Loading…

The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love: Reintroducing the Doctrines of Church Membership and Discipline is unavailable, but you can change that!

When the world speaks of “love,” it often means unconditional acceptance. Many churches have adopted this mindset 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 are centered in his character, which draws a clear boundary between what...

It’s worth observing that one prominent aspect of the so-called postmodern worldview over and against the modern view is the prominence given to the community over and against the individual. It does this descriptively, asserting that our very sense of self is necessarily determined by the overlapping linguistic, ethnic, economic, and gender groups we occupy. Sometimes it does this normatively, asserting that we as individuals should seek to live our lives with greater group or community
Pages 64–65
Buy this book at Logos.com