Church History
Why Should Christians Today Read Jonathan Edwards?
By Jeremy Kimble | 02.01.2018Pastors in particular will benefit from Edwards, as they gain a clearer view of God, settle into a particular and important historical milieu, and consider his wisdom on a vast number of subjects.
Why Calvin Thought Church Discipline is Essential to the Health of the Church
By Matthew Tuininga | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 01.09.2018Why did John Calvin believe church discipline to be essential to the health of the church?
A Historical Survey of Church Discipline
By Jeremy Kimble | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 01.09.2018Throughout church history the practice of church discipline has been largely affirmed, though at certain periods, only sporadically applied.
Book Review: 40 Questions about Membership & Discipline, by Jeremy Kimble
Review by Joshua Fang | 12.07.2017If Western Christians think church membership and discipline are strange and alien ideas, then it’s totally new for churches in China.
Book Review: Seven Leaders, by Iain Murray
Review by Max Benfer | 11.09.2017This is a book about men of conviction, not men of convenience.
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.
The Reformation and the Glory of God
By John Piper | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Our salvation could never be merited so that the entire transaction would culminate soli Deo Gloria—to the glory of God alone.
How the Reformers Rediscovered the Holy Spirit and True Conversion
By Sinclair Ferguson | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017The Reformation featured a rediscovery of the Holy Spirit.
Wise Men are Men, and Truth is Truth
By Brad Littlejohn | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017How do we cope with the legacy of such flawed heroes?
Connecting the Church and the Gospel: A Reformation Perspective
By Michael Horton | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Despite varying emphases of different traditions, the ecclesiological presuppositions of the Reformation reflect distinct convictions concerning the gospel message.
Should Pastors Today Care about the Reformation?
By D. A. Carson | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Pastors devoted to their ministry have so many things to do. So why should they care about the Reformation?
What Role Did Expositional Preaching Play in the Reformation?
By Michael Reeves | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Almost certainly, the most striking practical change at the time of the Reformation was the rise of expository preaching in local churches.
Is the Reformation Just a White Man’s Legacy?: How the Reformation Addresses Social Exploitation
By Mika Edmonson | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017For many Christians, the Reformation has nothing substantial to say to racial and economic injustices. Are they wrong?
The Reformation’s Restoration of the Sacraments
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century restored the gospel to the sacraments and the sacraments to the congregation.
