Church Membership(1st Edition) How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches) by JonathanLeeman, Michael S. Horton Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2012 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-3237-5, ISBN: 1-4335-3237-9
"Jonathan Leeman addresses the commonly asked (and often unanswered) question of, “Why should I join a church?” in a time when many are shunning the practice of organized religion. By offering a brief, straightforward explanation of what church membership is and why it’s important, Leeman gives the local church its proper due and builds a case for committing to the local body. Church Membership is a useful tool for churches to distribute ..."
"Chapter 5 1. Langston Hughes, “Salvation” from The Big Sea (1940) cited in
James A. Haught, 2000 Years of Disbelief (1996), 270. 2. Charles H. Spurgeon,
The Soul Winner (New York: Cosimo, 2007), 28. 3. Charles H. Spurgeon,
Autobiography, II.131. 4. James Hay and Henry Belfrage, Memoir of the
Reverend Alexender Waugh D.D. (1839), 64–65 (cited in Sibbes, Works I.294). 5.
Charles H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students (Grand Rapids: Zon ..."
Church Discipline How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus by JonathanLeeman Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-3234-4, ISBN: 1-4335-3234-4
Growing One Another(1st Edition) Discipleship in the Church (9Marks: Healthy Church Study Guides) by Mr Bobby Jamieson, Mark Dever, JonathanLeeman Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2012 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-2556-8, ISBN: 1-4335-2556-9
"Discipleship was one of the central themes of Jesus’ teaching, yet it is not a major emphasis today for many churches. This short study guide explores the Bible’s teaching on discipleship, and covers such topics as the need for discipleship, the demands of discipleship, and the enemy of discipleship. With discussion questions at the end of each chapter, participants will work through guided reflection as they learn about the centrality ..."
9Marks Building Healthy Churches Ser.: Church Discipline : How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus by JonathanLeeman 144 Pages, Published 2012 by Crossway Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-3236-8, ISBN: 1-4335-3236-0
"Provides an accessible framework for understanding church discipline, offering nine case studies and several practical considerations for leading a church through disciplinary situations with grace and truth."
"There is great hope in God’s power to change, and everyone needs to be changed. This study explores what God does when he saves someone, answering questions such as: What is the change we need? How does conversion happen? What are the fruits of salvation? Participants will gain a biblical understanding of conversion and the implications both for themselves and for the church. A series of ten 6–7 week studies covering the nine distinctiv ..."
9Marks Building Healthy Churches Ser.: Church Membership : How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus by JonathanLeeman 144 Pages, Published 2012 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-3240-5, ISBN: 1-4335-3240-9
"Once again, a big thanks to Mark Dever, Matt Schmucker, and Ryan Townsend for supporting this work. Bobby Jamieson was the first to read it and offer good suggestions. Thanks, brothers. I love my job because of these men and the rest of ..."
9Marks Building Healthy Churches Ser.: Church Discipline : How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus by JonathanLeeman 143 Pages, Published 2012 by Crossway Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-3235-1, ISBN: 1-4335-3235-2
"Provides an accessible framework for understanding church discipline, offering nine case studies and several practical considerations for leading a church through disciplinary situations with grace and truth."
9Marks Building Healthy Churches Ser.: Church Membership : How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus by JonathanLeeman Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-3239-9, ISBN: 1-4335-3239-5
"What Is the Church? Let's start with definitions. Much of the confusion and
disagreement begins here. When we say “church,” what do we mean? People
use the word church to refer to a number of things, including buildings where
Christians gather and denominations in which individual churches cooperate.
While we understand these common uses, the Bible never uses the term church
in these ways. The Greek word we translate “church” is ek ..."
Reverberation How God's Word Brings Light, Freedom, and Action to His People by JonathanLeeman 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Moody Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-57567-930-3, ISBN: 1-57567-930-2
"How God's Word Brings Light, Freedom, and Action to His People Jonathan
Leeman. Word and its incredible power. It is a light, a hammer, a seed, and the
list could go on and on, but as we take this Word and not only receive it as
instruction, but apply it in our daily walk, what a difference it makes in our world
and the world in which we live. Jonathan Leeman has done us a great service in
showing the activity of God's Word in us, ..."
Reverberation(Updated) How God's Word Brings Light, Freedom, and Action to His People (IX Marks) by JonathanLeeman, Matt Chandler Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Moody Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-2299-6, ISBN: 0-8024-2299-3
"What is the most effective way to grow a church? It's not a new methodology or cultural outreach strategy, it's...the Word of God. In this book, Jonathan Leeman wants you to realize that the Word, working through God's Spirit, is responsible for the growth of God's church and we need to trust it! Leeman not only informs and equips the leadership of local churches for greatest effectiveness in their preaching ministry but explains ..."
9Marks Ser. The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love : Reintroducing the Doctrines of Church Membership and Discipline by JonathanLeeman 375 Pages, Published 2010 by Crossway Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-0907-0, ISBN: 1-4335-0907-5
"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."
"Being “in Christ,” says theo- logian Sinclair Ferguson, “means that all he has
done for me representatively becomes mine actually.”28 To say that the church is
the body of Christ, then, is not to say that we are his ontological or ... Christ's new
covenant may be unilateral and effectual, but its effects operate within the con-
text of a compatibilist rendering of divine sovereignty and human freedom. The
covenant gives what it ask ..."
"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 th ..."
"congregational authority has long been an undercurrent in most traditions.151
Clement of Rome around AD 96 ... is Everett Ferguson, “The 'Congregationalism'
of the Early Church,” in The Free Church and the Early Church, ed. ... See Everett
Ferguson, Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First
Five Centuries (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans), 202, 209. ... 155Ignatius, “To the
Smyrnaeans,” in Epistles of St. Clem ..."
"Everyone is looking for power. Political campaigns play to the power of fear and hope; advertising agencies rely on the power of appetite, both wielding power by the means of words. But churches have something different and better. Churches have the gospel. Though we live in the world, we must not wage war like the world, or fight with its weapons. On the contrary, we have divine power to demolish strongholds. The gospel consists merely ..."
Hosanna, Loud Hosannas(1st Edition) by JonathanLeeman, Ben Geist Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2014 by Seif-Published (Miklis Printing, Garland, Tx) ISBN-13: 978-1-63452-041-6, ISBN: 1-63452-041-6
"Hosanna, Loud Hosanna is a hymnal, it is a textbook, and it is a devotional book. Find indexes and samples at StudentHymnal.com. 115 essential hymns that every child should sing. Each hymn melody and text has on the opposite page biographical information of the author of the text and the composer of the tune.. In addition there are suggestions of what you should consider as you sing this hymn. These devotional thoughts bring great meani ..."
"[CDATA]The local church is meant to be living, growing, distinct, and God-glorifying. Yet many disagree about what a church really is and what it should look like. This study works through seven biblical aspects of the church and, in so doing, helps participants to discover a big-picture vision of the church.A series of ten 6–7 week studies covering the nine distinctives of a healthy church as originally laid out in Nine Marks of a Heal ..."