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).
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The Christ child in Revelation 12 is born and then raised to a throne. What happened to the cross? Continue Reading »
The Bible itself describes the ideal readers of the Bible. Continue Reading »
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Psalm 119 is a complex structure of eights. Continue Reading »
The very success of Christianity in the Bible belt has produced churches that are “hyper-sectarian.” Continue Reading »
John’s weeping (Revelation 5) seems melodramatic, but it’s essential to the scene. Continue Reading »
It’s been a long time since Roman Catholicism was the monolith that Protestants imagine. Continue Reading »
Today’s science cannot understand tomorrow’s. Continue Reading »
The Bible typically maps out a three-dimensional universe. When the Lamb ascends, a fourth dimension emerges. Continue Reading »
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