Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

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Pastors’ Talk is a weekly conversation between Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever about practical aspects of the Christian life and pastoral ministry.

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Episode 239: On A New Chris...

05.31.2023

A few weeks ago, we published a new edition of Church Matters—formerly known as the 9Marks Journal—that addresses a few unusual topics: Christian nationalism, theonomy, and magisterial Protestantism.In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever explain why.

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05.31.2023 Episode 239: On A New Christian Authoritarianism? A few weeks ago, we published a new edition of Church Matters—formerly known as the 9Marks Journal—that addresses a few unusual topics: Christian nationalism, theonomy, and magisterial Protestantism.In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever explain why.
05.23.2023 Episode 238: On American Exceptionalism (with John Wilsey) How should a Christian think about patriotism? Why should pastors especially be careful of both nostalgia and cynicism? In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman chats with SBTS professor John D. Wilsey about all these questions and more.
05.16.2023 Episode 237: On Having Difficult Conversations In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan chats with Mark about this under-reported aspect of a pastor's job description.
04.25.2023 Episode 236: On Is Hell Real (with Dane Ortlund)
04.18.2023 Episode 235: On Spurgeon the Pastor (with Geoff Chang) In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan chat with Geoff Chang about Spurgeon the pastor.
04.11.2023 Episode 234: On Spurgeon and the Poor (with Alex DiPrima) In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan chat with Alex DiPrima, the author of Spurgeon and the Poor.
04.04.2023 Episode 233: On Charges of Domestic Abuse (with Deepak Reju) In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan chat with Deepak Reju about pastoral responses to domestic abuse.
03.28.2023 Episode 232: On Reaching and Mobilizing College Students (with Matt Schmucker and Paul Billings) In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan talk with Matt Schmucker and Paul Billings about reaching, discipling, and mobilizing college students for missions.
03.21.2023 Episode 231: On the Lord's Supper - Nuts and Bolts (with Bobby Jamieson) It's clear in Scripture: local churches should celebrate the Lord's Supper. But there's a lot about these celebrations that is up to us to decide. In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan asks Mark and Bobby a ton of rapid-fire ...
03.14.2023 Episode 230: On Christian Publishing in Africa (with Tommie van der Walt) In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark and Jonathan chat with Tommie van der Walt about the state of Christian publishing in South Africa.
03.07.2023 Episode 229: On Green Dot and Red Dot Churches In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan and Mark talk about “red-dot churches” and “green-dot churches.”Related Resources:“Discipling” by Mark Dever“Evangelism” by Mack Stiles“Elders–The Church’s Lead Disciple-Makers” by Jeramie Rinne“A Foolproof Discipling Program: Corporate Worship” by John Sarver“Cultivating a Culture of ...
02.28.2023 Episode 228: On Caring for Missionaries (with Miller Johnson) In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman chat about how churches should care for their missionaries.Mentioned Resource:“Missions” by Andy JohnsonRelated Resources:“On Funding Missionaries” by Mark Dever, Jonathan Leeman, and Tyler Markson“Stop Sending Missionaries: Why More Isn’t ...
02.21.2023 Episode 227: On The Fear of Man
02.14.2023 Episode 226: On Asking Deacons What They Do (with Grayson Bishop, Mathew Freeman, Jen Kim, and Rebeca Roberts)
02.07.2023 Episode 225: On Beauty and Creativity in the Church (with Thomas Terry)
