Peter J. Leithart

James Jordan discusses the biblical theology of the “office of woman in the church” at the Trinity House site here and here . . . . . Continue Reading »

In her argument for the primacy of “reology” over ontology ( res over esse ), or the transcendental character of res , Catherine Pickstock invokes the typical Thomist distinction between essence and existence ( Repetition and Identity: The Literary Agenda ). According to Thomas, these . . . . Continue Reading »

Rupert Sheldrake ( The Science Delusion: Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers , 110) summarizes the overlap between Whitehead’s philosophy and quantum physics: “There is no such thing as timeless matter. All physical objects are processes that have time within them, an . . . . Continue Reading »

Biola’s Fred Sanders offers an excellent, thoughful response - let me call it a “rebuke” - to my piece on the “The End of Protestantism.” Sanders understands my targets: “the kind of small-minded Protestant whose heroes are Luther and Calvin, and who has no other heroes in . . . . Continue Reading »

The goal of Joshua’s conquest of the land was to purge it of idols so that Yahweh’s house could be built. Temple-building was the end of the conquest. For the Chronicler, temple-building is the new form of conquest. David repeatedly exhorts Solomon to “be strong and . . . . Continue Reading »

The Economist reports on the findings of NASA’s Kepler telescope’s search for habitable planets: “The 833 new planets thus identified bring the total found by Kepler to 3,538. Technically these are only ‘candidate’ planets, whose presence is inferred by the tiny . . . . Continue Reading »

Rev. Rich Lusk pointed out in a sermon that Mark 3 follows the order of exodus: The Jews plot, Jesus crosses the sea, gathers 12 disciples on a mountain, and then enters a house. In context, the house is the tabernacle, where Jesus, the embodied glory of Yahweh, lives. That means that Jesus’ . . . . Continue Reading »

Jesus heals a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, and the Jews who witness it plot to kill him (Mark 3). Jesus’ response is not to initiate a protective counter-plot. He withdraws, but not permanently. His main response to murderous plots is to teach, heal, and continue His ministry of . . . . Continue Reading »

I’ve said it before, but in the light of the response to my Firstthings.com article on Protestantism, it bears repeating: The best Protestant response to Roman Catholicism is a raucously joyous Catholic Protestantism. That’s how Protestants can encourage deeper reform within the Roman . . . . Continue Reading »

With the thousand-page second volume ahead of me, it may be a bit premature to review NT Wright’s long-awaited Paul and the Faithfulness of God . If I wait until volume 2, though, I’ll likely forget what I wanted to say about volume 1. So here goes: Not a review but a report from a way . . . . Continue Reading »