Tag Archives: 9Marks
Things You Should Go To: The 9Marks Weekender
I don’t know if you’ve heard about these, but if you’re interested in entering a full-blown “church lab,” a program that will allow you to savor God’s work to reform one local church–Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D. C.–then … Continue reading
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New IXMarks: Pastoring Women
The new IXMarks eJournal is out, and it’s on pastoring women and honoring and understanding distinctiveness. Below is a listing of the Journal’s contents. I. Pastoring Women: Understanding And Honoring Distinctness Why Complementarianism Is Crucial to Discipleship By Jonathan Leeman If … Continue reading
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What Is the Gospel, and Why Care?
Greg Gilbert’s brand-new What Is the Gospel? (Crossway–IXMarks, 2010) is dynamite. Pick this book up to remind yourself of the essential of the essentials. A short (127pp), small, readable, punchy text, What Is the Gospel? dispels the cloudiness surrounding the … Continue reading
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The Link 12.11.09: Dockers on Manhood, Centered-Set Churches, and the New Scientocracy
1. A buddy of mine tipped me off to this crazy Docker’s “Man-ifesto”. It’s actually really good. Readers of this agitated little blog will recognize some familiar themes. Clearly, folks in the culture beyond our Christian circles are seeing a … Continue reading
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The Link 12.5.09: Great Music, Scanwiches, and Climate Change
1. Here’s a link to some excellent music by Peter Bradley Adams, formerly of the duo eastmountainsouth. Really–check this guy out. You can even get a free EP of Adams’s music if you want to test-drive it. 2. Have you … Continue reading
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Deep Church Shallow: Greg Gilbert’s 9Marks Review
The new 9Marks eJournal just arrived, and it’s on–take a deep breath here–church discipline. I know, right–why don’t they settle down and pick a single issue to focus on already? Good grief. I’m just kidding. In actuality, the new issue … Continue reading
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A Brief Take on Jonathan Leeman’s Explosive “Beware Your Seminary Professors”
Jonathan Leeman of 9Marks just wrote a humdinger of a blog about what he sees as a lack of shepherding among seminary professors. Leeman suggests in his post that many contemporary theologians conceive of their task in a kind of … Continue reading
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The Link 9.25.09: Glenn Beck, The Way We Die, and Driscoll’s Free Stuff
This is an eclectic day. As usual. For the report on Ravi Zacharias, see number 7. 1. Time Magazine recently ran a piece on conservative commentator Glenn Beck. Interesting read. 2. A piece to read from the NYT on the … Continue reading
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The Link 8.22.09: Leeman on Discipleship, the Super-Rich, and Mosques Swallowing Synagogues
1. Jonathan Leeman of 9Marks has a great series of posts that discusses how immanence and transcendence relate to various aspects of Christian ministry. It’s way, way deeper than your average deal. Here’s part one; part two; and part three. 2. … Continue reading
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