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It’s tough believing that Scripture is enough for building and leading churches. The “old us is continually tempt-ed to build our churches on other things, things we can see and … keep reading…

Allowing the culture determine how we speak and structure our churches—never mind for the moment what we overtly do with our doctrine—is to let the culture determine how we think, … keep reading…

Andy Johnson kicks off this 9Marks eJournal by pointing to the problem of pragmatism in missiology today, which is the primary concern we want to raise. The pseudonymous “Ed Roberts” … keep reading…

Seminaries don’t make pastors, churches do. This issue does not contain the longer, more theological articles that we often include (we will in the future!), but here’s the very simple … keep reading…

Does your theology of children extend beyond whether or not they belong to the covenant and should be baptized as infants? We think that the topics of parenting and families … keep reading…

There’s plenty of material out there on living the Christian life. But there’s not so much, from what we can tell, on living together as a church. To help with … keep reading…

There’s plenty of material out there on living the Christian life. But there’s not so much, from what we can tell, on living together as a church. To help with … keep reading…

Jesus came to deacon (Mark 10:45; Rom. 15:8). So did Paul, Apollos, and Tychicus (1 Cor. 3:5, 6; Eph. 3:7; 6:21; Col. 4:7). And the greatest among us will be … keep reading…

The gospel unites and the gospel divides. Some walls it levels and others it erects. Some temples it destroys and others it builds. But doesn’t it seem like Christians often … keep reading…

Didn’t Jesus say something about the hypocrites who pray on street corners to be heard by men? So why is the 9Marks eJournal printing the corporate prayers of several individuals … keep reading…

Does God call the church to transform the culture? To seek mercy and justice in the city? That’s the question considered in this issue of the 9Marks Journal. It’s easy … keep reading…

Until this world is ended, the gospel will be challenged from places high and low. It will be tweaked and twisted, denounced and denied. And most fundamentally, Christ calls local … keep reading…

Are multi-site congregations good ideas? This special extra long, year-in-the-planning issue is meant to help you think through that question. And to help us, we’ve got professor Gregg Allison and … keep reading…

We call expositional preaching the first mark in a healthy church because we believe if you get that right, the other marks follow. You’ll hear this theme surface again and … keep reading…

Timothy Laniak’s book Shepherds After My Own Heart provides an excellent biblical theology of the shepherding metaphor throughout Scripture (my review of the book in this journal. Gladly stealing the … keep reading…