Heart Matters Conference
Recordings and articles from the Gospel Community Keynote Talks by Mark Dever.
Finding Joy in Your Heart
Scripture treats joy as essential to faithful living. When joy fades, strength soon drains away. Prayer feels thinner. Obedience feels heavier. Perseverance becomes harder.
Getting Your Heart Right
Forgiveness awakens love. When Christ is seen as gracious and kind, the heart responds.
Reaching the Hearts of the Lost
Every person is already living for something. Long before they hear the name of Jesus, their heart has been trained by what they treasure, fear, and pursue. Evangelism, therefore, is never just the transfer of information. It is the work of addressing the heart’s deepest attachments with the grace and glory of Christ.
Shaping the Hearts of the Church
Raised intensity or visible excitement is not the same thing as heart renewal. Preaching should be affecting, but not artificial. It must refuse shortcuts that confuse emotional reaction with spiritual transformation, while also refusing to leave people indifferent to Christ.
How the Heart Works
Andrew Katay addressed this tension by returning to a question Scripture itself presses relentlessly: what is the human heart, and what role does it play in spiritual change? He explained that lasting transformation is impossible unless the heart is properly understood and intentionally addressed.
Why the Heart Matters
Hearts cannot be changed by willpower. Sinful desires cannot simply be removed; they must be displaced. The heart will always love something. Attempting to expel sin without replacing it leaves the heart unchanged.