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9Marks Lectures

9Marks Lectures: Conversations for pastors and church leaders about building healthy churches.
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Episodes

Discipling, Sibbes, and the Church

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.

Sep 04, 201448 min

Christianity in Kenya

A Kenyan pastor reflects on the prosperity gospel, urbanization, biblical literacy, Islamic influence, meaningful membership, and more.

Aug 04, 20141 hr 3 min

Fellowship in the Church

How do we help church members who prefer anonymity to love and open up to each other?

Jun 05, 201441 min

Planting Churches in Hard Places

What does it take to plant churches among the urban poor? What role do women’s ministry and mercy ministry play?

May 02, 20141 hr 2 min

Expositional Preaching

David Helm talks about training preachers, what makes good preaching, and what his new book adds to the mix.

Apr 03, 20141 hr 1 min

Religion and Politics

What are good and bad ways to think about religion and politics? How should Christians work for the common good in a secularizing age?

Mar 09, 20141 hr 14 min

Ethical Hard Cases

How should a church’s elders address divorce, illegal immigration, substance abuse, in vitro fertilization, and more?

Feb 03, 20141 hr 1 min

The Gospel at Work

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?

Jan 06, 20141 hr 3 min

Christianity around the World

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.

Oct 24, 201359 min

Reaching the Unreached

A roundtable discussion on the Great Commission, sending, calling, prayer, patience, and more with the leaders of the Cross Conference.

Sep 30, 20131 hr 13 min

Religious Liberty and Ethics

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.”

Aug 28, 201355 min

Global Missions Today

Zane Pratt discusses the strange dynamics of cross-cultural missions in a Facebook world.

Mar 31, 201349 min

Taking Aim at Everyone

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.

Mar 07, 20131 hr 10 min

Polity Is For Everybody

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.

Jan 31, 20131 hr 10 min

Contact Evangelism

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.

Nov 08, 201254 min

Race, the Cross, and the Christian Life

John Piper addresses racism, the gospel, obstacles to reconciliation, and white guilt in this discussion of his recent book Bloodlines.

Jul 03, 20121 hr 7 min

The Power and Importance of Polity

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?

May 31, 20121 hr 1 min

Revitalizing a Church

Andy Davis, a pastor in North Carolina, recounts the stirring story of his church's revitalization.

May 08, 20121 hr 20 min

Biblical Theology with Greg Beale

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.

Mar 29, 20121 hr 14 min

Cross-Cultural Ministry

Five Christian workers from three continents discuss the power, challenges, and joys of cross-cultural ministry.

Dec 19, 20111 hr 5 min

Church Planting and Pastoral 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.

Nov 29, 20111 hr 4 min

What is the Mission of the Church? Part 2

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.

Oct 03, 20111 hr 7 min

Business Practices and the Church

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.

Aug 01, 20111 hr 4 min

International Church Planting

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.

May 30, 20111 hr 1 min
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