Jonathan Leeman
Week 5—What Christians Should Do For Government: Engage with “Convictional Kindness”
By J. Leeman, N. Rodriguez | 09.26.2016The truce between evangelical and Enlightenment thinking seems to be coming to an end. What does that mean for how a Christian engages in the public square?
Week 4—What Christians Should Do For Government: Be the Church Apart
By Jonathan Leeman | 09.20.2016How should we as individual Christians and church members relate to the public square?
Don’t Be a 9Marxist!
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Authority: God's Good and Dangerous Gift | 09.16.2016Here are fifteen marks that will keep you from being a “9Marxist,” that is, a church leader who abuses their authority.
Week 3—What Christians Should Do For Government: Be the Church Together
By Jonathan Leeman | 09.14.2016The most important thing for the church to do politically is to be the church.
Week 2—What Christians Should Do For Government: Obey Scripture, Get Wisdom
By Jonathan Leeman | 09.07.2016The question we’re interested in today is, how should we use the Bible in politics?
Week 1—What Christians Should Do For Government: Love Your Nation, People, or Tribe
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.30.2016What does “rendering to Caesar what is Caesar’s” mean in a twenty-first century, democratic context?
Discipling: A Conversation Between Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 07.27.2016“If you say you’re a Christian, but you’re not helping other Christians follow Jesus, I’m simply not sure what you mean.”
Race, Grace, and the Church
By I. Adams, J. Leeman | 07.22.2016Here’s everything I’ve learned about the race conversation in a nutshell: it has to start by building friendships across racial lines with other members of my church.
God, Politics, and Other Easy Topics—A Conversation with Russell Moore and Mark Dever
By J. Leeman, M. Dever, P. Bethancourt, R. D. Moore | 07.18.2016Russell Moore and Mark Dever sit down at this year’s SBC to chat about God, Politics, and Other Easy Topics.
The Shocking, Abysmal, and Embarrassing Failure of Churches to Pray
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.10.2016Prayerlessness is a problem in so many churches. What can we do about it?
When Do You Practice Church Discipline? And How Do You Confront the Sin?
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.01.2016What sins should result in public church discipline? And how should we confront brothers or sisters in sin?
Mailbag #38: How to Shepherd Every Member; Shepherding by the “Parish Model”; What’s the “Church” in Matthew 18?
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.20.2016— How can the elders of a large church ensure every member is both known and cared for? — We’d like to divide our church members by families and individuals and then designate them to a particular elder. What do you think of this approach? — In Matthew 18, what does Jesus mean when he says “tell it to the church”?
Mailbag #37: Congregationalism in China; A Defense of Building Bigger Buildings; Notifying the Recently Disciplined; Supporting a Widow Who Has Left the Church
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.10.2016— How can something like congregationalism work in China, with its networks of related house churches? — The leaders at my church want to build a bigger building, yet it seems to me a waste of money. What should I do? — After someone has been disciplined for non-attendance, should the church notify the person as a final act of congregational care? — Twenty years ago, our church made a commitment to financially support our former pastor’s widow. She has since refused to attend our church. What should I do?
Mailbag #36: When Nominating Elders May Cause Disunity; Your 9 Marks Aren’t Enough; A Difficult Pastoral Situation
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.02.2016— Should I move forward with installing a plurality of elders, even if the decision causes disunity in the church? — I agree with your nine marks—but seriously, where are the marks of love and prayer and missions? — The grandmother of an unwed and pregnant teenager wants to have her granddaughter’s baby shower at the church. How should I think through this?
