Peter J. Leithart is President of the Theopolis Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author, most recently, of Creator (IVP).
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Peter J. Leithart
Jesus did die, and rise, and ascend to be King of kings and to fulfill the geopolitical promise to Abraham: “In your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.” Continue Reading »
Christianity makes the audacious claim that the Incarnation provides the key to all and everything. Continue Reading »
Once granted unchallenged supremacy, a GOP establishment is every bit as entrenched, every bit as self-protective, as every other establishment. Continue Reading »
Social convention exists to enable stupid, evil people to live together in a degree of civilized harmony. Continue Reading »
What no longer happens in academia, what rarely happens in politics, still happens in Hollywood. Hard work, grit, hustle get rewarded. Continue Reading »
Today, our democratic instincts make many recoil at the notion that nations might be baptized and converted as nations. Continue Reading »
Life in Ukraine is anything but normal. The war is always there, always close. Continue Reading »
Every detail of Hagar’s experience foreshadows Israel’s future. Continue Reading »
Michael Crummey’s The Adversary inspires the cathartic terror and sadness Aristotle said tragedy should evoke. Continue Reading »
The Song of Songs' erotic Eden portrays a humanity no longer disabled. Continue Reading »
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