9Marks Lectures

Jonathan Leeman takes church discipline on the road with these two messages on the what, why, and how.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Jonathan Leeman takes church discipline on the road with these two messages on the what, why, and how.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Charles Hedman, a pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church, preached a sermon on a biblical theology of singleness.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

John Hammett (professor at Southeastern Seminary) and Phil Newton (long-time pastor of Southwoods Baptist Church) go a few rounds with Mark Dever on ecclesiology including the role of elders in the local church. Listen and learn!For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

The Source of a Healthy Church with Mark Dever.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

The Meaning of Membership with Mark Dever.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

The Gospel in the Church with Mark Dever.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Polity in the Local Church with Mark Dever.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Mark Dever lectures during a Weekender about how to prepare an expositional sermon.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

How do you decide what to preach next? How do you put together a service in which each element is meaningful and contributing to a distinctively Christian theme? Mark invites you into his study as he shares his method and philosophy on planning Sunday services.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Mark Dever gives a topical sermon on a biblical view of membership and congregationalism in the local church.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

What distinguishes a local church from a club or company? Here’s your chance to be a fly on the wall as Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, shares his heart and mind on the contemporary state of the church and a biblical trajectory for reform.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

In this episode, D.A. Carson expounds on 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 and explains what the role of the elder is in a local church. For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

The church is intended to be a display of God’s glory to the spiritual powers and to our unconverted neighbors. So how are we doing? Listen as four church-watchers bat around questions that deal with both the theological and practical aspects of local church life.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

The Ministry with Ligon DuncanFor more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Explicatory Preaching with Philip JensenFor more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Biblical Studies and Today's Pastor with Peter WilliamsFor more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Are we willing to hold to truths such as the exclusivity of the Gospel, the reality of false faith, the need for a regenerate church membership, and the necessity of church discipline? These and other questions are encountered in this challenging interview.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Is this New Perspective something to be excited about? Eavesdrop on Mark Dever as he queries Ligon Duncan, senior minister at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, MS, about the attractions and perils of the New Perspective on Paul.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Can we actually teach 5 and 6 year olds about the biblical concepts of sin, repentance, faith, and the nature of God? If you’re inclined to say no, then you might be interested in hearing how one of the most influential churches in America is proving that assumption wrong.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

What does it mean for he church is called to be in the world, but not of the world? Listen to Dr. Mohler's lecture, "Christianity and Culture", and the roundtable discussion with Mark Dever and friends. For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

What's the responsibility of the church? Timothy George answers that question with 1 Corinthians 1. For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

American Evangelicalism goes in for a check-up as Dr. Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. and Dr. Andrew Davis, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Durham, NC, explore the effects of modernity on the Evangelical mind.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Listen as John Piper talks about the books he has written and the passion he has for the supremacy of Christ in all things.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Listen as John Piper talks about the books he has written and the passion he has for the supremacy of Christ in all things.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

How might a church internship program be structured? Mark Dever interviews five Capitol Hill Baptist interns about their experiences preparing for ministry.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Is the history of Evangelicalism a little blurry for you? Or are you a history buff who loves to talk about names, dates and changes on the historical scene? Either way, you’ll benefit from listening to Mark Dever chat it up with Mark Noll, McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Mark Dever asks Ken Myers about why Christians today are so worldly and yet so obsessed with culture. Does he see any correlation?For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Mark Dever proclaims what the church should be in this overview of 1 Corinthians.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

From the conference “The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership” at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

God Exposed: A pastors’ conference on expositional preaching co-sponsored by 9Marks and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

"Your Old Testament sermon needs to get saved!" says David King in this conference message.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

What does it take to plant churches among the urban poor? What role do women’s ministry and mercy ministry play?For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Interview with Sebastian Traeger and Greg Gilbert. 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?For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

A Panel Discussion with Mark Dever, Danny Akin, Al Mohler, and David Platt. A roundtable discussion of the past, present, and future of the SBC.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Why is biblical theology essential for pastoral ministry? How do you do it? Find out in this roundtable discussion with Michael Lawrence, Tom Schreiner, and Jonathan Leeman.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Mark Dever leads a roundtable in discussing the importance of biblical theology for the pastor.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

From the conference "The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership" at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

The ministry of the word may begin in the mouth of the evangelist and preacher, but that Word should reverberate through the church’s music, prayers, and relationships. The echoing word gives life to the church in all its parts.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

It’s tempting for church leaders to put their trust in their own ideas and ingenuity. But God’s Word alone gives life, and the power of ministry depends on exposing people to God’s Word, whether inside or outside the church.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Church discipline is a tough topic, but it’s critical for protecting the gospel, the good of the saints, and the reputation of Christ in the world. Here’s a guide to the basic of what church discipline is, and how to practice it.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

How should we submit ourselves to the local church? We should submit publicly, physically, socially, affectionately, vocationally, ethically, and spiritually.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

From the conference "The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership" at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Church membership is not about joining a club; it’s about being recognized as a citizen of Christ’s kingdom.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

From the conference "The People of God: What Every Christian Needs to Know About Love, Authority, and Church Membership" at River City Grace Community Church of Sacramento.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

God means to display all the attributes of his character, including his holy love, in the life of the church. This means that church membership is a commitment to such love and a witness of it.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Jonathan Leeman discusses our culture’s idolatry of love, and what this looks like in the local church. Then he contrasts this with the Bible’s own view of love.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

How often do you get to hear the children of great ministers reminisce about their father’s ministry? Listen in as Lady Elizabeth Catherwood, daughter of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and her husband Sir Fred recount stories of the famed British preacher.For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org

Four veterans go a few rounds on the subject of cooperation among evangelicals & their churches. Listen to Mark Dever, Al Mohler, Ligon Duncan and CJ Mahaney talk about where they can and cannot cooperate as church leaders. Mark writes, “This is one of my favorite conversations we’ve been able to record. We had already been together for several hours and the conversation just flowed.”For more articles, books, and podcasts, please visit 9marks.org