Discipleship
Martin Luther: Reformer of Pastoral Counseling
By Bob Kellemen | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017Luther the pastor and shepherd inspired Luther the reformer.
What Your Church Members Should Know About the Reformation
By Shawn Wright | 9Marks Journal: The Reformation and Your Church | 09.26.2017A brief overview of important, Reformation-related people and events.
What if We Applied “For Better or Worse” to Church Commitment?
By Brett McCracken | 09.22.2017What if we took seriously our “for better or worse, till death do us part” vows in marriage and then applied them to church?
Book Review: The Art of Turning, by Kevin DeYoung
Review by Sean DeMars | 08.28.2017Christians need to think more clearly about our innate moral calibration mechanism, and I’m confident this little book will help us do just that.
Book Review: Conversion & Discipleship: You Can’t Have One Without the Other, by Bill Hull
Review by Ben Wright | 08.18.2017This book is a mix of both pastoral usefulness and troubling ambiguity.
Christians Should Be Motivated to Minister to Homeless People
By Matthew Spandler-Davison | 08.14.2017Homelessness is always a crisis. But merciful, compassionate, and loving Christians can’t only and always walk the other way.
Ministry to Women When There’s No “Women’s Ministry”
By Carrie Russell | 07.31.2017Events and programs aren’t bad. But when we depend on them to do all the work of discipling and relationship-building, we should expect them to eventually fail.
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.
Don’t Be a Do-Gooder: Pastoral Reflections on Goodness
By Aaron Menikoff | 07.17.2017We need to grow not only in doing good, but in being good. We need the spiritual fruit of goodness. How can we grow in this?
VIDEO: How do you raise up leaders in poor communities?
9Marks | 07.13.2017It’s not always a good thing for someone to have their “rough edges” knocked off. A man or woman can have character and rough edges, while still keeping their effectiveness for ministry.
Book Review: Conscience, by Andy Naselli & J. D. Crowley
Review by Paul Alexander | 07.12.2017You should probably read this book, too. But of course, that’s a matter for you to take up with your own conscience.
12 Principles on How to Disagree with Other Christians
By A. Naselli, J. D. Crowley | 07.10.2017It matters how you treat those who disagree with you on disputable matters. When you welcome them as Christ has welcomed you, you glorify God.
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.
Church Mergers and Tolerable Irregularities
By Brad Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017When should two churches merge despite the differences—and when should they stay separate precisely because of their differences?
Church Planters, Make Sure Your People Know You Love Them
By Steve Jennings | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017When laying the foundation for a new plant or revitalization, there’s truly no better advice than this: “Before you do anything else, make sure your people know that you love them.”
