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Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks — 346 episodes
On Hymn Writing with Matt Boswell (Ep. 341)
On Ministry in Kurdistan (Ep. 340)
On Let the Word Dwell Richly (Ep. 339)
On the Pleasures of God with John Piper (Ep. 338)
Special Episode: On Preaching About the American Revolution (Ep. 337)
Special Episode: On Lessons from Mark's Medical Event (Ep. 336)
On Raising Up Leaders Part 4 (Ep. 335)
On Raising Up Leaders Part 3 (Ep. 334)
On Raising Up Leaders Part 2 (Ep. 333)
On Raising Up Leaders Part 1 (Ep. 332)
On Drifting from the Gospel (Ep. 331)
On "Can I Reimburse that as a Pastor?" (Ep. 330)
On Discerning Repentance in Church Discipline (Ep. 329)
On The Homebound and Those Near Death (Ep. 328)
On Eastern Orthodoxy Part 2 (Ep. 327)
On Eastern Orthodoxy Part 1 (Ep. 326)
On The Ministry of Small Things and Fighting Pastoral Cynicism (Ep. 325)
On Why Should Pastors Teach the Job Description of Deacons (Ep. 324)
On Why Should Pastors Teach Their Job Descriptions (Ep. 323)
On Expositional Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr. (Ep. 322)
On Getting to know HB Charles Jr (Ep. 321)
On Religious Liberty (Ep. 320)
On Persecution in Missions (Ep. 319)
On John Cotton's Congregationalism (Ep. 318)
On Church-Disrupting Protests (Ep. 317)
On What’s the Most Important Thing About a Church (Ep. 316)
On Reviewing the Year 2025 (Ep. 315)
On Fighting Boredom and Repetition (Ep. 314)
On How to Talk to the Church about the Budget (Ep. 313)
On Weddings (Ep. 312)
On The Ordinances (Ep. 311)
On Congregationalism (Ep. 310)
On Prioritizing Missions in the Church (Ep. 309)
On Christianity in Brazil (Ep. 308)
On Prison Ministry (Ep. 307)
On the Africa Statement on the Prosperity Gospel and Word of Faith Theology (Ep. 306)
On Christianity in Lebanon (Ep. 305)
On Prioritizing the Church in Missions (Ep. 304)
On Pastors Loving Their Wives Well (Ep. 303)
On Remembering John MacArthur (Ep. 302)
On Selecting the Winners for the 300th Giveaway
On Christianity in France (Ep. 301)
On Your Questions - Celebrating 300 Episodes
On Growing Up in a "Christian" Colony (Ep. 299)
On the Book From Eden to Egypt (Ep. 298)
On the Pastors Library (Ep. 297)
On Ministering When Spiritually Dry (Ep. 296)
On Maturity (Ep. 295)
On the Pastor's Personal Evangelism (Ep. 294)
On A Light on the Hill (Ep. 293)
On Extra Biblical Qualifications for Elders (Ep. 292)
On Pastors as Writers (Ep. 291)
On Christianity in Colombia (Ep. 290)
On the Pastor's Private Prayer Life (Ep. 289)
On Running Your Staff (Ep. 288)
A Storm in the Desert: Mack + Leeann (Ep. 1)
On The Evangelistic Power of Exclusivity (Ep. 287)
On Service Reviews (Ep. 286)
On A Storm in the Desert Podcast (Ep. 285)
On Christianity in Indonesia (Ep. 284)
On Internships Part 2 (Ep. 283)
On Being Convictional without Being Cranky (Ep. 282)
On Internship Part 1 (Ep. 281)
On Small Groups: Helpful, not Essential (Ep. 280)
On How Sound Ecclesiology Protects the Gospel (Ep. 279)
On Leading Inductive Bible Studies (Ep. 278)
On the Church in Portugal, with Tiago Oliveira (Ep. 277)
Episode 276: On the Importance of Ecclesiology for a Church Plant, with Matt Smethurst
Episode 275: On Seasons in a Pastor's Life
Episode 274: On an Unbelieving Australian’s Journey to Being a Baptist Pastor
Episode 273: On Youth Ministry, with Mark Feather and Alex Duke
Episode 272: On Christianity in Kazakhstan, with Dennis Boris
Episode 271: On ACME, with Aaron Menikoff, Greg Gilbert, Juan Sanchez, and Sebastian Traeger
Episode 270: On Pastoral Transition, with Phil Newton and Bob Johnson
Episode 269: On The (Not-So-Secret) Secret to Reaching the Next Generation with Kevin DeYoung
Episode 268: On Preparing to Plant with Jeri Choi, Welton Bonner, and Bobby Jamieson
Episode 267: On Biblical Covenants, with Bobby Jamieson
Episode 266: On Raising Up Associate Pastors, with Bobby Jamieson, Mark Feather, and Deepak Reju
Episode 265: On Pastoring Frustrated Sheep
Episode 264: On the Doctrine of the Trinity, with Bobby Jamieson and Mark Feather
Episode 263: On When You and Your Boss Have Different Philosophies of Ministry
Counseling Talk—Episode 1: On Counseling Talk
Episode 262: On Children's Ministry (Part 2), with Connie Dever
Episode 261: On Children's Ministry (Part 1), with Connie Dever
Episode 260: On Residential or Online Seminary?
