?
Biblical Theology and Corporate Worship
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Do 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 | 08.20.2014This 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 | 08.20.2014Five biblical strategies to get from any text to the gospel.
Where’d All These Calvinists Come From?
By Mark Dever | 06.18.2014Two 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 | 06.12.2014I 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…