Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

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

Episodes

June 3, 2025 1 min
Jonathan selects two winners for the 300th episode giveaway!
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In the last few decades France has become more secular. In this episode, Mark and Jonathan interview pastor Matthieu Giralt about the state of Christianity and his personal church experience.
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To celebrate the 300th episode milestone, Mark and Jonathan answer some of the questions that were submitted by the community.
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There are many "Christians"communities out there, but do they proclaim the biblical gospel? Mark and Jonathan talk to Josh Waldner who grew up in a Hutterites colony.
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Why did Alex duke write From Eden to Egypt? Mark and Jonathan interview Alex on the burden behind the book.
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April 29, 2025 26 mins
Jonathan and Mark share how they structure their libraries and also discuss how much importance pastors should give to their libraries.
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There are seasons in a pastor's life when they could feel spiritually dry. In this episode, Mark and Jonathan, alongside 2 friends, think practically about what to do in those seasons.
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April 15, 2025 38 mins
Jonathan talks to Samuel James about an article he wrote and together consider how maturity should look like inside of the church in light of the times we live in.

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Mark and Jonathan talk about the pastor's personal evangelism and consider how to carefully think about how we should relate to it.

Related Resources:

Evangelism by Mack Stiles
How Do I Get Started in Evangelism? by Mack Stiles
What If I'm Discouraged in My Evangelism? by Isaac Adams
The Gospel and Personal Evangelism by Mark Dever
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April 1, 2025 31 mins
Mark and Jonathan talk to the author of A Light on the Hill, which tells the history of a church 5 blocks from the US Capitol: Capitol Hill Baptist Church.
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Are there other qualifications for considering men as elders aside from the Bible's? In this episode Jonathan and Mark discuss what other things could be considered when nominating elders.
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March 18, 2025 30 mins
In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman talk about the good desire some pastors have to write outside of church ministry and how to think about it.

Subscribe to our new podcast, A Storm in the Desert, here: https://www.9marks.org/podcast/a-storm-in-the-desert/
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March 11, 2025 27 mins
In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman talk with the President of Poiema (a Spanish publisher) about the state of Christianity in Colombia.
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In this episode of Pastors Talk, Caleb Morell interviews Mark Dever about some general practices of his private prayer life.

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February 25, 2025 29 mins
In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman discuss a way to possibly run your church staff.

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Introducing a new podcast from 9Marks—A Storm in the Desert.

In 1972, at the base of a Swiss mountain, God saved a man named Mack Stiles. Two decades later, John Folmar “accepted Jesus as his personal Savior”; he doesn’t know even where he first heard that phrase. What happens in the next quarter-century is a testament to God’s commitment to use faithful, ordinary ministry to effect fruitful, extraordinary change. A Storm in the Des...
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Can one belong before believing? In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Caleb Morell discuss the evangelistic power of exclusivity.

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February 11, 2025 33 mins
In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman talk about service reviews. What is it? What do you talk about during service reviews? What if some feedback is too harsh? Mark Dever shares how the lead pastor can utilize this time to not only make the services better in the future, but also pastor and shepherd his staff and members.


Subscribe to our new podcast, A Storm in the Desert, here: https://www.9marks.org/po...
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February 4, 2025 33 mins
In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan Leeman interviews Alex Duke and Alberto Jaquez about A Storm in the Desert, a new podcast series by 9Marks.

Subscribe to our new podcast, A Storm in the Desert, here: https://www.9marks.org/podcast/a-storm-in-the-desert/
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December 17, 2024 23 mins
In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman interview Eric Yee, lead pastor of Harvest Mission Community Church of Jakarta, about Christianity in Indonesia.
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