01.31.2023 Episode 224: On Why New Testament Polity Is Prescriptive (with Bobby Jamieson)
01.24.2023 Episode 223: On Shepherding after a Pastors Moral Failure (with Thomas Terry)
01.17.2023 Episode 222: On Humor (with Ben Lacey)
12.13.2022 Episode 221: On Elder Selection Process (with Bobby Jamieson)
12.06.2022 Episode 220: On Funding Missions
11.22.2022 Episode 219: On Pastoring in India (with Pastor Harshit)
11.15.2022 Episode 218: A Conversation with Michael Reeves
11.08.2022 Episode 217: On Pastoring in Afghanistan (with Josh Manley and two Afghan Pastors)
11.01.2022 Episode 216: On Singing (with John Piper)
10.25.2022 Episode 215: On Pastoring Through a Hurricane (with Jeramie Rinne)
10.18.2022 Episode 214: On Pastors - What You Should Know About Your Wife (with Keri Folmar and Jenny Manley)
10.12.2022 Priscilla Talk—Episode 1: What is Priscilla Talk?
10.11.2022 Episode 213: On The Pastor and Church Administration (with Jamie Dunlop and Ryan Townsend)
10.04.2022 Episode 212: On Preaching (with John Piper)
09.29.2022 Missions Talk—Episode 1: On The Reasons We Started Missions Talk
09.27.2022 Episode 211: On Playing the Long Game (with Dave Gobbett)
07.12.2022 Episode 210: On The State of Evangelicalism (with Ligon Duncan and Simon Gathercole)
07.05.2022 Episode 209: On Pursuing Revival While Avoiding Revivalism
06.28.2022 Episode 208: On What the Simeon Trust Guys Have Learned from Years of Training Preachers (w/ Michael Lawrence, Jeremy Meeks & Robert Kinney)
06.14.2022 Episode 207: On the History and Usefulness of Puritan Paperbacks (with Patrick Daly, Ligon Duncan, Nick Roark)
05.24.2022 Episode 206: On Christian Publishing in Russian (with Arman)
05.10.2022 Episode 205: On Pastoring International Churches (with Caleb Greggsen)
04.26.2022 Episode 204: On "No Shortcut to Success" Part 2 (with Matt Rhodes)
04.12.2022 Episode 203: On The Prosperity Gospel (with Sean DeMars and Mike McKinley)
04.05.2022 Episode 202: On Expressive Individualism (with Carl Trueman)
03.29.2022 Episode 201: On Pastoring in Germany (with Matthias Lohmann, Lukas Stadt, and Rudolf Tissen)
03.15.2022 Episode 200: On Loving People As They Leave
03.08.2022 Episode 199: On When to Leave Associations
03.01.2022 Episode 198: On What Should We Do about Members Who Won't Attend? (with Alex Duke) How can you tell if a church practices meaningful membership? Consider how it responds to those “members” who never attend. In this episode, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever and Alex Duke about how this topic is more important than ...
02.15.2022 Episode 197: On Discipling Your Elders In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about several practical ways elders can disciple other elders.
02.08.2022 Episode 196: On "No Shortcut to Success" Part 1 (with Matt Rhodes) In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan and Mark chat with Matt Rhodes, the author of "No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions."They discuss rapidity in missions and whether or not missionaries should be “professionals.”
02.01.2022 Episode 195: On Wisdom for New Pastors (with Bob Johnson, Omar Johnson, and Sam Emadi) In this episode of Pastors Talk, two pastors—Bob Johnson and Omar Johnson—offer some counsel to a brand-new pastor, Sam Emadi.
01.25.2022 Episode 194: On How the Puritans Shaped Mark's Ministry In this episode, Jonathan Leeman chats with Mark Dever about who the Puritans are and how they’ve shaped his ministry.
12.21.2021 Episode 193: On Top 2021 News Stories for Pastors (with Collin Hansen & Garrett Kell) Last week, Collin Hansen reflected on the top stories of last year. So we had him and Garrett Kell on this episode of Pastors Talk to think through each of these stories pastorally.
12.14.2021 Episode 192: On Pastoral Ministry in Post-Christian Sweden (with Johnny Lithell, Ben Lacey, and Caleb Morell) Mark Dever, Caleb Morell, and Ben Lacey chat with Swedish pastor Johnny Lithell about the ups and downs of ministry in a place with so few Christians.

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