Peter J. Leithart is President of the Theopolis Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author, most recently, of Creator (IVP).
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Every Inch A King
King Lear is a political play, a drama of kingship. In Lear as in his English history plays, Shakespeare explores what happens when a world loses the political rituals that once ordered it. Continue Reading »
Doubts About William Lane Craig’s Creation Account
It’s doubtful that Craig’s minimalist creation account can nourish the Evangelical imagination or sustain Christian orthodoxy. Continue Reading »
Why I Didn't Get the COVID Vaccine
I oppose vaccine mandates because I want to do my small part to gum up the works. I don’t mean the works of the Biden administration, but the much larger global trend toward biopolitical technocracy. Continue Reading »
Was Pontius Pilate Innocent?
In answer to Pilate’s cynical question, “What is truth?” Christians confess Jesus as the Way, Truth, and Life. Continue Reading »
The Church is a Free Speech Movement
Christians who walk in the Spirit, who pray for parrhesia, who stay with Jesus, can be confident the Spirit will teach them irrefutable words to speak at just the right moment. Continue Reading »
The Mystical Game
The answer to both concerns is to grasp the truth of sports by recognizing there are forms of play than which nothing can be more serious. Continue Reading »
Heaven Is a Concert Hall
The Spirit won’t stop until all creation is heavenized, until all things unite in praise. Continue Reading »
Female Texts
Ní Ghríofa intends to rescue both texts—her story and Eibhlín's story—from a history overshadowed by men. Continue Reading »
On Not Being Assimilated
By their faithful defiance, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego achieve a peace unlike Nebuchadnezzar's. Continue Reading »
Made to Make
The early story of human creativity foreshadows the hinge of human history. Continue Reading »
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