Peter J. Leithart

The gift of the cross is not a psychological burden that drives us further from God; it is a yoke so easy it is not a burden at all.  Continue Reading »

With a solitary act of pride, Uzziah’s story is reversed. Continue Reading »

A cinematic poem in seven stanzas, Paterson proves a man in himself is a city. Continue Reading »

Foodless worship is unthinkable in the Bible and has been unthinkable through most of Christian history. Continue Reading »

Samson is the most Spiritual man in the Old Testament, the most Pentecostal of Israel’s heroes. Continue Reading »

Saul’s dread of his younger rival transforms Saul into a power-grasping tyrant. Continue Reading »

Adam Smith, a founding theorist of capitalism, agreed with many criticisms of commercial culture. Continue Reading »

Modernity doesn’t have a single northern source. In some ways, the West is now catching up to Africa. Continue Reading »

Jehu is one of those hyper-violent Old Testament characters who make Christians uncomfortable. What could he possibly have in common with Jesus? Continue Reading »

Why are Dostoevsky’s novels so compulsively readable? What makes his characters seem so alive? Continue Reading »