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“I Was Burnt Out—And I Stayed In”
By Ed Moore | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018I arrived at my current church in July of 1992, and for a solid decade our business meetings were marked by love, unity, and good-natured, corny humor. But then everything fell apart.
When Your Husband Is Burnt Out
By Anna Moore | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Perhaps you’re just beginning your journey as a pastor’s wife. Perhaps you’ve been one far longer than me. Whatever the case, remember and rejoice in the gospel. Draw near to Christ. He, above all, will sustain you and restore your joy.
Book Review: The Gospel Comes with a House Key, by Rosaria Butterfield
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 07.13.2018Long story short, non-Christians unlikely to walk under a steeple may very well walk over your threshold, if only you’d invite them inside.
Mailbag #64: How to Honor Exasperating Parents; Responding to an Excommunicated Member
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.13.2017— How should adult children respond to the unrealistic demands of their parents? — An excommunicated member continues to come and participate in the Lord’s Supper. What should we do?
Mailbag #63: How to Love Wayward Children; Is Plural Eldership Required or Encouraged?
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.06.2017— How should we treat our 18-year-old daughter’s relationship with her girlfriend? How do we love them without condoning their sin? — Should all churches have a plurality of elders, or are there some churches that simply cannot have a plurality of elders?
4 Lies that Cause Pastors to Neglect their Families
By Jaime Owens | 08.25.2017Among young pastors and church planters, there’s no less than a deluge of pressure to give every waking moment to our churches, to the neglect of our families. But brothers, it should never be so.
Book Review: This Changes Everything, by Jaquelle Crowe
Review by Coye Still | 07.26.2017The usefulness of this book stretches beyond its target audience to anyone who is working to communicate the gospel and its implications to teenagers.
The Blessings and Burdens of A Church Planter’s Wife
By Gloria Furman | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017There’s no way a finite heart can hold all the things a church planting wife will face in life and ministry. But Christ can, he does, and he will.
Mailbag #61: Does God Want Some Churches to Die; A Question about a Non-Intimate Marriage
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.05.2017— Does God want some churches to die, regardless of how faithful the leaders are? — How would you counsel a couple where the husband views pornography because the wife has no interest in sexual relations, but is still upset by his actions?
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.
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.
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.
Can a Single Person Fully Image God?
By Stephen J. Wellum | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.20.2017Human marriage is vitally important, but it’s not permanent nor is it the only place where humans fully image God.
Can Christians Marry Non-Christians?: A Biblical Theology
By Mike Gilbart-Smith | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Singles | 03.13.2017When you’re married to a non-Christian, you sing: “I want this song to be about Jesus,” while your spouse sings, “It’s just you and me.” There can be no ultimate harmony.
Mailbag #53: Women Voting in Congregational Meetings; Pastoral Oversight and Youth Ministry
By Jonathan Leeman | 02.24.2017— Does women voting in congregational gatherings violate 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 14? — How should children’s ministry relate to pastoral oversight?
