9Marks

The Bible prescribes a certain organization and inter-relation within the church that is inconceivable without formal church membership.

Church Membership and the N.C.L.H.G.A. - 9Marks Was church membership practiced by churches in the New Testament? Scripture gives us indications that the answer to this question is "yes."

Our King continues to do the unexpected because he’s not limited by our limitations.

A Parable of Endurance from the Mission Field - 9Marks Future hope fuels present faithfulness—both in pastoral ministry and on the mission field.

Love requires total self-forgetfulness and other-centeredness.

Rejoice with Those Who Rejoice; Weep with Those Who Weep - 9Marks To really love another is a spiritual exercise. It requires massive internal commitment to kill every visible sin, to resist every temptation, to cling to every good, and to reject every evil.

Join us for 9Marks at 9 at SBC26 in Orlando! A two night event.

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The paradoxes of spiritual growth are not given to us to paralyze us. God gives them so that we will peer into his Word more intently and dig into his promises more freely.

Discipleship and the Paradoxes of Growth - 9Marks As Christians, we live by dying and rest by striving. But how do these paradoxes practically play out in discipleship?

In the context of today’s confusion over preaching, The Art of Prophesying is a welcome reminder of a time-tested approach to evangelical preaching.

Book Review: The Art of Prophesying, by William Perkins - 9Marks Why should pastors today read The Art of Prophesying, a nearly 500-year-old book about preaching?

God has created a universe in which his mercy has meaning precisely because it does not nullify his justice.

How Does Hell Glorify God? - 9Marks How seriously should we take those who try to rewrite the story so that hell isn’t part of it? As seriously as we would take Hamlet critiquing Shakespeare’s work.