Jonathan Leeman
Week #12—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Affirm and Protect the Family
By Jonathan Leeman | 12.01.2016The topics of marriage and family necessarily involve society in matters which the state will need to regulate.
Mailbag #42: Hypocritical Church Discipline; Pre-Marital Counseling for Two Unbelievers?
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.18.2016—Why do churches discipline for sins like homosexuality and adultery but not other sins like gluttony or vanity or greed? —Would you do pre-marital counseling for two unbelievers? If so, what would you cover?
Mailbag #41: When the Church Votes “No” on a Clear Discipline Case; The Biblical Case of “Lay Elders”
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.11.2016—What if the congregation votes “no” in a clear case of discipline? —Are “lay elders” a biblical category?
Week #11—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Tolerate True and False Religion
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.10.2016In a pagan culture, sexual freedom and abortive freedom is religious freedom.
Mailbag #40: Too High a Standard for Church Membership; Where Are Churches Commanded to Gather Weekly
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.04.2016—You say the standard for church membership is nothing more than simply “being a Christian.” But that’s not entirely true, is it? —Where in Scripture are local churches commanded to gather every week?
Week #10—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Treat People Equally (Justice and Identity Politics)
By Jonathan Leeman | 11.03.2016This week we will mediate on the government’s job to treat all God-imagers equally as God-imagers.
Mailbag #39: Turning Elder Training into a Program; Divorced, Repentant, but Not Seeking Reconciliation?
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.28.2016—Is it wise to turn elder training into a program? —Can a divorced member of the church be repentant without seeking reconciliation with their spouse?
Week #9—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Punish Crime, Tax, and Defend the Nation
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.26.2016What does the Bible say about punishment, taxes, and war?
Week #8—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Do Justice
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.19.2016So what exactly is justice? That’s what we’re going to consider in today’s class.
Week #7—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Establish Peace
By Jonathan Leeman | 10.13.2016Government renders judgment to establish peace, order, and prosperity so that the church might do what God calls it to do.
Week #6—What Christians Should Ask of Government: To Not Play God
By J. Leeman, N. Rodriguez | 10.07.2016For a government to “play God” is to pressure its citizens into idolatry.
Authority: God’s Good and Dangerous Gift
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.30.2016Authority is better than you think and worse than you think. It is God’s good and dangerous gift.
