The Gospel
Why Are Young Blacks Leaving the Church?
By Tony Carter | 10.16.2014The world needs a church that knows that Satan does not mind it embracing the implications of Christ as long as it does not embrace and thus proclaim Christ himself.
Book Review: Ordinary, by Michael Horton
Review by Dallas Goebel | 10.15.2014God has given us some very ordinary means of grace through which he will do some extraordinary things.
Book Review: Homespun Gospel, by Todd Brenneman
Review by Matt McCullough | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 10.13.2014This book criticizes Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, and Max Lucado for their sentimentality. Is the critique convincing?
Book Review: Renaissance, by Os Guinness
Review by Zach Schlegel | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 10.06.2014The decline of the church in the West calls for a hope-filled and humble response.
Definitions: Gospel and Persuade
By J. Mack Stiles | 09.19.2014The gospel is the joyful message from God that leads us to salvation.
Book Review: Big God, by Orlando Saer
Review by William Wolfe | 08.28.2014Does the idea of a God who is in complete control, yet chooses to act through our free actions, paralyze or empower you to make decisions?
What Faith Isn’t and Is
By Ross Sawyers | 08.22.2014Real saving faith is repentance and trust in Jesus Christ as a living person for forgiveness of sins and eternal life with God.
“Is There a Holy Spirit?”
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.22.2014You could put it like this: if there were no Holy Spirit, would your ministry work just as well?
Does Hebrews Tell Us to Move On from the Gospel?
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.21.2014The author of Hebrews doesn’t move on from the gospel; he moves deeper into the gospel.
Gospel-Centrality: A Warning and a Recommendation
By Bobby Jamieson | 08.21.2014Don’t let your gospel-centrality become gospel reductionism.
The Gospel: Not News or Story but News Story
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014A lot of conversations about the gospel in recent years seem to go back to whether the gospel is a proposition or a story. Several years ago, I kept hearing … keep reading…
Book Review: Prepared by Grace, For Grace, by Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley
Review by Kevin Wilkening | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014The Puritan doctrine of preparation underscores the central truth of conversion, which is that God saves guilty sinners by Christ alone.
Book Review: Christ-Centered Preaching, by Bryan Chapell
Review by Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Those committed to proclaiming God’s Word will find Chapell’s volume accessible, resourceful, and useful.
Book Review: Does God Desire All to Be Saved?, by John Piper
Review by Robbie Hopkins | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014This book offers an important lesson in doing theology: the importance of responsibly grappling with biblical truths that may appear at first blush to be mutually incompatible.
Book Review: All Things for Good, by Thomas Watson
Review by Joey Cochran | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014All Things For Good was written nearly four centuries ago, but remains as relevant as if it were written yesterday.