Church Discipline, Jonathan Leeman
Church Discipline, Jonathan Leeman
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Church Discipline
How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus

Author: Jonathan Leeman

Series: 9Marks

Narrator: Bob Souer

Unabridged: 2 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/30/2016

Synopsis

Church discipline is essential to building a healthy church. So how exactly do we practice church discipline?Jonathan Leeman helps us face the endless variety of circumstances and sins for which no scriptural case study exists, sins that don’t show up on any list and need a biblical framework to be corrected appropriately in love.Here is a contemporary and concise how-to guide that provides a theological framework for understanding and implementing disciplinary measures in the local church, along with several examples of real-life situations and the corresponding responses.

About Jonathan Leeman

Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director at 9Marks, a ministry that helps church leaders build healthy churches. He teaches theology at several seminaries and has written a number of books on the church. He is also a research fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He has degrees in political science and English, a master of science in political theory, a master of divinity, and a doctorate in political theology. Jonathan served for years as an elder at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, but has since left to plant a nearby church. He lives in the DC area with his wife and four daughters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on December 25, 2020

Excellent little book on the nature and practice of church discipline. Leeman provides a gospel framework (chs. 1-5), which is necessary for church discipline to make sense. Then he gives helpful case studies (chs. 6-14), concluding with practical tips on leading a church toward church discipline (c......more

Goodreads review by Abby on September 15, 2018

If you’re a church member, you must read this book! Really thoughtfully wrote by one of my favorite authors. You won’t walk away condemned about what you’re not doing but encouraged to grow.......more

Goodreads review by Collin on February 06, 2023

short, informative, and immensely helpful for understanding biblical church discipline.......more

Goodreads review by CJ on June 25, 2020

Clear, straightforward primer on church discipline. Leeman is especially helpful by placing discipline in a larger church and gospel context. The later part of the book is a series of case studies which flesh out the framework from earlier chapters. The only one I disagreed with was his suggested de......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on May 16, 2023

I thought since I was preaching on Matthew 18:15-20 this week it would be good to read up on Church Discipline. And as usual this 9Marks book was solid, biblical and very practical. I really enjoyed it.......more

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