Episode 259: On Corporate Application in Preaching, with Cheston Pickard
Episode 258: On When May a Congregation Vote Against its Elders, with Jamie Dunlop
Episode 257: On Congregational Singing
Episode 256: On Leadership and Church Size Dynamics
Episode 255: On Transcendence
Episode 254: On Interacting After Church Discipline
Episode 253: On Criteria for Church Discipline
Episode 252: On Catholicity
Episode 251: On Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy (with Jamie Dunlop)
Episode 250: On Statements of Faith
Episode 249: On Church Covenants
Episode 248: On Words
Episode 247: On Shepherding the Pastor (with Phil Newton and Rich Shadden)
Episode 246: On Planting by Pastoring (with Nathan Knight)
Episode 245: On Pastoral, Public Tone (with Kevin DeYoung)
Episode 244: On Authority
Episode 243: On Pastoring (with Bart Barber)
Episode 242: On Staffing Titles
Episode 241: On How to Disagree with Your Pastor
Episode 240: On Friendship with God (with Mike McKinley)
Episode 239: On A New Christian Authoritarianism?
Episode 238: On American Exceptionalism (with John Wilsey)
Episode 237: On Having Difficult Conversations
Episode 236: On Is Hell Real (with Dane Ortlund)
Episode 235: On Spurgeon the Pastor (with Geoff Chang)
Episode 234: On Spurgeon and the Poor (with Alex DiPrima)
Episode 233: On Charges of Domestic Abuse (with Deepak Reju)
Episode 232: On Reaching and Mobilizing College Students (with Matt Schmucker and Paul Billings)
Episode 231: On the Lord's Supper - Nuts and Bolts (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 230: On Christian Publishing in Africa (with Tommie van der Walt)
Episode 229: On Green Dot and Red Dot Churches
Episode 228: On Caring for Missionaries (with Miller Johnson)
Episode 227: On The Fear of Man
Episode 226: On Asking Deacons What They Do (with Grayson Bishop, Mathew Freeman, Jen Kim, and Rebeca Roberts)
Episode 225: On Beauty and Creativity in the Church (with Thomas Terry)
Episode 224: On Why New Testament Polity Is Prescriptive (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 223: On Shepherding after a Pastors Moral Failure (with Thomas Terry)
Episode 222: On Humor (with Ben Lacey)
Episode 221: On Elder Selection Process (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 220: On Funding Missions
Episode 219: On Pastoring in India (with Pastor Harshit)
Episode 218: A Conversation with Michael Reeves
Episode 217: On Pastoring in Afghanistan (with Josh Manley and two Afghan Pastors)
Episode 216: On Singing (with John Piper)
Episode 215: On Pastoring Through a Hurricane (with Jeramie Rinne)
Episode 214: On Pastors - What You Should Know About Your Wife (with Keri Folmar and Jenny Manley)
Priscilla Talk—Episode 1: What is Priscilla Talk?
