I was led to the work of Jim Jordan and Peter Leithart at seminary. As I read and listened, I came to realize that the Bible is bigger and more beautiful than I’d ever dreamed. And fun – I started reading Scripture once more with the hunger I’d had as a new Christian. After seven years of ordained ministry, I still read Scripture with Jordan and Leithart, and am still surprised, delighted, challenged, unsettled, and edified. More importantly, their combined sensitivity to repeating biblical patterns and their devotion to the (sometimes earthy, bloody, sweaty) details of the text makes their work consistently helpful in my ministry as a very ordinary pastor. With the launch of the Trinity Institute, I wish I could go to seminary all over again.
Matthew Mason, Assistant Pastor, Church of the Resurrection, Washington, DC
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