Pastor, as the culture around us celebrates the Neo-paganism of LGBTQ+ this month, here are some brief thoughts on how you can care for the members at your church.
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The practice of granting people immediate assurance of salvation—without taking the time to test the credibility of their profession—seems unwise at best and scandalous at worst.
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Christians love Old Testament Bible stories, but they present a challenge for expositional preachers. Why should we take up the challenge?
Listen in as Ed, Dave, & discuss preaching OT History & share examples from their own pulpit work.
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If the prosperity gospel is true, grace is obsolete, God is irrelevant, and man is the measure of all things.
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A few weeks ago, we published a new edition of Church Matters—formerly known as the 9Marks Journal—that addresses a few unusual topics: Christian nationalism, theonomy, & magisterial Protestantism.
In this episode, & Mark Dever explain why.
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How can you teach your people the Trinity through expositional preaching when you so rarely encounter anything like a full statement of the doctrine in a single passage?
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9Marks at 9: The State of the SBC. A Tuesday night tradition! Join Mark Dever, , , , , and for a conversation about the state of the SBC.
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Going to New Orleans for the SBC? Join us for two 9Marks at 9 events:
A Pastor: Gift or Office? "Does 'pastoring' refer to a gift all Christians have or an office reserved only for qualified men?" Mark Dever, , and friends will discuss.
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Regardless of the labels we use, let’s all determine afresh that we will follow our Lord and Savior to do our part in God’s mission.
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Give heed to what example you set for the world around you. God has a great plan for his people and for his world; he calls us to show that by our words and our lives. Are you doing that?
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The Spirit can work through my preparation on Saturday as much as he can work through my spontaneity on Sunday.
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If the Reformers could collectively speak to churches today about gathered worship, these lessons would be their core message.
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A church is not just people—it’s people who assemble regularly. A church is never less than that. But a church is also more than this.
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Twenty years ago, the Yembi Yembi tribe had no Christians and no written language. Today, they enjoy the ministry of a healthy local church and the Scriptures in their own tongue.
Hear the amazing story in today’s episode with Nina and
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Being a disciple of Christ means (i) looking to others for help in being like Christ and (ii) looking to help others be like Christ.
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Justin Martyr’s request to the 2nd-century Roman Senate:
“Stop killing us. Stop persecuting us. We are your very best citizens! Why? Because our Lord said, ‘Our kingdom is not of this world.’”
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Reminder: Ticket prices for CROSS Con24 increase in a couple weeks. Register by May 31 to save.
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Every single member of any local church should be precious to its leaders because it’s precious to its God. We shouldn’t be surprised by this. After all, look at her purchase price.
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How should a Christian think about patriotism? Why should pastors especially be careful of both nostalgia and cynicism?
In this episode of Pastors Talk, chats with professor John D. Wilsey about all these questions and more.
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Those who wish to have access to Gaffin’s decades of experience teaching Paul and Acts now do in a mere 400-page book.
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If we unpack all of what Scripture teaches about the local church, we’ll find that church membership is in fact in every nook and cranny of the New Testament.
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If it's just you two and Jesus, then marriage—especially that first year—will be really hard. You need the church as your support system.
In this episode of Priscilla Talk, our hosts talk about thriving in the early years of marriage.
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When we use the Bible to evangelize our friends, we should show them that we’re not merely offering them our private ideas—we’re telling them what God has revealed about himself, our sin, and his Son.
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While and Mark were in different denominations and different cities, they shared much in common.
You can hear Mark’s appreciation of Tim and his ministry in these interviews:
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With great sadness we mourn the loss of TGC co-founder Timothy Keller, 72, who died today, more than three years after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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This sonds strange, but it was a lot of fun to discuss preaching funerals well. Important stuff. Such a great opportunity for the preacher to serve people.
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Preaching a funeral is often challenging, yet it offers a unique opportunity for evangelism. So how do you decide what to preach?
In this episode of Preachers Talk, chats with Dave Helm and Ed Copeland about preaching at funerals.
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As a pastor, your greatest power to help your congregation change comes not through your forceful personality, but through years of faithful, patient teaching.
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A wise pastor will know his text, his tone, and his congregation so that he may faithfully apply the Word of God to them in a way that is heard and received.
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super helpful, everyone should listen
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"You have to be able to lead the boat to row against the current." (Mark Dever)
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Theonomy has a view of the gospel and of the church’s mission that goes beyond preaching Christ and him crucified and risen for the conversion of sinners and the building up of churches.
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The recent back-and-forth between Pratt/Smith and Matt Rhodes over Mike Shipman's Book "Any-3" raises question about how much training is necessary for effective missionary service.
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We should never be left without thoughts to bring before God because he has given us a book loaded with worthy words to have on our lips.
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MUST BE WILLING TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS
In this episode of Pastors Talk, chats with Mark about this under-reported aspect of a pastor's job description.
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We asked Matt Rhodes to respond to the International Mission Board’s critique of his book ‘No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions’.
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Even though deacons are not the congregation’s spiritual leaders, their character is of utmost importance.
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