Jonathan Leeman
Discipline and Caring for the Sinned-Against
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.22.2014Really? You experienced God’s grace as your wife was disciplined?
Your Church and Your Life Planning
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.22.2014If you are a Christian, it’s worth asking whether you include your church in your life planning.
Pastors, Don’t Let Your People Resign Into Thin Air, Part 2
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.22.2014The main bone of contention around this is around the idea of authority, and whether or not churches have the authority to say “no” to anyone who says, “I want to resign now.”
What You Reeeally Want in a Pastor
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014I want to make sure this is toward the top of your list: a supernatural faith in the power of God’s Word.
What to Say to Non-Committal Church Attenders
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014Joe has attended your church for about a year. He says he’s a Christian. But he has not joined. Should you encourage him to join? How? If you don’t think … keep reading…
Maybe I Do Want Topical Preaching?
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014Dear Mr. Young Expositional Preacher. I am a member of your church. Call me Johnny Average Church Member. First of all, I am very grateful for your commitment to expositional … keep reading…
Don’t Be Like Candace with Your Spiritual Gifts
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014Hopefully you have not had to deal with a Candace Whitcomb in your church, but my guess is that you’ve known one or two. Her story is funny and pathetic … keep reading…
How Do Love and Holiness Relate?
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014The relationship between love and holiness in the history of the church is checkered, to say the least. TEMPTATIONS TO MISCHARACTERIZE THE RELATIONSHIP In retelling this history, it’s tempting to … keep reading…
What To Say To Church Members Leaving for Poor Reasons
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014Let’s face it: there are better and worse reasons to leave a church. Are you moving to another city? That’s a good reason. Are you harboring bitterness toward someone who … keep reading…
Warn Them to Not Abuse Their Children
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014Do your church members physically abuse their children? Maybe you think it’s so few that you don’t feel compelled to teach publicly what everyone knows: don’t abuse your kids. At … keep reading…
The Kingdom Gain of Congregationalism
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014Congregationalism is administratively inefficient. It provokes quarrelling and divisiveness. It caters to the most immature members of a church. It cultivates individualism. It undermines pastors. And it just might add … keep reading…
The Gospel: Not News or Story but News Story
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014A lot of conversations about the gospel in recent years seem to go back to whether the gospel is a proposition or a story. Several years ago, I kept hearing … keep reading…
Bottom-Up Leadership
By Jonathan Leeman | 08.21.2014Being a good leader also means learning how to lead from the bottom up. It means being a foundation, a buttress, a platform for the activity of others.
How Biblical Theology Guards and Guides Churches
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church | 08.20.2014Right biblical theology offers a trustworthy guide to life in the church, and guards against wrong emphases, wrong expectations, and a wrong gospel.