9Marks Interviews: Recent Episodes
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Jonathan Leeman takes church discipline on the road with these two messages on the what, why, and how.
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Jonathan Leeman takes church discipline on the road with these two messages on the what, why, and how.
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Charles Hedman, a pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, preached a sermon on a biblical theology of singleness.
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John Hammett (professor at Southeastern Seminary) and Phil Newton (long-time pastor of Southwoods Baptist Church) go a few rounds with Mark Dever on ecclesiology including the role of elders in the local church. Listen and learn!
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The Source of a Healthy Church with Mark Dever.
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The Meaning of Membership with Mark Dever.
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The Gospel in the Church with Mark Dever.
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Polity in the Local Church with Mark Dever.
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Mark Dever lectures during a Weekender about how to prepare an expositional sermon.
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How do you decide what to preach next? How do you put together a service in which each element is meaningful and contributing to a distinctively Christian theme? Mark invites you into his study as he shares his method and philosophy on planning Sunday services.
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Mark Dever gives a topical sermon on a biblical view of membership and congregationalism in the local church.
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What distinguishes a local church from a club or company? Here’s your chance to be a fly on the wall as Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, shares his heart and mind on the contemporary state of the church and a biblical trajectory for reform.
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In this episode, D.A. Carson expounds on 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 and explains what the role of the elder is in a local church.
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The church is intended to be a display of God’s glory to the spiritual powers and to our unconverted neighbors. So how are we doing? Listen as four church-watchers bat around questions that deal with both the theological and practical aspects of local church life.
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The Ministry with Ligon Duncan
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Explicatory Preaching with Philip Jensen
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Biblical Studies and Today's Pastor with Peter Williams
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Are we willing to hold to truths such as the exclusivity of the Gospel, the reality of false faith, the need for a regenerate church membership, and the necessity of church discipline? These and other questions are encountered in this challenging interview.
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Is this New Perspective something to be excited about? Eavesdrop on Mark Dever as he queries Ligon Duncan, senior minister at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS, about the attractions and perils of the New Perspective on Paul.
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Can we actually teach 5 and 6 year olds about the biblical concepts of sin, repentance, faith, and the nature of God? If you’re inclined to say no, then you might be interested in hearing how one of the most influential churches in America is proving that assumption wrong.
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What does it mean for he church is called to be in the world, but not of the world? Listen to Dr. Mohler's lecture, "Christianity and Culture", and the roundtable discussion with Mark Dever and friends.
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What's the responsibility of the church? Timothy George answers that question with 1 Corinthians 1.
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American Evangelicalism goes in for a check-up as Dr. Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. and Dr. Andrew Davis, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Durham, NC, explore the effects of modernity on the Evangelical mind.
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Listen as John Piper talks about the books he has written and the passion he has for the supremacy of Christ in all things.
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Listen as John Piper talks about the books he has written and the passion he has for the supremacy of Christ in all things.
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How might a church internship program be structured? Mark Dever interviews five Capitol Hill Baptist interns about their experiences preparing for ministry.
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Is the history of Evangelicalism a little blurry for you? Or are you a history buff who loves to talk about names, dates and changes on the historical scene? Either way, you’ll benefit from listening to Mark Dever chat it up with Mark Noll, McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College.
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Mark Dever asks Ken Myers about why Christians today are so worldly and yet so obsessed with culture. Does he see any correlation?
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Mark Dever proclaims what the church should be in this overview of 1 Corinthians.
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From the conference “The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership” at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.
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God Exposed: A pastors’ conference on expositional preaching co-sponsored by 9Marks and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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"Your Old Testament sermon needs to get saved!" says David King in this conference message.
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What does it take to plant churches among the urban poor? What role do women’s ministry and mercy ministry play?
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Interview with Sebastian Traeger and Greg Gilbert. Why should Christians work? How can you trust God in the workplace? How can you avoid making an idol of work and being idle in work?
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A Panel Discussion with Mark Dever, Danny Akin, Al Mohler, and David Platt. A roundtable discussion of the past, present, and future of the SBC.
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Why is biblical theology essential for pastoral ministry? How do you do it? Find out in this roundtable discussion with Michael Lawrence, Tom Schreiner, and Jonathan Leeman.
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Mark Dever leads a roundtable in discussing the importance of biblical theology for the pastor.
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From the conference "The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership" at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.
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The ministry of the word may begin in the mouth of the evangelist and preacher, but that Word should reverberate through the church’s music, prayers, and relationships. The echoing word gives life to the church in all its parts.
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It’s tempting for church leaders to put their trust in their own ideas and ingenuity. But God’s Word alone gives life, and the power of ministry depends on exposing people to God’s Word, whether inside or outside the church.
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Church discipline is a tough topic, but it’s critical for protecting the gospel, the good of the saints, and the reputation of Christ in the world. Here’s a guide to the basic of what church discipline is, and how to practice it.