Episode 213: On The Pastor and Church Administration (with Jamie Dunlop and Ryan Townsend)
Episode 212: On Preaching (with John Piper)
Missions Talk—Episode 1: On The Reasons We Started Missions Talk
Episode 211: On Playing the Long Game (with Dave Gobbett)
Episode 210: On The State of Evangelicalism (with Ligon Duncan and Simon Gathercole)
Episode 209: On Pursuing Revival While Avoiding Revivalism
Episode 208: On What the Simeon Trust Guys Have Learned from Years of Training Preachers (w/ Michael Lawrence, Jeremy Meeks & Robert Kinney)
Episode 207: On the History and Usefulness of Puritan Paperbacks (with Patrick Daly, Ligon Duncan, Nick Roark)
Episode 206: On Christian Publishing in Russian (with Arman)
Episode 205: On Pastoring International Churches (with Caleb Greggsen)
Episode 204: On "No Shortcut to Success" Part 2 (with Matt Rhodes)
Episode 203: On The Prosperity Gospel (with Sean DeMars and Mike McKinley)
Episode 202: On Expressive Individualism (with Carl Trueman)
Episode 201: On Pastoring in Germany (with Matthias Lohmann, Lukas Stadt, and Rudolf Tissen)
Episode 200: On Loving People As They Leave
Episode 199: On When to Leave Associations
Episode 198: On What Should We Do about Members Who Won't Attend? (with Alex Duke)
Episode 197: On Discipling Your Elders
Episode 196: On "No Shortcut to Success" Part 1 (with Matt Rhodes)
Episode 195: On Wisdom for New Pastors (with Bob Johnson, Omar Johnson, and Sam Emadi)
Episode 194: On How the Puritans Shaped Mark's Ministry
Episode 193: On Top 2021 News Stories for Pastors (with Collin Hansen & Garrett Kell)
Episode 192: On Pastoral Ministry in Post-Christian Sweden (with Johnny Lithell, Ben Lacey, and Caleb Morell)
Episode 191: On Pastoral Patience - Part 2 (with John Folmar & Josh Manley)
Episode 190: On Pastoral Patience - Part 1 (with John Folmar & Josh Manley)
Episode 189: How Can I Support International Missions? (with Mark Collins)
Episode 188: On Sound Doctrine and the Problems with the "Deconstruction" Project
Episode 187: On Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (4th Edition)
Episode 186: On Gentle and Lowly (with Dane Ortlund)
Episode 185: On The Path to Being a Pastor — Part 2 (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 184: On The Path to Being a Pastor — Part 1 (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 183: On Church-Centered Missions vs Movement-Driven Missions
Episode 182: On How Buildings Turn Churches into Time Machines (with Adam Sinnett)
Episode 181: On Translating Books and the Great Commission (with Rick Denham, Daniel Henderson & David Adams)
Episode 180: On Filtering Pastoral Candidates (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 179: On How to Plant a Church (with Eric Bancroft & Matt Smethurst)
Episode 178: On Rediscover Church (with Collin Hansen)
Episode 177: On Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved (with David King & Mike Bullmore)
Episode 176: On Why We Gather Twice on Sundays
Episode 175: On Plagiarism in the Pulpit (with Ben Lacey)
Episode 174: On Why Is the Lord's Supper So Important? (with Aubrey M. Sequeira & Sam Emadi)
Episode 173: On How Can I Find Someone to Disciple Me? (with Garrett Kell & Mike McKinley)
Episode 172: On Pastoring and Parenting (with David Helm, Juan Sanchez, and Michael Lawrence)
Episode 171: On Does God Love Everyone? (with Matt McCullough & Mike McKinley)
Episode 170: On Men and Women in the Church (with Kevin DeYoung)
Episode 169: On Why Should I Give to My Church (with Jamie Dunlop)
Episode 168: On Membership Interviews
Episode 167: On Deacons (with Matt Smethurst)
Episode 166: On How Can Women Thrive in the Local Church (with Keri Folmar)
Episode 165: On Overview Sermons
Episode 164: On Pastoral Sabbaticals (with Jamie Dunlop)
Episode 163: On Paying Pastors (with Jamie Dunlop)
Episode 162: On Firing Church Staff
Episode 160: On Raising Up Elders in a Growing Church
Episode 159: On How to Talk to Your Church About Leaving (with Hershael York)
Episode 158: On Chairing an Elders Meeting (with Isaac Adams & Ken Barbic)
Episode 157: On Why Should I Be Baptized? (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 156: On How Pastors Should Prepare their People for Eternity
Episode 155: On Remembering 2020
Episode 154: On A Bunch of Fun Biographies
Episode 153: On Caring for Members Unwilling to Come Back to Church (with Nathan Knight)
Episode 152: On Virtual "Church"
Episode 151: On How Much a Pastor Should Care About His Reputation
Episode 150: On Cleaning the Membership Rolls - Part 2 (with Matt Schmucker)
Episode 149: On Cleaning the Membership Rolls - Part 1 (with Matt Schmucker)
Episode 148: On How A Culture of Discipling + Lay Elders = Church Planting
Episode 147: On the Appeal and the Errors of Theonomy (with T. David Gordon)
Episode 146: On Preparing for a Tough Political Season (Part 2)
Episode 145: On Preparing for a Tough Political Season (Part 1)
Episode 144: On Lay Elders - Part 2 (with Klon Kitchen)
Episode 143: On Lay Elders - Part 1 (with Klon Kitchen)
Bible Talk — Genesis 1:1–3:19: On the Serpent, the Promised Seed, and Nahash the King of the Ammonites
Episode 142: On Preparing for the Next Guy
Episode 141: On The Life and Ministry of J. I. Packer
Episode 140: A Conversation about Grace Community Church's Statement on Civil Disobedience
Episode 139: On Remembering J. I. Packer
Episode 138: On What if I Don't Desire to Pray (with John Onwuchekwa)
Episode 137: On What If I Don't Feel Like Going to Church (with Gunner Gundersen)
Episodes 136: On Pastors and Social Media
Episode 135: On Shepherding: The Work and Character of a Pastor
Episode 134: On the Difference between Revival and Revivalism
Episode 133: On Why Should I Join a Church?
