Peter J. Leithart

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 »

Early modern Europeans freed themselves from the burdens of a corrupted medieval world by laughing at it. Continue Reading »

Despite appearances, jazz and baseball are historically intertwined. Baseball players and jazz musicians both strive for a perfect balance between disciplined practice and spontaneity. Continue Reading »

This year marks the five hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. It is a year of celebration, because the Reformers accomplished what they claimed: They stripped away idolatries that had encrusted and obscured the gospel of grace, and they reformed the Church’s worship and ministry to . . . . Continue Reading »

Panic is good. It’s the crest on the wave of creativity, corresponding to the “transition” stage of labor. Once you’ve had a good panic, you’re fine. Everything’s smoothly downhill from here. Continue Reading »

Will believers be freer to be believers under Trump than they have been for the past twenty-five years? Continue Reading »