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How should we submit ourselves to the local church? We should submit publicly, physically, socially, affectionately, vocationally, ethically, and spiritually.
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From the conference "The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership" at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.
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Church membership is not about joining a club; it’s about being recognized as a citizen of Christ’s kingdom.
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From the conference "The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership" at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.
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God means to display all the attributes of his character, including his holy love, in the life of the church. This means that church membership is a commitment to such love and a witness of it.
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Jonathan Leeman discusses our culture’s idolatry of love, and what this looks like in the local church. Then he contrasts this with the Bible’s own view of love.
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How often do you get to hear the children of great ministers reminisce about their father’s ministry? Listen in as Lady Elizabeth Catherwood, daughter of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and her husband Sir Fred recount stories of the famed British preacher.
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Four veterans go a few rounds on the subject of cooperation among evangelicals & their churches. Listen to Mark Dever, Al Mohler, Ligon Duncan and CJ Mahaney talk about where they can and cannot cooperate as church leaders. Mark writes, “This is one of my favorite conversations we’ve been able to record. We had already been together for several hours and the conversation just flowed.”
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Was the reformation a mistake? What are some differences between American and British evangelicals? How is our reason affected by the fall, and how should that impact our evangelism? From the value of incorporating the Psalms in our corporate worship to the dangers of privately administering baptism and the Lord’s Supper, this conversation is sweeping! There’s much to learn across the board.
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Aaron Messner discusses the unique challenges and opportunities churches face in reaching college students.
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Aaron Menikoff asks Mark Dever and the 9Marks team to provide “Church 101″ for church members. Send it to your members today!
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Zambian pastor Conrad Mbewe provides a firsthand look at the growth of biblical Christianity in his part of the world.
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Mark Dever and Kevin DeYoung discuss the emerging church, orthodoxy, finding the will of God, and more.
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Jonathan Leeman presents the content of his book The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love in four talks at Lighthouse Bible Church in San Diego.
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Jonathan Leeman presents the content of his book The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love in four talks at Lighthouse Bible Church in San Diego.
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Jonathan Leeman presents the content of his book The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love in four talks at Lighthouse Bible Church in San Diego.
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Jonathan Leeman presents the content of his book The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love in four talks at Lighthouse Bible Church in San Diego.
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At a conference in Dubai, Mark Dever and Mike McKinley gave five messages based on the contents of Dever's book The Gospel and Personal Evangelism.
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At a conference in Dubai, Mark Dever and Mike McKinley gave five messages based on the contents of Dever's book The Gospel and Personal Evangelism.
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At a conference in Dubai, Mark Dever and Mike McKinley gave five messages based on the contents of Dever's book The Gospel and Personal Evangelism.
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At a conference in Dubai, Mark Dever and Mike McKinley gave five messages based on the contents of Dever's book The Gospel and Personal Evangelism.
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At a conference in Dubai, Mark Dever and Mike McKinley gave five messages based on the contents of Dever's book The Gospel and Personal Evangelism.
The Great Commission requires Christians to plant and cultivate healthy churches, says Mark Dever in this 2011 conference address.
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Jonathan Leeman explains how formal membership in the local church should be understood as an act of love. This message was delivered at Guilford Baptist Church in Sterling, Virginia.
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Jonathan Leeman explains how church discipline should be understood as an act of love. This message was delivered in 2011 at Guilford Baptist Church in Sterling, Virginia.
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In this installation sermon, Mark Dever urges the new pastor to preach, pray, personally disciple, and be patient.
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Ryan Fullerton proclaims three reasons why we must cling to God’s Word from Hebrews 2:1-4.
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This is a session five panel from 9Marks at SBTS 2013 on Expositional Preaching.
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David Helm puts on a clinic on how to navigate the challenges of contextualization, exegesis, theological reflection, and application in biblical exposition.
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This is a session four panel from 9Marks at SBTS 2013 on Expositional Preaching.
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Albert Mohler unpacks a host of reasons why according to human wisdom expository preaching is—and always has been—a bad idea. Therefore, our confidence must rest completely in the God who calls us to the foolishness of preaching.
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This is a session three panel from 9Marks at SBTS 2013 on Expositional Preaching.
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K. Edward Copeland preaches Colossians 1:28-29 and preaches on preaching in the process.
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This is a session two panel from 9Marks at SBTS 2013.
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In this message on John 12, Mark Dever looks at belief, unbelief, and a mixture of both as the responses we can expect to expository preaching.
9Marks at SBTS 2013: Session 2
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This is a session one panel from 9Marks at SBTS 2013.
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Mike Bullmore answers the question “Why is expository preaching needed?” in the lead-off message of the 9Marks at SBTS conference.
9Marks at SBTS 2013: Session 1
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Church membership is different and more important than you think, says Jonathan Leeman in this 9Marks Workshop message.
