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The Church and the surprising offence of God’s love

Reintroducing the Doctrines of Church Membership and Discipline

Jonathan Leeman

The Church and the surprising offence of God’s love

Reintroducing the Doctrines of Church Membership and Discipline

Jonathan Leeman

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When the world speaks of “love,” it often means unconditional acceptance. Many churches have adopted this mind–set in their practice of membership and discipline–if they have not done away with such structures entirely. “Yet God’s love and God’s gospel are different than what the world expects,” writes Jonathan Leeman. They’re centered in his character, which draws a clear boundary between what is holy and what is not. It’s this line that the local church should represent in its member practices, because the careful exercise of such authority “is God’s means for guarding the gospel, marking off a people, and thereby defining his love for the world.”

So how should churches receive and dismiss members? How should Christians view their submission to the church? Are there dangers in such submission? The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love responds with biblical, theological, and practical guidance–from both corporate and individual perspectives. It’s a resource that will help pastors and their congregations upend worldly conceptions and recover a biblical understanding and practice of church authority.

  • Title

    The Church and the surprising offence of God’s love

  • Author(s)

    Jonathan Leeman

  • Series

    9Marks

  • ISBN

    9781433509056

  • Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Crossway

  • Audience

    Church Leaders

  • Pages

    384

  • Published

    01/08/2010

Jonathan Leeman

Jonathan Leeman

Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director for 9Marks. After doing undergraduate and graduate degrees in political science, Jonathan began his career in journalism where he worked as an editor for an international economics magazine in Washington, D. C. Since his call to ministry, Jonathan has earned a master of divinity and a Ph.D. in theology and worked as an interim pastor. Today he edits the 9Marks series of books as well as the 9Marks Journal. He has written for a number of publications and is the author or editor of a number of books.

Jonathan lives with his wife and four daughters in a suburb of Washington, DC and serves as an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church. He is also an occasional lecturer at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and teaches adjunctively for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Reformed Theological Seminary.

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