Category Archives: Peter Leithart

Says Peter Leithart: Anyone who thinks only high church traditions are afflicted with nominal believers should spend some time in the Bible Belt, where there’s a low-church nominal Baptist everywhere you look, a Baptist who stepped into a revival meeting … Continue reading →

The cross is the work of the Father, who gave His Son in love for the world; the cross is the work of the Son, who did not cling to equality with God but gave Himself to shameful death; the … Continue reading →

In Hebrew, the verse is chiastic: A. The heavens B. are telling C. the glory of God. C’. The work of his hands B’. announcing A’. the firmament.

Here is Leithart’s first response to Enn’s egregious conclusions: I suspect it’s not the similarities of the texts that lead Pete to his conclusions, but the scientific evidence. {here is his second response}

Leithart richly exalts and defines justification: Justification means being made right with God through Christ, through the faithful death of Christ. Justification by faith means that righteousness is given to us, not through the law but through the cross, which … Continue reading →

Peter Leithart remarks: Christ has poured the oil of the Spirit upon us, anointing us with the fragrant oil of priesthood.  In Christ, we are living sacrifices, spreading the aroma of Christ, a savor of life and death.  Because we … Continue reading →

Adam was created to be a priestly guardian in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:15) and to rule as king by subduing and filling the earth (Genesis 1:26-28). Because of his sin, the sons of Adam fail to fulfil this … Continue reading →

In his excellent, The Kingdom and the Power, Peter Leithart writes: The church is the disciplined regiment of holy warriors, the household of God, the flock of the Good Shepherd. Because of our baptism into the church, we are under … Continue reading →

I am glad Osama bin Laden is dead.  He was an evil man. And I think the surgical method used to kill him is commendable.  The Bible, especially Judges, endorses assassinations: Kill the head, and the body becomes powerless . … Continue reading →

Leirthart notices that bricks are typically associated with idolatry in Isaiah. He writes: Babel is the first brick construction in Scripture (Genesis 11:3).    They burn earthy clay to make it into building material for the city and teh tower … Continue reading →

Peter Leithart beautifully contrasts the tree of Eden and the tree of Calvary: Adam fell at a tree,  and  by a tree he was saved. At a tree Eve was seduced, and through a tree the bride was restored to her … Continue reading →

From the earliest ages, Christians have sought ways to soften the offense of the cross. Most of the Christological heresies of the early church arose not so much from philosophical speculation as from the effort to avoid the madness of … Continue reading →

Leithart summarizes Perrin’s fascinating observation on St. Matthew’s language of heavenly treasures with the following words: In his highly stimulating Jesus the Temple, Nick Perrin examines Jesus’ statements about “heavenly treasure” in the light of the “counter-temple” agenda that Perrin argues is central … Continue reading →