Peter J. Leithart is President of the Theopolis Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, and an adjunct Senior Fellow at New St. Andrews College. He is author, most recently, of Gratitude: An Intellectual History (Baylor).
The doctrine of original sin is hard to take. Alternatives are worse. Continue Reading »
Forgiveness isn’t easy or cheap. But is the cost of forgiveness the same thing as the cross? Continue Reading »
Many Protestants think Protestantism minimizes the importance of sacrament. I argue the contrary: Protestantism needs a strong sacramental theology to sustain itself. Continue Reading »
Luther doesn’t conform to the standard infusion/imputation distinction. Continue Reading »
Contemporary philosophers who engage with Paul decouple Christ from Adam. Whoever Christ is to them, He is not the Last Man. Continue Reading »
The comedy of the atonement. Continue Reading »
Protestants have a hard time thinking of themselves as “righteous,” even though that’s what Protestantism is all about. Continue Reading »
The complex history of 1-2 Kings is symmetrically arranged. Continue Reading »
Derrida stumbled over the scandal of Paul. Continue Reading »
By ancient standards, Jesus was an ingrate. Continue Reading »
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