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Help the congregation to connect the dots between their profession of the gospel and their active love for one another.

Twenty Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Counseling - 9Marks By equipping your members to counsel one another, you enable them to do the front-line work of ministry. Here are twenty ways to cultivate a culture of counseling and discipleship in your church.

In Isaiah 41, the Lord puts the gods of other nations on trial—and then he demolishes their case. Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.

Isaiah 41: On Jonathan Edwards Predicting the Presidency of Donald Trump - 9Marks In Isaiah 41, the Lord puts the gods of other nations on trial—and then he demolishes their case. Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.

If we don’t have any problem with God, we don’t need anything from God to solve the problem.

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A pastor who fails to pray for his people is as unbiblical as a pastor who refuses to preach God’s Word.

https://www.9marks.org/article/a-call-for-prayer/

If we don’t talk about heaven when we evangelize, we might end up overselling what life as a Christian on this earth will look like.

Should You Talk about Heaven When You Share the Gospel? - 9Marks We should talk about heaven in our evangelism because it’s the ultimate goal of the gospel’s promise.

In this special live episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman sits down with hymn writer, worship professor, and pastor Matt Boswell to talk about the craft and calling of writing hymns for the church.

They also explore what a hymn writer and a theologian each see, how Matt writes with specific suffering church members in mind, why singing is meant to be horizontal as well as vertical, and what to do if you don’t like your church’s music (spoiler: sing anyway).

On Hymn Writing with Matt Boswell - 9Marks In this special live episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman sits down with hymn writer, worship professor, and pastor Matt Boswell to talk about the craft and calling of writing hymns for the church.

There is no greater news than this: Christ Jesus, as the divine Son incarnate, perfectly meets our need before God by his obedient life and substitutionary death.

Four Questions to Ask about the Atonement - 9Marks It is only in viewing Christ as our penal substitute that we truly understand the depth of God’s holy love for us, the horrendous nature of our sin before God, and the glory of our substitute—Jesus Christ our Lord.

No sermon that I preach will ever be perfect. I need to constantly cultivate humility since I am so prone to self-pity and arrogance, especially on Mondays.

The Value and Challenge of Sermon Review - 9Marks I do not preach exactly the same way that I used to, and I hope that ten years from now I will not preach exactly as I do now.