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Publisher's summary
How do you feel about doctrine?
Whatever answer comes to mind, this book will not only convince you that sound doctrine is vital for living a godly life, it will also explain the essential role of theology in the life of a healthy church.
After all, thinking rightly about God affects everything, from guiding us in practical issues to growing a church's unity and witness.
This short, listenable book shows how good theology leads to transformation, life, and joy.
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I enjoyed the author’s book on sound doctrine. The listener gets a very condensed teaching on how Biblically sound doctrine is important to not only a good church, but to evangelism as well. Finally, I enjoyed the narrators matter of fact interpretation.
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Evangelism: How the Whole Church Speaks of Jesus
- 9marks: Building Healthy Churches
- By: J. Mack Stiles
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 95
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Story5 out of 5 stars 93
Evangelism is more than a program. Every few years, churches jump into the latest evangelistic fad. Leaders administrate the new program, and members go on a raid. But picture a church where evangelism is simply part of the culture. Leaders share their faith consistently and openly. Members follow, encouraging one another to make evangelism an ongoing way of life. Such is the way of evangelism presented by this brief and compelling book. No program here.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding!
- By Dea O'Connor on 07-19-23
By: J. Mack Stiles
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Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today
- 9marks: Building Healthy Churches
- By: David Helm
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 146
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story5 out of 5 stars 120
What makes for good preaching? In this accessible volume - written for preachers and preachers in training - pastor David Helm outlines what must be believed and accomplished to become a faithful expositor of God's word. In addition to offering practical, step-by-step guidance for preachers, this short book will equip all of us to recognize good preaching when we hear it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Helpful and concise.
- By Garcia on 12-16-16
By: David Helm
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Deacons
- How They Serve and Strengthen the Church
- By: Matt Smethurst
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 out of 5 stars 38
In this short audiobook, Matt Smethurst makes the case that deacons are model servants called to meet tangible needs, organize and mobilize acts of service, preserve the unity of the flock, and support the ministry of the elders. Clearing away common misconceptions, Smethurst offers practical guidance for deploying deacons and helping churches to flourish.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Encouraging
- By Jim Wetterlund on 09-23-23
By: Matt Smethurst
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Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus
- Series: 9Marks
- By: Jonathan Leeman
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story5 out of 5 stars 85
Why should you join a church? Becoming a member of a church is an important, and often neglected, part of the Christian life. Yet the trend these days is one of shunning the practice of organized religion and showing a distaste or fear of commitment, especially of institutions. Jonathan Leeman addresses these issues with a straightforward explanation of what church membership is and why it's important. Giving the local church its proper due, Leeman has built a compelling case for committing to the local body.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A biblical perspective on church membership
- By Manuel A. on 12-04-23
By: Jonathan Leeman
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Missions: How the Local Church Goes Global
- 9marks Series
- By: Andy Johnson
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 33
Every local church should be engaged with global missions, even if most individuals in the church aren't called to go overseas. But what does this engagement actually look like? How can local churches train, send, and support missionaries well? Unpacking principles from the Bible and applying them in the context of real life in a local church, this new book in the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series is filled with practical steps and advice for supporting missionaries, forming international partnerships, sending short-term teams, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Intro!
- By MarshallP1991 on 04-12-23
By: Andy Johnson
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Prayer
- How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)
- By: John Onwuchekwa
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17
Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body - but it often doesn't come quite as naturally. In fact, prayer in the church often gets subtly pushed to the side in favor of pragmatic practices that promise tangible results. This book focuses on the necessity of regular prayer as a central practice in the local church - awakening us to the need and blessing of corporate prayer by examining what Jesus taught about prayer, how the first Christians approached prayer, and how to prioritize prayer in our congregations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Breathing Treatment for the Spiritually Asthmatic
- By David C on 06-28-23
By: John Onwuchekwa
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Church Discipline: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus
- 9marks: Building Healthy Churches
- By: Jonathan Leeman
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
Jonathan Leeman helps us face the endless variety of circumstances and sins for which no scriptural case study exists, sins that don't show up on any list and need a biblical framework to be corrected appropriately in love. Here is a contemporary and concise how-to guide that provides a theological framework for understanding and implementing disciplinary measures in the local church, along with several examples of real-life situations and the corresponding responses.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book about church discipline!
