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Religion & Spirituality
The church is political. Theologians have been debating this claim for years. Liberationists, Anabaptists, Augustinians, neo-Calvinists, Radical Orthodox and others continue to discuss the matter. What do we mean by... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Many churches are switching to the multisite or multiservice models to manage crowded sanctuaries due to growing attendance. This solution seems sensible in the short term, but too often churches adopt this model without... See More
Religion & Spirituality
How can the church move forward in unity amid such political strife and cultural contention? As Christians, we've felt pushed to the outskirts of national public life, yet even within our congregations we are divided about... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Who leads a church? Why is this important to God?God cares about his glory, and he means to display his glory through the church. For this very end, God has established elders and deacons, members, and congregational... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Church membership is not just a status, it's an office. Leaders shouldn't fire members from the responsibilities given to them by Jesus -- they should train them! When members are trained, the church grows in holiness and... See More
Religion & Spirituality
It's a question hundreds of pastors ask every day:What is the best way to grow? A lot of books give a lot of answers, but the best one comes from Scripture. Word-Centered Church brings that answer into sharp focus. Written... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Congregational authority is less about the meetings and more about the mission. Congregationalism has a bad rap for well-known reasons: inefficient meetings, upstart members, browbeaten ministers. But biblical... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Everyone is looking for power. Political campaigns play to the power of fear and hope; advertising agencies rely on the power of appetite, both wielding power by the means of words. But churches have something different and... See More
God Is Love vs. Love Is God Our culture's view of love -- with no boundaries or judgments or conditions -- justifies whatever our hearts want and whatever our hearts feel, rejecting any authority that gets in the way... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Should we actually practice church discipline today? Is it unloving? Once an ordinary part of church life, churches gradually stopped practicing church discipline in the 20th century. But Jesus commands it. Paul practiced... See More
Religion & Spirituality
God means to fulfill the Great Commission through local churches. How did the apostles and the churches of the New Testament obey the Great Commission? By gathering Christians together in churches. The church is God's plan... See More
"A Christian without a church is a Christian in trouble." Since a global pandemic abruptly closed places of worship, many Christians have skipped church life, even neglecting virtual services. But this was a trend even... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Introducing the Church Questions Series from 9Marks How should Christians respond when they disagree on political issues? Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a... See More
Religion & Spirituality
More and more church leaders, pastors, and members are looking for guidance on how to practice church discipline in a biblical way. Here is a contemporary and concise how-to guide that provides a theological framework for... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Jonathan Leeman addresses the commonly asked (and often unanswered) question of, "Why should I join a church?" in a time when many are shunning the practice of organized religion. By offering a brief, straightforward... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Like our previous 9Marks Journal on this topic, this journal attends to both elements and forms. Several us think about membership from the Bible. Several more consider why it is crucial around the world and not just in the... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Few doctrines are more beautiful than penal substitution. To behold it is to stare into the Godhead itself. Penal substitution shows us a God who is three in one. It shows us the simplicity of God. It shows us the... See More
Jesus came to deacon (Mark 10:45; Rom. 15:8). And the greatest among us will be deacons (Mark 10:43). It's not a bad label to wear, apparently. There should be nothing unspiritual about a deacon. What about your church? Do... See More
In the early 2000s, "the missional church" became quite popular. This 9Marks Journal seeks to understand certain "missional" emphases, and then compare them to what the New Testament teaches about the local church. See More
Religion & Spirituality
Our culture's assault on gender differences and authority is generationally urgent because it's unique to this Western moment, this time and place. So we must not take either set of problems out of our sights: the... See More
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Why would 9Marks devote an issue of the 9Marks Journal tothe topic of pornography and the pastor? Because it's an increasingly common sin, and its commonality tempts us to downplay its destructive power in our marriages and... See More
If you are not a Calvinist, this 9Marks Journal is not for you. It's for my Calvinist brethren. We need a group huddle, friends, specifically on the topics of ecclesiology and how we do ministry. Here's big idea number one... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Every job has its occupational hazards. Loggerslose fingers. Businessmen go bankrupt. Wrestlers grow cauliflower ears. What about pastors? Pastorsexperience burnout. Burnout isn't so much about physical depletion, though... See More
Religion & Spirituality
Just as it is a parent's job to discipline his or her children, so it is your job, Christian, to participate in the discipline of your church. Did you know that? This is as basic to being a Christian and a church member as... See More
Religion & Spirituality
It's the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and right now there's no shortage of material being published on the topic. Why might this9Marks Journal possibly add to the pile? We asked our contributors to... See More
Religion & Spirituality
In such a time as ours, we might learn from historian Samuel Hugh Moffett, who narrates the dramatic diminution of Christianity under Muslim persecution in Asia in the Middle Ages in his magisterial A History of Christianity... See More
The local church's central work, 9Marks believes, is a prophetic one -- proclaiming the Word of our Priest and King. But should God provide, you should want to build a big platform for that Word, and to set it in a teacher's... See More
The current conversation about the church's mission is difficult, which is why we are devoting this 9Marks Journal to reviewing the books on the topic. That way, you don't have to just hear from us, but from people who have... See More
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Why devote an issue of the 9Marks Journal to pastoring singles?One, it's a growing demographic in our culture and therefore in our churches.Two, it's a demographic that is particularly impacted by our culture's removal of... See More