Jonathan Leeman

The Preemptive Resignation—A Get Out of Jail Free Card?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 02.25.2010Ending one’s membership in a church requires the consent of both parties. We join a church by the consent of the church, and we leave a church by the consent of the church.
Contextualizing the Gospel in an Egalitarian World
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: The Emerging Church | 02.25.2010A pastor should know his congregation, and a Christian should know his non-Christian friend, so they both can exercise wisdom and sensitivity in communicating the gospel.
How God’s Wrath Equals and Reveals God’s Worth
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 02.25.2010Wrath and worth are perfectly matched together. The former takes the measure of the latter and expresses itself accordingly. One is as precious as the other.

The Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Church Membership (with Jonathan Leeman and John Folmar)
By J. Folmar, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.01.2010Mark Dever hosts a roundtable with Jonathan Leeman and John Folmar to discuss God’s love and church membership and Leeman’s new book which considers their connection.

Understanding the Congregation’s Authority
By Jonathan LeemanCongregational authority is less about the meetings and more about the mission. Congregationalism has a bad rap for well-known reasons: inefficient meetings, upstart members, browbeaten ministers. But biblical congregationalism isn’t … keep reading…

Understanding Church Discipline
By Jonathan LeemanShould we actually practice church discipline today? Is it unloving? Once an ordinary part of church life, churches gradually stopped practicing church discipline in the 20th century. But Jesus commands … keep reading…