Four Biblical Foundations for Contextualization
By Zane Pratt | 07.18.2016The goal of contextualization is not comfort, but clarity.
The Recent Shootings and What to Say This Sunday
By Brian Davis | 07.08.2016Your people need to know how the gospel applies to both the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile situations and the long dark tradition of racial injustice, as well as how it applies to retaliatory violence
Reflections on SBC Pastors’ Conference, Monday, June 13, 2016
By Grant Gaines | 06.14.2016Grant Gaines reflects on the Pastor’s Conference at the Southern Baptist Convention.
Book Review: The Whole Christ, by Sinclair Ferguson
By Paul Alexander | 05.18.2016This book is an instant classic—historical theology at its best.
Churches in Madagascar: Growing Deeper and Wider
By Tim Cantrell | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 04.27.2016Please join me in rejoicing at how God’s Word is at work in Madagascar, and also in praying for the spread of his Word in that needy place.
Should You Stay or Go?
By Mark Dever | 04.26.2016Is the point of all this to say that some of you should leave your churches? Kind of. Some should go to help struggling churches. Some should plant new ones. Some should go overseas. And some should stay.
Book Review: Fool’s Talk, by Os Guinness
Review by Erik Raymond | 03.29.2016Far too often, we engage in apologetics to win arguments rather than to win hearts. This book corrects that wrong impulse.
Lessons for Fools: Mark Dever Asks Os Guinness about His New Evangelism Book
By M. Dever, O. Guinness | 03.08.2016Christians should be persuasive, and with his new book Fool’s Talk, Os Guinness offers a comprehensive presentation of the art and power of creative and distinctly Christian persuasion.
How should this desire to be persuasive affect our evangelism? Does God expect us to know the answers to every question? And how can we do this while remaining humble, recognizing that salvation is all of grace?
For our most recent 9Marks interview, Mark Dever sits down with Guinness to talk with him about these questions and more. We hope you’ll find it useful.
Who Is Jesus?
By Greg GilbertA famed historian once noted that, regardless of what you think of him personally, Jesus Christ stands as the central figure in the history of Western civilization. A man violently … keep reading…
Who Is Jesus? (Study Guide)
By A. Duke, G. GilbertBoth Christians and non-Christians must reckon with the answer to this simple question. This study guide, a companion to Greg Gilbert’s book Who Is Jesus?, invites readers to reflect on Jesus’s … keep reading…
Who Is Jesus? (Tracts)
By Greg GilbertWho Is Jesus? explains why Jesus was so extraordinary, and how his life and death can provide salvation for those who believe in him.
How Your Understanding of Conversion Impacts Your Ministry
By Jonathan Leeman | 02.17.2016Your doctrine of conversion will push or drive—like an engine—your ministerial practices in this direction or that.
Book Review: Honest Evangelism, by Rico Tice
Review by Austin Suter | 02.04.2016Evangelism is hard. This book should help.
What Is the Gospel?
By Greg GilbertWhat is the gospel? It seems like a simple question, yet it has been known to incite some heated responses, even in the church. How are we to formulate a … keep reading…
What Is the Gospel? (Tracts)
By Greg GilbertAdapted from Greg Gilbert’s book What Is the Gospel?, this tract uses evidence from the Bible to provide answers to the most commonly asked questions about Jesus Christ.
