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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Shared music harmonizes people as well as sounds. Continue Reading »
The aftershocks of Obergefell will reverberate for a very long time, but what happens over the next few years will be critical. Here I speculate on the immediate political fallout and legal trajectory, and sketch the complexity of the necessary response from churches. Politically, Obergefell puts . . . . Continue Reading »
On the structure of Revelation 18. Continue Reading »
In Paul's cosmology, the world is divided into creatures of flesh and creatures of glory. Continue Reading »
What makes Flannery O'Connor's fiction compelling. Continue Reading »
When did churches begin to get “weak”? Continue Reading »
After Babylon falls, it's like the scene of a Hitchcock film. Continue Reading »
The bride's clothing of righteousness consists of her own good works. Continue Reading »
Marriage is more about bondage than about freedom. Continue Reading »
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