Nine Marks of a Healthy Church grew out of a sermon series preached by Mark Dever to his congregation at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. First published in 2000 and now in its third edition (2013), the book is a sustained argument that most contemporary churches have confused numerical growth, cultural relevance, and program excellence with genuine health. Dever contends that a truly healthy church is built not on technique but on faithfulness to Scripture across nine identifiable marks. The book is organized in two movements. The first five marks address the content of the church's message — preaching, theology, the Gospel, conversion, and evangelism. The last four address the community of the church — membership, discipline, discipleship, and leadership. Dever writes not as a theorist but as a practitioner who has applied these principles for more than two decades at one congregation, watching them produce a church that is neither liberal, seeker-sensitive, nor merely traditional but genuinely biblical. The third edition was revised in light of nearly twenty years of pastoral experience and includes updated prefaces, a foreword by David Platt, and a more mature reflection on what Dever has learned. The 9Marks ministry (9marks.org) has since grown into a global network of resources, churches, and training rooted in these nine convictions.

Ashamed of the Gospel is John MacArthur's full-throated defense of biblical preaching against the rising tide of market-driven ministry that swept evangelical churches in the early 1990s. Written in the tradition of Charles Spurgeon—whose "Down-Grade Controversy" of 1887–1892 serves as the book's historical spine—MacArthur argues that the modern church has traded its prophetic calling for the applause of consumers. The culprit is pragmatism: the philosophy that whatever draws a crowd must be right, whatever grows a church must be blessed, and whatever offends the seeker must be silenced. MacArthur is not against innovation, large churches, or relevance. He is against the systematic subordination of God's Word to human technique, the removal of the gospel's offense, and the replacement of divine sovereignty with marketing wisdom. The book is simultaneously a historical warning, a biblical theology of ministry, a call to courageous preaching, and an urgent plea to the evangelical church to return to the unadulterated gospel—before it is too late.

2:04 What is the difference between Sin, Transgression and Iniquity? 8:44 Should I evangelize my non-Christian friend's dying son and how should I approach it? 14:29 What is the main difference in Bible translations between thought for thought and word for word and which is the best translation? 22:01 Will only a remnant be Christ's bride? 26:25 In Romans 7:15-20 is Paul talking about before becoming a Christian or after? 29:48 What are our responsibilities after being baptized? 36:06 How do we respond to someone who says, "love is love, let me love whoever I want"? 44:15 Before Jesus comes back where do we go when we die? 49:12 Does only a small remnant of the raptured church make up the bride of Christ? 51:13 Where does it say in the Bible that Joseph's brothers were jealous of him? 53:57 How do I know if I'm truly following Christ in all areas of obedience?

Two Views on Women in Ministry brings together four respected evangelical scholars to address one of the most contested questions in the modern church: What roles may women legitimately fill in Christian ministry? The volume follows Zondervan's Counterpoints format — each contributor writes a primary essay defending a position, then responds to each of the other three essays, with editor James R. Beck offering a concluding assessment. Two positions are represented: the egalitarian view, which holds that Scripture places no gender-based restrictions on ministry leadership, and the complementarian view, which maintains that Scripture reserves certain authoritative teaching and pastoral roles for men. Linda L. Belleville (North Park Theological Seminary) and Craig S. Keener (Eastern Seminary) argue for the egalitarian position. Craig L. Blomberg (Denver Seminary) and Thomas R. Schreiner (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) argue for the complementarian position, though with notable differences in emphasis and application between them. Beck, who identifies as an egalitarian, is careful to present all four voices fairly and without bias. The result is a model of respectful evangelical dialogue, demonstrating that faithful, scholarly believers can hold deeply different conclusions on a consequential question while maintaining genuine Christian unity.

What is the purpose of your life - are you truly living? An open-air message from Salisbury, UK.

Greek for the Rest of Us is William Mounce's definitive answer to the question every pastor has been asked: 'Is there a way to understand the Greek New Testament without spending years learning it?' The answer, Mounce argues, is a qualified yes—not because shortcuts replace rigorous scholarship, but because a well-equipped reader armed with good tools and a foundational grasp of the language can engage the text at a far deeper level than English-only study allows. Written by one of evangelicalism's foremost Greek grammarians and the translator behind the ESV, the book ascends through three tiers—Foundational, Church, and Functional Greek—guiding readers from the alphabet to word studies, phrasing, verbal aspect, textual criticism, and translation theory. The result is not a substitute for formal Greek training but the most practical on-ramp to biblical languages available to the motivated layperson, pastor, or teacher.

Exploring Bible Prophecy from Genesis to Revelation is the most comprehensive single-volume reference on biblical prophecy available to evangelical readers. Edited by Tim LaHaye and Ed Hindson—two of the foremost voices in dispensational eschatology—this 959-page volume assembles contributions from over twenty scholars to provide commentary on every predictive passage in the canon, from the proto-evangelium of Genesis 3:15 to the consummation visions of Revelation 22. The guiding conviction throughout is that prophecy is best understood through a literal, grammatical-historical hermeneutic: what God said, He meant, and what He promised, He will fulfill. The cumulative effect is both an indispensable study tool and a sustained argument that Scripture's prophetic architecture—covenant promises, typological fulfillments, apocalyptic visions—coheres around the person and program of Jesus Christ.

God has revealed himself in nature as creator, and in Scripture more fully and wonderfully. We see in Psalm 19 God's glory in the skies, in Scripture, and in salvation.

This Sunday evening Ruling Elder Jeremiah Horner preaches from 2 John. Severn Run Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), devoted to the pursuit of Scripture, prayer, fellowship, and worship as we seek to faithfully reach our community for Christ.