Peter J. Leithart

Having suffered all, Christ can sympathize with all. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. Continue Reading »

Humans have always avoided painful conditions, but today our instinct to recoil has been institutionalized.  Continue Reading »

Every time you see Ethiopia is still on the map, you’re seeing real-world proof of the faithfulness of God. Continue Reading »

In the weakness of the fast, we confess the Passion of God is stronger than all human action. In Lenten silence, we affirm the confidence of the silent Savior, assured that God will finish all his words. Continue Reading »

If retrieval becomes the be-all of theology, theology is in danger of being reduced to an antiquarian, archaeological enterprise. All theology is historical, but theology cannot be only historical. Continue Reading »

Van Gogh didn’t reject the supernatural, but naturalized it. What terror there is in his paintings is the sublime terror evoked by the uncanny beauty of what Scripture identifies as the glory of God. Continue Reading »

As junior members of the company of living souls, animals are summoned, along with human beings, to worship God. Continue Reading »

The common, everyday, petty baseness of people is far more frightening than the most horrific fictional characters. Continue Reading »

Buckley was right. We don’t immanentize the eschaton. We don’t have to. God does. He already has, two thousand years ago, at a tomb outside Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Advent announces the coming of the Lord who breaks the arms of the sex traffickers, the drug lords, the arms dealers, and all their respectable collaborators. Continue Reading »