Join Mark Dever as he interviews church leaders from around the world on topics that will challenge you to be a better leader.
9Marks Leadership Interviews
Understanding the Bible and Ministry
By B. Winter, M. Dever | 01.01.2011New Testament scholar Bruce Winter jumps into the fray over cultural contextualization in ministry, the importance of historical background for interpreting Scripture, and bad contemporary ideas of leadership.
Engaging Your Generation
By M. Dever, M. Chandler | 12.01.2010Matt Chandler discusses his past year, his approach to preaching, and what it takes to engage this generation with the gospel.
Life and Ministry in the Southern Baptist Convention
By D. Akin, M. Dever | 10.29.2010Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Seminary, talks about his conversion, the Great Commission Resurgence, easy believism, what he’s learned from Paige Patterson and Al Mohler, and more.
An Amazing Testimony of God’s Grace
By M. Dever, M. McConnell | 09.30.2010Mez McConnell tells the riveting story of how God rescued him from a life of drugs and violence and sent him to preach the gospel in inner-city Edinburgh, Scotland.
Training Pastors
By D. Jackman, M. Dever | 08.27.2010Can you “make” a preacher or is preaching simply a gift? Find out in this interview with David Jackman, founder of the Cornhill Training Course.
Women, Christianity, and Feminism
By C. McCulley, M. Dever | 08.04.2010Carolyn McCulley discusses feminism, ministering to singles, Christian social action, and what it means to be a “crush catalyst.”
What is the Gospel? (with C.J. Mahaney and Greg Gilbert)
By C. J. Mahaney, G. Gilbert | 06.25.2010The gospel. The cross. The kingdom. The church. Greg Gilbert and C.J. Mahaney discuss all this and more.
The Reformation, Then and Now
By M. Dever, M. Reeves | 05.04.2010Is the Reformation over? Does it matter today? Michael Reeves unpacks the story and theology of the Reformation and exhorts Christians to study the Reformation for the sake of the gospel.
Evangelical Christians and Modern America
By M. Dever, O. Guinness | 04.08.2010Os Guinness explores doubt, evil, modernity, the new atheism, evangelical obsession with the present, and more.
Life and Word-Centered Ministry (with William Taylor)
By M. Dever, W. Taylor | 03.01.2010William Taylor, rector of St. Helen’s in London, discusses good preaching, bad theology, training pastors and more.
The Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Church Membership (with Jonathan Leeman and John Folmar)
By J. Folmar, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.01.2010Mark Dever hosts a roundtable with Jonathan Leeman and John Folmar to discuss God’s love and church membership and Leeman’s new book which considers their connection.
The Story of Matt (with Matt Chandler)
By M. Dever, M. Chandler | 01.01.2010A note from Mark Dever: “This past August, Matt shared an hour with us to talk about his ministry. In light of what has happened to Matt in recent days (cancer diagnosis), we contacted him about publishing this interview. He said he was very happy for us to present it, and that he was continuing to trust in God for the future. As you listen to this interview, thank God for our brother and pray for him.”
Pastoral Ministry and Training (with Phillip Jensen)
By M. Dever, P. Jensen | 12.01.2009Phillip Jensen attacks evangelical assumptions about ministry training, spiritual gifts, and more.
Inspiring Lives (with Iain Murray)
By I. H. Murray, M. Dever | 11.01.2009Iain Murray, one of evangelicalism’s premier biographers, points to several luminaries from church history you might have missed.
Christian Rap (with Shai Linne and Voice)
By C. "Voice" Allen, M. Dever, S. Linne | 10.01.2009Are “Christian” and “rap” mutually exclusive? Hardly. Shai Linne and Voice explain hip hop culture, rap music’s potential for the gospel, and why rap can’t replace preaching.