Episode 132: On Teaching Your Church about Issues Related to Race (with Jeff Brown, James Miles, and Mark Vroegop)
Episode 131: On Pastoring Amidst National Trauma (with Garrett Kell)
Episode 130: On How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics (with Andy Naselli)
Episode 129: On Principles to Consider as We Gather Again
Episode 128: On When Elders Disagree (with Matt Schmucker)
Episode 127: On Character Matters (with Aaron Menikoff)
Episode 126: On When Should Churches Practice Civil Disobedience? (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 125: On "What Should I Do Now That I'm a Christian?" (with Sam Emadi)
Episode 124: On The Case Against Multisite in One Assembly
Episode 123: On Why We Pick the Multisite Fight in One Assembly
Episode 122: On Hell
Episode 121: On Pastoring Suffering People (with Andy Johnson)
Episode 120: On Shepherding Saints While Sheltered In Place (with Garrett Kell)
Episode 119: On When the Church Can't Gather
Quick Take: What Should Churches Do About Coronavirus?
Episode 118: On Spontaneous Baptisms (with Caleb Morell)
Episode 117: On the Connection Between Baptism & Church Membership
Episode 116: On Training Young Preachers (with Isaac Adams)
Episode 115: On the Regulative Principle
Episode 114: On Pastoring Difficult Members (with Nathan Knight & John Joseph)
Episode 113: On Biblical Theology (with Paul Alexander)
Episode 112: On Planning & Preaching for Non-Christians
Preachers' Talk - Episode 1: On Preaching
Episode 111: On Expositional Preaching
Episode 110: On Preaching, the Supper, and the Unity of the Church (with Bobby Jamieson & Mark Feather)
Episode 109: On Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning
Episode 108: On Why Pastoral Candidates Should NOT Put Their Best Foot Forward (with Blake Boylston)
Episode 107: On Pastoring Amid Depression (with Blake Boylston)
Episode 106: On Spiritual Gifts
Episode 105: On Transitioning to Elders - Part 2
Episode 104: On Transitioning to Elders - Part 1
Episode 103: On Pastoring a Small Church (with PJ Tibayan & Jonathan Worsley)
Episode 102: On Helping Church Members with Spiritual Disciplines (with Brian Davis & John Onwuchekwa)
Episode 101: On Conversion (with Michael Lawrence)
Episode 100: On Remembering Death (with Ligon Duncan & Matt McCullough)
Episode 99: On the Pastor’s Prayer Life (with Thabiti Anyabwile & H.B. Charles Jr.)
Episode 98: On Christian Journalism (with Collin Hansen & Matt Smethurst)
Episode 97: On Celebrating Pastoral Anniversaries (with Isaac Adams)
Episode 96: On Church Elders (with Jeramie Rinne)
Episode 95: On the Value of Church History
Episode 94: On The Heart of the Gospel: Penal Substitutionary Atonement
Episode 93: On 1 Timothy 2:12 and Recent Complementarian Kerfuffles
Episode 92: Are Healthy Churches Enough for Today's Problems?
