Leadership Interviews with Mark Dever

What is baptism? What does baptism mean? Is it simply an individual's declaration that they now belong to Jesus? Is it a sign and seal of the new covenant, just as God intended circumcision to be a sign and seal of the old? And what does all of this have to do with church membership? Is church membership for everyone? Only baptized believers? Baptized believers and their children?

If God the Holy Spirit left your church this weekend, what would happen next?

Where do elders come from? Is there a way to raise them up without trying to "reverse engineer" a man-made process? And once a church has elders, how can they stay unified? What does "unity" among elders even look like? Must they agree on every single thing?

In the last of a three-part interview,* Mark Dever interviews Tim Keller about his book-writing ministry, how he attempts to confront a secular audience with the gospel, and more.

Mark Dever interviews Tim Keller about his pastoral legacy, what a typical Sunday morning looks like for him, his dichotomy-refuting "third way-ism," and much more.

Mark Dever interviews Tim Keller about his conversion, what led him to New York City, why the cultural gap between generations has exponentially grown in recent decades, and much more.

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Mark Dever interviews four men ministering across four continents: South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Is expositional preaching the only kind of faithful preaching? Are personal illustrations useful or unacceptable? How can preachers encourage obedience without veering toward moralism? In this wide-ranging interview, Garrett Kell talks with Mark Dever on the art and practice of preaching.

Mark Dever interviews CBMW President Owen Strachan on Chuck Colson, Carl F. H. Henry, and the state of the complementarian debate.

A Kenyan pastor reflects on the prosperity gospel, urbanization, biblical literacy, Islamic influence, meaningful membership, and more.

Mark Dever answers Jonathan Leeman's questions about his strategies for raising up elders in the church.

How do we help church members who prefer anonymity to love and open up to each other?

What does it take to plant churches among the urban poor? What role do women’s ministry and mercy ministry play?

Mark Dever talks to David Helm about training preachers, what makes good preaching, and what his new book adds to the mix.

What are good and bad ways to think about religion and politics? How should Christians work for the common good in a secularizing age?

How should a church’s elders address divorce, illegal immigration, substance abuse, in vitro fertilization, and more?

Prosperity gospel, persecution, changing cultural tides, a rising generation of convictional pastors, and more in this roundtable discussion on the church in America and abroad.

A roundtable discussion on the Great Commission, sending, calling, prayer, patience, and more with the leaders of the Cross Conference.

Mark Dever and Russell Moore discuss Moore’s new role, rap, relevance, and why “it’s even worse than it appears, but it’s alright.”

Zane Pratt discusses the strange dynamics of cross-cultural missions in a Facebook world.

Mark Dever asks Carl Trueman about holocaust denial, secularization, “no creed but the Bible,” and everything else under the sun in this far-ranging conversation.

How pushy should we be in our evangelism? Do we have to earn the right to share the gospel? Mack Stiles and a few friends share their wisdom.

What was Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ day-to-day ministry like? Find out in this interview with Iain Murray.

John Piper addresses racism, the gospel, obstacles to reconciliation, and white guilt in this discussion of his recent book Bloodlines.