Pastor Mark Dever encourages us to continue to be faithful to the Gospel and The Great Commission by pointing out that God's purposes to make himself known through the Church will not go unfulfilled.

The model of staying long-term to see one local church planted among one unreached language group is biblical and adorns the gospel in a way that is lasting. In this opening session at RMC21 Brooks Buser walks through the lives of Adoniram Judson and John Paton as models of faithful missions for us today.

In 2003 during a round table discussion at the Tricentennial of Jonathan Edwards's birth, John Piper had a very interesting dialogue with IaIn Murray and Mark Dever on the method of Edwards in evangelism. In this podcast it was my goal to comment on that exchange. And by doing so, point out the missing elements in modern evangelical testimonies of conversion compared to written accounts before 1850.

Cliff Cooper summarizes Pastor Earl Blackburn's eight criteria for joining a church and adds an evaluation of Mark Dever's book "Nine Marks of a Healthy Church." The key message is about finding a church where the Bible guides faith and practice, worship is reverent and biblical, there is a correct concept of God centered on Christ, love within the congregation prevails over social ministry focus, compassion for unsaved individuals is evident, genuine biblical church discipline is practiced, growth in grace is encouraged, and that there are no perfect churches but those reforming under the Word of God. Dever's nine marks emphasize expositional preaching, biblical theology, gospel-centeredness, a proper understanding of conversion, evangelism, church membership, church discipline, discipleship, and leadership—with differences between Blackburn's more person-centered approach and Devers' objective perspective. Cooper concludes by acknowledging that while everyone should be involved in evangelism, not all are called to preach the gospel publicly; rather, each has unique roles within a church community focused on Christ.

Review of two books The Amazing Claims of Bible Prophecy by Mark Hitchcock Discipling by Mark Dever

A healthy church is not constituted of bells and whistles. Chiefly, it needs Jesus as it's head, a pastor equipping the members through sound teaching, and the members serving.

A new MP3 sermon from Central Africa Baptist University is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Raising Up Godly Elders

Subtitle: Congregationalism

Speaker: Mark Dever

Broadcaster: Central Africa Baptist University

Event: Conference

Date: 8/17/2018

Bible: 2 Timothy 2:2

Length: 43 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Central Africa Baptist University is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Case for Congregationalism

Subtitle: Congregationalism

Speaker: Mark Dever

Broadcaster: Central Africa Baptist University

Event: Conference

Date: 8/17/2018

Bible: Matthew 18:15-17; Acts 6:2-5

Length: 48 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Central Africa Baptist University is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: Eldership

Subtitle: Congregationalism

Speaker: Mark Dever

Broadcaster: Central Africa Baptist University

Event: Conference

Date: 8/17/2018

Bible: 1 Timothy 3:1-7

Length: 43 min.

A new MP3 sermon from First Baptist Church of Durham is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:

Title: How Do We Find God's Peace?

Speaker: Mark Dever

Broadcaster: First Baptist Church of Durham

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 9/23/2018

Bible: Psalm 4

Length: 51 min.