Peter J. Leithart

Rings resemble crowns - both circlets made of precious metals and adorned with jewels. And they play a similar role in the Bible.  Crowns glorify the one crowned and distinguish him from among his brothers.  Crowns are glory and honor of the person. Rings glorify fingers, and fingers are . . . . Continue Reading »

INTRODUCTION Bruce Waltke notes that these verses hang together around the theme of correction and discipline.  Verse 17 starts the sequence with instruction about correcting sons.  Verse 18 expands to correction and training, restraining, of an entire people, and verses 19-21 deal with . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, I posted a summary of an article by James Torrance that makes disparaging comments about Jonathan Edwards.  Joe Rigney of Bethlehem College and Seminary writes in defense of Edwards.  The remainder of this post is from Rigney. “it’s Edwards view of the Trinity and . . . . Continue Reading »

What is the so-called “Federal Vision” controversy about?  I’ve argued in the past that it is an effort to refine various areas of Reformed theology (anthropology, soteriology, etc) in the light of Trinitarian theology.  I have also suggested regularly that the FV is an . . . . Continue Reading »

Mind you, I enjoy flying for the most part.  Talkative seatmates apart, it’s a great time to get caught up on my reading, taking a little nap, and reading some more.  There are aggravations, but for the most part minor.   I like to complain when I travel, but it’s just . . . . Continue Reading »

Jerome Neyrey ( Honor and Shame in the Gospel of Matthew ) argues that Jesus’ cry from Psalm 22 on the cross is not a cry of despair or anguish.   It is a lament-complaint.  Jesus went to the cross trusting that His Father will honor His faithfulness and obedience.  The cry . . . . Continue Reading »

Who would do such a thing?  Kristin Hennessy, that’s who, in a delightful 2007 article in the Harvard Theological Review . She starts by noting that the current effort to rid theology of the corpse of de Regnon is nothing new.  He’s been buried before, four times by . . . . Continue Reading »

This is old news, borrowed mainly from James Jordan, but maybe worth putting up. Genesis 2-3, like Genesis 1, is divided into seven main sections.  For the most part, the divisions are marked by the name Yahweh God and by descriptions of Yahweh God’s actions.  Thus: 1. No shrub, . . . . Continue Reading »

A friend, Paul Buckley, has this to add to my comments about the image of God: “This is coal to Newcastle, but: To your suggestion that what makes human making and speaking unique is their frequent gratuity, I’d add this (building on remarks from Sister Miriam Joseph’s  The . . . . Continue Reading »

A former student, Stephen Long, writes the following in response to my post about the image of God and Adamic stoicheia: “You list two aspects of the image of God in Gen 1 — Making and Speaking.  Perhaps you see it as implicit to Speaking, but might it be worth bringing out . . . . Continue Reading »