What’s the relationship between the universal church and the local church? Or between baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and church membership? In this conversation with pastor Mike Purcell, Jonathan Leeman answers these questions and many more.
Our annual conversation on the state of the SBC 2023.
Panelists: Mark Dever, Danny Akin, Albert Mohler, H.B. Charles, Nate Akin, Juan Sanchez, and Jonathan Leeman
Can women serve as pastors? Some argue, “Yes, they can. Pastoring is a gift, not an office.” In this conversation, Mark Dever and a group of panelists address that question.
Panelists: Mark Dever, Jonathan Leeman, Tom Schreiner, Mike Law, and Welton Bonner
A panel discussion at TGC21 about how we can help Christians rediscover the important role gathering with the church should play in our Christian discipleship. With Collin Hansen, Kevin DeYoung, Jason Allen, John Onwucheckwa, and Jonathan Leeman.
A panel discussion at TGC21 about the crucial role deacons play in the church. With Matt Smethurst, author of "Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church", as well as Geoff Chang, Juan Sanchez, and Jonathan Leeman.
A roundtable with Mark Dever, Danny Akin, R. Albert Mohler Jr., and H.B. Charles. Recorded at the Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, Alabama, June 2019.
This weekend, John MacArthur celebrated 50 years at Grace Community Church. In 2002, Mark Dever interviewed him about his life and ministry. (Originally published July 2002.)
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The tables turn as C.J. Mahaney puts Mark Dever in the hot seat and interviews him. (August 2007)
Thabiti tells the amazing story of growing up in a fatherless, African-American home, and how he went from nominal Christianity to Muslim antagonist against Christ to despair to Christian pastor. (March 2007)
Equiping women to know what a healthy church looks like, and how they can work to build up the local church as members.
9Marks, along with Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, present “9Marks at 9: The State of the SBC” during the 2018 Annual SBC meeting in Dallas, TX.
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Mark Dever asks David Wells about going against culture, contextualization, postmodernism, how to do theology as preachers, urban ministry, and more. You’ll want to listen several times. (July 2007)
Posted January 2005: Ever wished you could sit and listen to one of Evangelicalism’s premier leaders and teachers talk about how his theology developed and why he penned his published works? Here’s your shot. Mark Dever takes RC Sproul for a coffee-house chat about biblical theology and the books he published.
Recorded January 2004: Ever wonder how theologians are formed? Join us as we talk with R.C. Sproul about the shaping of his life, theology, and ministry.
Our editorial manager Alex Duke sat down with author Andy Johnson to talk about his new book Missions and the importance of being intentional in our missionary endeavors.
Proud to be a Protestant? R. Kent Hughes, pastor emeritus at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, discusses his 40 years of pastoral ministry with Mark Dever.
(Recorded March 25, 2008.)
Mark Dever recently sat down with hymn writer and musician Keith Getty to talk about his hymn-writing, the effects of technology on church music, and more. Listen to their conversation below.
At the 2017 SBC, Jonathan Leeman interviewed Russell Moore, Mark Dever, and Philip Bethancourt on building healthy churches in a confusing culture.
Perhaps one of Satan’s greatest exploits in American church history is to keep the church divided along racial lines. These days the racial lines divide fairly consistently along partisan lines, with white evangelicals often moving rightward and minority Christians often moving leftward. At worst, this divide compounds fear and mistrust, and exacerbates our disunity. Is this an accurate assessment? If so, what can be done? Can unity in the gospel be achieved only by overcoming partisan differences?
At TGC's 2017 national conference, we hosted a workshop to answer these questions.
Participants: Jonathan Leeman, Isaac Adams, Curtis Woods, Russell Moore, Kevin DeYoung
Would you believe it if someone told you church structure actually plays a crucial role in your individual discipleship?
In this 9Marks interview, missions pastor Andy Johnson sits down with two international Christians—"Arnold" and "Vincent"—to discuss the role the Western church plays in the growth of Christianity abroad, particularly in the Muslim world and China.
"If you say you're a Christian, but you're not helping other Christians follow Jesus, I'm simply not sure what you mean."
Practicing church discipline is difficult. Perhaps this is why many churches seem to have neglected it.
Christians 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.
What is baptism? What does baptism mean? Is it simply an individual's declaration that they now belong to Jesus? Is it a sign and seal of the new covenant, just as God intended circumcision to be a sign and seal of the old? And what does all of this have to do with church membership? Is church membership for everyone? Only baptized believers? Baptized believers and their children?
How do we apply the gospel to same-sex attraction? Why does a teenager struggling with self-cutting need to hear about justification by faith alone? How in the world can a biblical doctrine of God help a husband prone to anger?
Where do elders come from? Is there a way to raise them up without trying to "reverse engineer" a man-made process? And once a church has elders, how can they stay unified? What does "unity" among elders even look like? Must they agree on every single thing?
