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4 Ways Healthy Church Members Cultivate True Growth

Dec 7, 2024 | crossway.org | Thabiti Anyabwile |Mark Dever

Growing to Be Like JesusHow do healthy church members cultivate growth? The following are some suggestions for continuing to develop godliness or holiness in life. 1. Abide in ChristJesus said: “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
What a Church Is . . . and Isn’t

Oct 21, 2024 | theaquilareport.com | Mark Dever

The church is a people, not a place or a statistic. It’s a body, united into him who is the head. It’s a family, joined together by adoption through Christ. I pray that we pastors would increasingly recognize our awesome responsibility for the particular flocks over which God has made us undershepherds. During my graduate studies, I remember one conversation with a friend who worked for a Christian ministry that was not affiliated with any one church.
October 2024 New Releases

Oct 18, 2024 | crossway.org | Kevin DeYoung |Douglas Sean O’Donnell |Mark Dever |Thabiti Anyabwile

New BooksBelow is a list of the new and notable resources releasing this month from Crossway. Titles include Daily Doctrine by Kevin DeYoung and the Daily Liturgy Devotional by Douglas Sean O’Donnell. Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic TheologyKevin DeYoungDesigned to make systematic theology clear and accessible for the everyday Christian, this devotional walks through the most important theology topics over the course of a year.
On the Importance of Ecclesiology for a Church Plant, with Matt Smethurst (Pastors Talk, Ep. 276)

Oct 10, 2024 | 9marks.org | Jonathan Leeman |Mark Dever |Matt Smethurst

In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman interview Matt Smethurst, a pastor of River City Baptist Church, on the importance of ecclesiology for a church plant. *****Subscribe and listen to this episode on Spotify and Apple Podcast Future 9Marks Articles delivered By Alex Duke, Jim Hamilton, Sam Emadi By Deepak Reju, Garrett Kell, Hayley Satrom
What Is a Healthy Church?

Oct 8, 2024 | crossway.org | Mark Dever |Kevin DeYoung

Format: Crossway+ members receive 30% off books. Learn more. Availability: In Stock Retail Price: $14.99 Other Books in This Series: Key Traits of a Healthy Church to Develop within the Local Body What is an ideal church, and how can you tell? How does it look different from other churches? More importantly, how does it act differently, especially in society?
What a Church Is . . . and Isn't

Oct 6, 2024 | crossway.org | Mark Dever

A Jarring ConversationDuring my graduate studies, I remember one conversation with a friend who worked for a Christian ministry that was not affiliated with any one church. He and I did attend the same church for a couple of years. But while I joined the church as a member, my friend didn’t. In fact, he only came for the Sunday morning service and would slip in about halfway through, just in time for the sermon. One day, I decided to ask him about his half-hearted attendance.
10 Key Bible Verses on the Church

Oct 5, 2023 | crossway.org | Dustin Benge |Mark Dever |Paul Alexander

This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series. All commentary notes adapted from the ESV Study Bible. 1. Acts 2:42–47And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common.
What Did the Cross Achieve?

Aug 29, 2023 | crossway.org | J. I. Packer |Mark Dever

Bibles Books Tracts Articles Donate By J. I. Packer, Foreword by Mark Dever ... Show All Format: Crossway+ members receive 30% off books. Learn more. Availability: In Stock Retail Price: $9.99 Other Books in This Series: By J. I. Packer, Foreword by Mark Dever ... Show All A Classic Essay on Penal Substitutionary Atonement from Theologian J. I.
How Do I Know That I've Been Called into Ministry?

Jul 26, 2023 | crosswalk.com | Mark Dever

If you see people around you getting saved because you have shared the gospel with them, or if you see other people's lives being changed because of the things you're sharing with them from the Word, then you might well be called into ministry.
Should Infants Be Baptized?

Jun 20, 2023 | crosswalk.com | Mark Dever

I think that even as most of my friends who believe in infant baptism would only admit believers to the Lord's table, and that doesn't undermine the fact that it's a gracious ordinance, a gracious sacrament just by the fact that we participate in it. It doesn't undermine the graciousness of God's promises held out to us in Christ in baptism for us to require faith. Our faith. That faith is a gift, as we know from Ephesians 2.