Culture
The Loneliness of Church Planting
By John Starke | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017An enchantment with the city isn’t the same as a biblical love for the city, and it won’t sustain you in the long run.
Church Planting across Ethnic Lines
By Joel Kurz | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017When God burdens a preacher for a people group, a neighborhood, or a block, it’s right for that preacher to go and become all things to all people so that he might save some.
The Danger of “Church Shopping”
By Brett McCracken | 06.12.2017When a church becomes less about the demands of Scripture on our lives and more about our demands on the church to fit our preferences, it loses its power to transform us and subvert our idols.
Book Review: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You, by Tony Reinke
Review by Tim Chiang | 05.22.2017Christians have the opportunity to innovate and speak about technology in such a way that points to a greater Creator, and a true Savior.
Race, Political Partisanship, and the Unity of the Church
By C. Woods, I. Adams, J. Leeman, K. DeYoung, R. D. Moore | 04.13.2017A workshop from TGC’s 2017 national conference.
Participants: Jonathan Leeman, Isaac Adams, Curtis Woods, Russell Moore, Kevin DeYoung
Episode 9: On the Use and Abuse of Authority
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.10.2017Authority is God’s good and dangerous gift. Therefore, it’s important for pastors and church leaders to exercise their authority well, and in doing so image God.
Mailbag #58: Does the State or Church Have Authority to Marry; Counsel for Re-Writing Our Constitution
By Jonathan Leeman | 04.07.2017— Who has the authority to marry: the state or the church? — Four brief questions from a pastor who’s rewriting his church’s constitution.
Episode 6: On Pastoring Singles
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.21.2017Jonathan sits down with Mark to ask him questions from our new Journal: Pastoring Singles.
Singleness in Modern Culture
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Vocation and service: two major areas of life that are often neglected in the pulpit, but that help the people of God find purpose and hope in this fallen, often lonely world.
Singleness, Same-Sex Attraction, and the Church: A Conversation with Sam Allberry, Rosaria Butterfield, and Christopher Yuan
By C. Yuan, R. Butterfield, S. Allberry | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Sam Allberry, Rosaria Butterfield, and Christopher Yuan answer questions on same-sex attraction, singleness, and the church.
Redefining Intimacy
By Ed Shaw | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017We live in a society whose only route to true intimacy has become the joy of sex.
Mailbag #56: What Makes a “True” Church?
By Jonathan Leeman | 03.17.2017— Is it okay to tell my church members, “You should never vote for a pro-abortion candidate”? — Would you say churches that don’t practice membership or discipline are not true churches?
Thinking Biblically about Authority: An Interview with David Wells
By David Wells | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 03.15.2017What we all need are not more authoritarian preachers but more authoritative sermons.
Episode 5: On Political Disagreements in the Church
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 03.14.2017We live in politically contentious times. Jonathan Leeman sat down with Mark Dever to chat about how to pastor people faithfully amidst political disagreement.
Episode 2: On Pastoring in the Age of Social Media
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.21.2017A mere ten years ago, social media didn’t exist. Now it’s everywhere. Jonathan Leeman sits down with Mark Dever to chat about the difficulties of pastoring in the age of social media.