Mark Dever interviews Tim Keller about his pastoral legacy, what a typical Sunday morning looks like for him, his dichotomy-refuting "third way-ism," and much more.
Mark Dever interviews Tim Keller about his conversion, what led him to New York City, why the cultural gap between generations has exponentially grown in recent decades, and much more.
Should the everyday Christian care about something as old-fashioned and outmoded as church membership? Does its practice make sense in contexts without church discipline? Isn't it just a "Baptist thing"? Mark Dever interviews Ligon Duncan about all this and more in the latest 9Marks Leadership interview: "Church Membership in Theory and Practice."
Is expositional preaching the only kind of faithful preaching? Are personal illustrations useful or unacceptable? How can preachers encourage obedience without veering toward moralism? In this wide-ranging interview, Garrett Kell talks with Mark Dever on the art and practice of preaching.
Mark Dever interviews CBMW President Owen Strachan on Chuck Colson, Carl F. H. Henry, and the state of the complementarian debate.
Anthony Moore, a pastor at the Village Church in Texas, answers Mark Dever's questions about a discipler's personality, practical ways to build meaningful friendships, and the Puritan Richard Sibbes.
Each nation and age has a unique way to express its depravity, to attack God. But none will succeed any more than the crucifixion succeeded in defeating Jesus.
A Kenyan pastor reflects on the prosperity gospel, urbanization, biblical literacy, Islamic influence, meaningful membership, and more.
What does it take to plant churches among the urban poor? What role do women’s ministry and mercy ministry play?
David Helm talks about training preachers, what makes good preaching, and what his new book adds to the mix.
What are good and bad ways to think about religion and politics? How should Christians work for the common good in a secularizing age?
How should a church’s elders address divorce, illegal immigration, substance abuse, in vitro fertilization, and more?
Why should Christians work? How can you trust God in the workplace? How can you avoid making an idol of work and being idle in work?
Prosperity gospel, persecution, changing cultural tides, a rising generation of convictional pastors, and more in this roundtable discussion on the church in America and abroad.
A roundtable discussion on the Great Commission, sending, calling, prayer, patience, and more with the leaders of the Cross Conference.
Mark Dever and Russell Moore discuss Moore’s new role, rap, relevance, and why “it’s even worse than it appears, but it’s alright.”
Zane Pratt discusses the strange dynamics of cross-cultural missions in a Facebook world.
Mark Dever asks Carl Trueman about holocaust denial, secularization, “no creed but the Bible,” and everything else under the sun in this far-ranging conversation.
How does church polity connect to our discipleship as Christians? Why is sound church government critical to evangelism and missions? Jonathan Leeman asks Mark Dever, Chad Van Dixhoorn, and Hunter Powell.
How pushy should we be in our evangelism? Do we have to earn the right to share the gospel? Mack Stiles and a few friends share their wisdom.
What was Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ day-to-day ministry like? Find out in this interview with Iain Murray.
John Piper addresses racism, the gospel, obstacles to reconciliation, and white guilt in this discussion of his recent book Bloodlines.
Jonathan Leeman asks Hunter Powell and Mark Dever about authority in the church. What authority does the congregation have? What about the elders? And what did the congregationalists at the Westminster Assembly have to say about it?
Andy Davis, a pastor in North Carolina, recounts the stirring story of his church's revitalization.
Greg Beale gives a crash course on the discipline of biblical theology, assesses recent works on it, and explains what he’s written and why.
Five Christian workers from three continents discuss the power, challenges, and joys of cross-cultural ministry.
Darrin Patrick shares about the struggles of planting a church, leading his family, engaging culture, and more in this personal and wide-ranging interview.
Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert, authors of the new book What is the Mission of the Church?, examine key biblical passages on mission, the poor, and the kingdom of God.
In view of their new book, Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert discuss the mission of the church, social justice, and the gospel.
What does it mean to view a church like a business? Is it wrong to market your church? Mark Dever asks John Hardin these questions and more based on his recent doctoral work on church marketing.
Two founders of a bustling new church plant in the United Arab Emirates discuss how to create a culture for church planting, how to leave the sending church, and other lessons for new planters.
Mark Dever asks David VanDrunen for a tutorial on the complex but important topic of a church's role in political society.
Mark Dever explains why he prioritizes building relationships like he does--in the church, between Christians, and among pastors.
Mark Dever asks Jonathan Leeman and Shai Linne about the unique power of God's Word in giving life to the church.
Pauline scholar Simon Gathercole and Cambridge scholar Peter Williams take Mark Dever on a tour of recent trends in New Testament studies.
The influential co-founder of The Banner of Truth Trust and long time Presbyterian pastor Iain Murray looks back over his shoulder at the past 50 years of his own ministry and writing. Originally posted 2002.