The church and the surprising offense of God's love pdf

Jonathan Leeman (PhD, Université du Pays de Galles) est le directeur éditorial de 9Marks, une organisation qui produit des ressources sur le leadership d'église à Washington, DC. Il est l'auteur de L'Église et l'offense surprenante de l'amour de Dieu et de l'appartenance à l'Église : comment le monde sait qui représente Jésus, ainsi que l'éditeur de L'Évangile sous-estimé. Il est également chargé de cours occasionnel au Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary et enseignant auxiliaire au Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Après avoir obtenu des diplômes de premier cycle et des cycles supérieurs en sciences politiques, Leeman a commencé sa carrière dans le journalisme en travaillant comme rédacteur en chef d'un magazine économique international. Depuis son appel au ministère, il a obtenu un MDiv et un doctorat en théologie et a travaillé comme pasteur par intérim. Il est actuellement ancien à la Capitol Hill Baptist Church et vit avec sa femme et ses quatre filles dans la banlieue de Washington, DC.

The church and the surprising offense of God's love pdf par Jonathan Leeman

The church and the surprising offense of God's love: reintroducing the doctrines of church membership and discipline

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.