9Marks

05/30/2026

Counsel from a former orthodox priest.

Full episode at link in bio or 9Marks.org/podcasts

05/28/2026

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

Was church membership practiced by churches in the New Testament? Scripture gives us indications that the answer to this question is "yes."

05/26/2026

Hymns acapulco!?

Register for 9Marks at 9 @ SBC26 at link in bio or 9marks.org/sbc

05/26/2026

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

Future hope fuels present faithfulness—both in pastoral ministry and on the mission field.

05/22/2026

Send this to a pastor who needs this reminder.

Read more at link in bio.

05/20/2026

Love requires total self-forgetfulness and other-centeredness.

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.

05/18/2026

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

Register: http://9Marks.org/sbc

05/18/2026

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.

As Christians, we live by dying and rest by striving. But how do these paradoxes practically play out in discipleship?

05/15/2026

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.

Why should pastors today read The Art of Prophesying, a nearly 500-year-old book about preaching?

05/14/2026

What makes people change? Thoughts from one pastor to another

Read the article: https://www.9marks.org/article/yes-preaching-really-does-change-people/

05/13/2026

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

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.