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Strengthen your local church with practical tools from our @9Marks Conference! On April 21–22, @jasonkeithallen, @JonathanLeeman, and Mark Dever will help us consider timeless truth in the midst of today’s cultural pressures. Register today at bit.ly/3NclbjS

The life of the believer is a lifelong attempt to calibrate the conscience correctly. 9marks.org/article/calibr…

It is one thing to say that Christians should be involved in discipling relationships. It is another thing to figure out what this looks like practically. 9marks.org/article/journa…

Most of us might instinctively say that the Reformation was about justification. But in fact, it was about much more. 9marks.org/article/how-th…

What are the @9Marks of a healthy church? The 9Marks Conference will be focused on timeless truths that define a healthy local church and how these marks equip pastors and leaders for today’s unique pressures. Register today at bit.ly/3NclbjS

“We must have two eyes, one to see imperfections in ourselves and others, the other to see what is good.” 9marks.org/article/the-fo…

We don’t finally combat legalism by ignoring discipline, but by teaching on true conversion. 9marks.org/article/good-a…

Sometimes your counsel will be the difference between a wise option and a suboptimal, borderline foolish option. 9marks.org/article/can-i-…

When a church’s trellis is broken, its ministry vine can’t grow. This is why church operations—the daily management of people, finances, and processes—is so necessary. 9marks.org/article/operat…

If we submit all our differences under the lordship of Christ, God’s Spirit will lead us either to full agreement or loving acceptance of one another. 9marks.org/article/when-e…

In the latest episode of @9Marks’ Pastor Talk podcast, Jonathan Leeman, Mark Dever, and I discuss religious liberty. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-…

📣 Have you heard? Midwestern Seminary will be hosting the @9Marks Conference in Kansas City! Make plans to join @jasonkeithallen, @JonathanLeeman, and Mark Dever on April 21–22 as we consider the timeless truths that help the local church stand faithful. Register today at bit.ly/3NclbjS

Christians can give thanks for their country despite its faults, even as they give their highest allegiance to Christ and his kingdom. 9marks.org/review/should-…

There is something of a necessity to bearing the right kind of reproach in the Christian life and ministry, while bearing that unjust reproach with an attitude, demeanor, and comportment that is itself above reproach. 9marks.org/article/what-d…

Learn, be encouraged, and gain tools to strengthen your church at our @9Marks Conference! Join us in Kansas City on April 21–22 as we consider how the timeless truth of Scripture is sufficient for the pressures we face today. Register today at bit.ly/4aaMjXZ

Your faithfulness to the Great Commission will not be measured by dollars spent, Bibles given, or hands raised at an altar call. 9marks.org/article/journa…

Character is not a secondary, nice-to-have feature for an elder; it is essential to the role. 9marks.org/article/asking…

After our holiday hiatus, Bible Talk is back! In this episode, @_alexduke_, @DrJimHamilton, and Sam discuss Isaiah 17–18, which includes the LORD’s oracle against Damascus and Cush. 9marks.org/episode/isaiah…

How it was possible for Christ to bear our penalty we do not claim to know, any more than we know how it was possible for him to be made man; but that he bore it is the certainty on which all our hopes rest. 9marks.org/article/what-d…

How can we know when to resist man’s commands? 9marks.org/article/calibr…