- By Jason on 05-28-23
By: Jonathan Leeman
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What is the Gospel?
- By: Greg Gilbert
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 230
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 194
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Story5 out of 5 stars 194
This newest addition to the IX Marks series presents a clear, straightforward statement of the gospel, the third mark of a healthy church. What is the gospel? It seems like a simple question, yet it has been known to incite some heated responses, even in the church. How are we to formulate a clear, biblical understanding of the gospel? Tradition, reason, and experience all leave us ultimately disappointed.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Calvinism at its finest...aka back loaded works
- By Cordelia House on 08-20-20
By: Greg Gilbert
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The Gospel and Personal Evangelism
- 9Marks
- By: Mark Dever
- Narrated by: Mark Dever
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story5 out of 5 stars 50
Evangelism is not only misunderstood, it is often unpracticed. Many Christians want to share the gospel with others, but because those Christians don't grasp the fundamentals of witnessing, they feel intimidated and incapable of sharing the truth of the gospel. Yet those believers fail to recognize that God has already established who and how we are to evangelize. In The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, Dr. Mark Dever seeks to answer the four basic questions about evangelism that many Christians ask: Who should we evangelize? How should we evangelize? What is evangelism? Why should we evangelize?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Assad M. Saif on 01-08-23
By: Mark Dever
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Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
- 4th Edition
- By: Mark Dever
- Narrated by: Marcus Jackman
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 out of 5 stars 38
You may have encountered books on this topic before, but not like this one. Instead of an instruction manual for church growth, this classic text points to basic biblical principles for assessing and strengthening the health of your church. Whether you’re a pastor, a leader, or an involved member of your congregation, studying the nine marks of a healthy church will help you cultivate new life and well-being within your own church for God’s glory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book is a blessing.
- By Toliy Strizh on 05-12-23
By: Mark Dever
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Why Trust the Bible? (9Marks)
- By: Greg Gilbert
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story5 out of 5 stars 42
The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith. But this leads to an inescapable question: Why should we trust the Bible? Written to help non-Christians, longtime Christians, and everyone in between better understand why God's Word is reliable, this short book explores the historical and theological arguments that have helped lead millions of believers through the centuries to trust the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, Biblically accurate,
- By Westie Lover on 05-29-23
By: Greg Gilbert
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Understanding the Great Commission
- Church Basics
- By: Mark Dever, Jonathan Leeman - Series Editor
- Narrated by: Mark Dever
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
God means to fulfill the Great Commission through local churches. How did the apostles and the churches of the New Testament obey the Great Commission? By gathering Christians together in churches. The church is God's plan for evangelism, discipleship, and the Great Commission. This connection between the Great Commission and the church dramatically impacts how both leaders and members should think about their work of making disciples. We do it together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank You.
- By Michael M on 11-12-23
By: Mark Dever, and others
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Finding the Right Hills to Die On
- The Case for Theological Triage
- By: Gavin Ortlund, D. A. Carson - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
In theology, just as in battle, some hills are worth dying on. But how do we know which ones? When should doctrine divide, and when should unity prevail? Pastor Gavin Ortlund makes the case that while all doctrines matter, some are more essential than others. He considers how and what to prioritize in doctrine and ministry, encouraging humility and grace along the way. Using four basic categories of doctrine in order of importance, this book helps new and seasoned church leaders alike wisely labor both to uphold doctrine and to preserve unity.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Categories in the intro are helpful
- By PickyPeople on 08-20-20
By: Gavin Ortlund, and others
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Church History 101
- The Highlights of Twenty Centuries
- By: Sinclair B. Ferguson, Joel R. Beeke, Michael A. G. Haykin
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Church history is important because it shows us how God's faithful dealings with his people in the Bible continue in the ongoing life and work of Christ in our world. If you have ever wished for a short book highlighting church history's most important events that will enlighten your mind and pique your interest, this is the one you've been waiting for. Three prolific church historians collaborate their efforts in Church History 101 to present you with a quick listen of church history's high points.