Culture
Views of Authority from around the World
By J. Fang, M. Gilbart-Smith, R. Hsu, T. J. Santos Filho | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016We asked three pastors to reflect on how the people of their nation—Brazil, Great Britain, and China—tend to respond to exercised authority.
Week 5—What Christians Should Do For Government: Engage with “Convictional Kindness”
By J. Leeman, N. Rodriguez | 09.26.2016The truce between evangelical and Enlightenment thinking seems to be coming to an end. What does that mean for how a Christian engages in the public square?
Week 4—What Christians Should Do For Government: Be the Church Apart
By Jonathan Leeman | 09.20.2016How should we as individual Christians and church members relate to the public square?
Week 3—What Christians Should Do For Government: Be the Church Together
By Jonathan Leeman | 09.14.2016The most important thing for the church to do politically is to be the church.
Week 2—What Christians Should Do For Government: Obey Scripture, Get Wisdom
By Jonathan Leeman | 09.07.2016The question we’re interested in today is, how should we use the Bible in politics?
Week 1—What Christians Should Do For Government: Love Your Nation, People, or Tribe
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.30.2016What does “rendering to Caesar what is Caesar’s” mean in a twenty-first century, democratic context?
12 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Posting Something Online
By Mark Dever | 08.29.2016Remember, you will give an account for every word you type (Mt 12:36). Does saying things at a “safe distance” from people tempt us to say things we wouldn’t say to their face?
A Pastoral Response to Millennial Autonomy
By Kevin McKay | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 08.15.2016The church gives millennials the joys of intimate relationship and meaning, but not in ways most might naturally think.
God, Politics, and Other Easy Topics—A Conversation with Russell Moore and Mark Dever
By J. Leeman, M. Dever, P. Bethancourt, R. D. Moore | 07.18.2016Russell Moore and Mark Dever sit down at this year’s SBC to chat about God, Politics, and Other Easy Topics.
Praying as a Church for the World and Your City
By Phil Ryken | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.21.2016If God rules over kingdoms, then kingdoms are our concern, and we should discipline ourselves to pray both for the world in general and our cities in particular.
Book Review: Messy Grace, by Caleb Kaltenbach
Review by Jackie Hill-Perry | 04.11.2016Messy Grace was a deeply encouraging, inspiring, and convicting read.
How Our Church Has Found a Marriage Policy to be Useful
By Nick Gatzke | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.09.2016In the life of a church, we create policies to help guide us to practices that help our people. May our marriage policies do just that.
Book Review: Openness Unhindered, by Rosaria Butterfield
Review by Mike Christ | 01.13.2016To those in our churches tempted by same-sex attraction, we must say more than “Just stop it!” and “It’s wrong.”
Book Review: The 3-D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures, by Jason Georges
Review by Jeremy Yong | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.21.2015Jason Georges, The 3-D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Culture. 3D Gospel, 2014, 82 pages. $8.99. I am a pastor who grew up in an honor-shame culture, so the … keep reading…
Take Your Job Overseas—Introducing Business for Missions
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal | 12.16.2015Your ordinary vocational gifts and talents might be a treasure to a congregation in Malaysia or London or Istanbul or Dubai.