Episode 91: On the Highs and Lows of Denominational Life
Episode 90: On Pastoral Visits (with Brian Davis)
Episode 89: On Baptism and Membership (with Ligon Duncan)
Episode 88: On the Prosperity Gospel (with Sean Demars & Greg Gilbert)
Episode 87: On Church Membership
Episode 86: On What is the Gospel (with Greg Gilbert)
Episode 84: On Church Buildings
Episode 83: On Overcoming Fear in Personal Evangelism (with Isaac Adams)
Episode 82: On How Your Budget is a Spiritual Issue (with Jamie Dunlop)
Episode 81: On the Christian Practice of Lament (with Mark Vroegop)
Episode 80: On Planning your Preaching Schedule
Episode 79: On Funerals
Episode 78: On Pastoring Members in the Workplace (with Sebastian Traeger)
Episode 77: On Living Close to your Church
Episode 76: On Pastoral Pay
Episode 75: On Church Planting (with Brian Davis and Nathan Knight)
Episode 74: On Ecclesiology for Calvinists (with Sam Emadi)
Episode 73: On The Lord's Supper (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 72: On Baptism (with Bobby Jamieson)
Episode 71: On Canceling Church
Episode 70: On Church Revitalization (with Aaron Menikoff & Andy Davis)
Episode 69: On Pastoral Calling (with Brad Wheeler)
Episode 68: On Missionaries and Churches (with Andy Johnson and John Folmar)
Episode 67: On Hospitality and the Gospel (with Kent & Rosaria Butterfield)
Episode 66: On Contextualization (with John Folmar and Trip Lee)
Episode 65: On Jonathan's New Book, The Rule of Love
Episode 64: On Equipping the Church to Fight Pornography Together (with Deepak Reju)
Episode 63: On The Pastor and Pornography
Episode 62: On How to Prepare a Church to Practice Discipline
Episode 61: On Shepherding during Disagreements
Episode 60: On Cultivating a Culture of Evangelism
Episode 59: On Teaching the Church about the Church
Episode 58: On Members Meetings
Episode 57: On Prayer (with John Onwuchekwa)
Episode 56: On Pastoral Burnout
Episode 55: On the Ministry of Good Christian Books
Episode 54: On “Broad” & “Narrow” Complementarianism
Episode 53: On Deacons
Episode 52: On the Sufficiency of Scripture
Episode 51: On How the Reformation Changed Sunday Gatherings (with Jonathan Gibson)
Episode 50: On the Role of Associate Pastors
Episode 49: On How the Nations Rage
Episode 48: On Core Seminars and Sunday School
Episode 47: On T4G and Celebrity Pastors
Episode 46: On Biblical Theology
Episode 45: On Elders Meetings (Part 2)
Episode 44: On Elders Meetings (Part 1)
Episode 43: On Pastoring Through Theological Controversies
Episode 42: On the Usefulness of Pastoral Internships
Episode 41: On Prayer Service
Episode 40: On Facing Disappointment
Episode 39: On Mere Christianity
Episode 38: On the Pastor's Heart and Other Churches
Episode 37: On the 20th Anniversary of 9Marks
Episode 36: On Discipling
Episode 35: On Leadership (with H.B. Charles, Burk Parsons, and Jeramie Rinne)
Episode 34: On Church Discipline
Episode 33: On Race (part 2)
Episode 32: Remembering R.C. Sproul
Episode 31: On Race (Part 1)
Episode 29: On Sermon Preparation
Episode 28: On Seminary & Pastoral Training (with C. J. Mahaney)
Episode 27: On How to Find a Pastor
Episode 26: On Multi-Site Churches (with Matt Chandler)
Episode 25: On the Mission of the Church
Episode 24: On Pastoral Friendships
Episode 23: On Polity and Discipleship
Episode 22: On the Conscience
Episode 21: On Missions
Episode 20: On the Reformation
Episode 19: On Church Mergers and Plants
Episode 18: On Conversion
Episode 17: On How to Receive and Dismiss Members
Episode 16: On Corporate Prayer
Episode 15: On How Quickly a Pastor Should Make Changes
Episode 14: How the “Senior Pastor” Relates to Other Pastors
Episode 13: On Being a Word-Centered Church
Episode 12: On Small Groups
Episode 11: On Being “Called” to Ministry
Episode 10: Should A Church Reflect Its Surrounding Community?
Episode 9: On the Use and Abuse of Authority
Episode 8: What Makes a Good Pastor?
Episode 7: How to Leave Your Church Well
Episode 6: On Pastoring Singles
Episode 5: On Political Disagreements in the Church
Episode 4: On Receiving Criticism as a Pastor
Episode 3: On Sermon Application
Episode 2: On Pastoring in the Age of Social Media
Episode 1: On Gospel Growth Beyond Your Church