Jonathan Leeman

Mailbag #7—Cake-baking Principles; Two Services or One; Youth Pastors; & A Discipline Issue

By Jonathan Leeman | 04.24.2015

Mailbag #7—Cake-baking Principles; Two Services or One; Youth Pastors; & A Discipline Issue

Mailbag #6: Pastors’ Wives, Taking Oaths, Pastors & Administration Work

By Jonathan Leeman | 04.17.2015

—Can I pastor’s wife work outside the home? —Is it permissible to sign a church covenant? Didn’t Jesus forbid oath-taking? —My church wants me to focus more on administration and less on shepherding. Aren’t they misunderstanding what a pastor is?

Mailbag #5: Not Baptizing Children, Small Groups, Elders and Porn—Again

By Jonathan Leeman | 04.10.2015

—Should we baptize children? —What’s better, small groups or one-on-one discipleship? —How do pastors balance being a model to the flock while still confessing their fallibility?

The Doctrine of the Church in a Post-Indiana America

By Jonathan Leeman | 04.10.2015

The doctrine of the church is about to prove itself as important as ever in the history of America. Churches where that doctrine is weak, I fear, will soon look like what Proverbs calls a city without walls.

Mailbag #4: Gospel Culture, Elders and Porn

By Jonathan Leeman | 03.27.2015

—My church is growing in number but not in grace. What can I do about it? —I struggled with porn five years ago. Am I qualified to be an elder?

Mailbag #3: Plagiarizing Pastor, Membership Interview

By Jonathan Leeman | 03.20.2015

My pastor is plagiarizing. What should I do?

Complementarianism & the Local Church

Winter 2015

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Why Complementarianism Is Crucial to Discipleship

By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.18.2015

You can maintain belief in the gospel apart from a complementarian conception of discipleship, but your vision of discipleship will work against such belief, not for it.