Jonathan Leeman
Book Review: The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men, by Richard Phillips
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Hell: Remembering the Awful Reality | 07.13.2010At the risk of undermining the reader’s confidence in my objectivity, I have to admit that I have nothing negative to say about the book.
Why Complementarianism Is Crucial to Discipleship
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 07.01.2010In every domain—I think it’s safe to generalize—women will better be able to pursue godly femininity when they are surrounded by men who pursue godly masculinity.
Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church
By J. Leeman, M. Lawrence, T. R. Schreiner | 06.01.2010Why is biblical theology essential for pastoral ministry? How do you do it? Find out in this roundtable discussion with Michael Lawrence, Tom Schreiner, and Jonathan Leeman.
Book Review: God’s Potters: Pastoral Leadership and the Shaping of Congregations, by Jackson W. Carroll
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 03.31.2010How then should we measure excellence in ministers and churches? We should measure them entirely according to whether they are faithful to living by and proclaiming God’s Word.
Book Review: Shepherds After My Own Heart, by Timothy Laniak
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010This book is excellent, and should be read by every thoughtful and thoughtless pastor, so that they might better understand both the Word and their own role.
Book Review: Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit, by Erwin McManus
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 03.05.2010This book leaves so much unsaid, to state it as charitably as I can, that what the person would gain from your book itself is not Christianity or the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Book Review: Vibrant Church, by Thom Rainer and Danny Akin
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 03.03.2010In short, Vibrant Church provides a very useful tool for strengthening, energizing, and equipping God’s people for the 21st century.
Book Review: Franchising McChurch, by Thomas White and John Yeats
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 03.02.2010White and Yeats offer an alternative and excellent course for our generation. Yet I wonder if we still have the ability to recognize healthy food from junk food.
Book Review: The Transforming Community, by Mark Lauterbach
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 1) | 03.02.2010If you’re not careful, Lauterbach’s book just might cause a paradigm shift in how you think about grace and the gospel, as well as how you think about the church.
Book Review: Discipline with Care, by Steven McQuoid
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 1) | 03.02.2010Discipline with Care is a good book on church discipline that will strengthen churches by promoting their holy witness.
Book Review: Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be), by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Cooperation | 03.02.2010Emergents, I plead with you, please read those aspects of the book carefully and with open hearts.
Book Review: The Living Church: Convictions of a Life Long Pastor, by John Stott
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.02.2010I found myself deeply encouraged by the reflections of this life-long pastor, who has been such a clear gift to Christ’s church.
A Church Discipline Primer
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 1) | 03.01.2010A reluctance to practice church discipline may suggest that we believe ourselves to be wiser and more loving than God.