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Sep 10, 2025 • 57min
Episode 819: Attuned to the World - Peter Leithart
Peter Leithart, President of Theopolis Institute and a thought leader in political theology, delivers an insightful lecture. He explores the tension between music and scripture in worship, revealing how liturgical music nurtures discipleship. Leithart discusses the philosophical implications of writing on memory and knowledge, contrasting it with the richness of oral traditions. He emphasizes the significance of scriptural records in the Bible and their essential role in Protestant worship, framing scripture as a vital guide for genuine faith.

Sep 5, 2025 • 44min
Episode 818: The Sealing (Revelation 7:1-3), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Revelation 7:1-3.
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Sep 3, 2025 • 50min
Episode 817: Christ's Sacrifice Once for All (Hebrews 10:1-7)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Alastair Roberts, and Jeff Meyers discuss Hebrews 10:1-7.
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Aug 29, 2025 • 29min
Episode 816: Judgment (Revelation 6:15-17), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Revelation 6:15-17.
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Aug 27, 2025 • 51min
Episode 815: The Heavenly Realm (Hebrews 9:22-28)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Alastair Roberts, and Jeff Meyers discuss Hebrews 9:22-28.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Platonic terms: Why Hebrews draws on the language of Philo and others.
Distinction between heavenly and earthly realms, similar to Plato’s “intelligible” and “sensible” realms.The realm of ideas/forms accessed by intellect vs. the sensible world below as a copy of the higher realm.
4:00 – Plato’s Cave.
7:20 – What Platonic terms doesn’t Hebrews use?
How should we think about the relationship between various forms of Platonism and Hebrews?
Is there overlap, and if so, how much?
10:00 – Does the heavenly realm need purification?
Jesus destroys the Platonic divide between material and immaterial.
12:30 – Are Platonic terms used only for rhetorical or conceptual leverage?
15:30 – Jesus enters heaven as one who shared our flesh and blood.
Human ascent, not intellectual ascent.
17:45 – Does stressing Platonic parallels offer any exegetical payoff?
20:30 – Today’s text: Why does heaven need cleansing?
28:50 – Blood taken into the holy place: “strange” or “alien” blood.
35:00 – The purpose of Leviticus and how Jesus fulfills it.
36:20 – Hebrews 9:26.
38:00 – Jesus reaches the end of human history.
40:40 – A puzzling analogy: the “second appearance” of Christ in v. 28. Is there a preterist answer?
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Aug 22, 2025 • 45min
Episode 814: Decreation (Revelation 6:12-14), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Revelation 6:12-14.
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Aug 20, 2025 • 49min
Episode 813: Sprinkled with the Blood (Hebrews 9:17-24)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon and Jeff Meyers discuss Hebrews 9:17-24.
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Aug 13, 2025 • 52min
Episode 812: The Blood of the Mediator of a New Covenant (Hebrews 9:13-17)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon and Jeff Meyers discuss Hebrews 9:11-14.
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Aug 8, 2025 • 29min
Episode 811: The Fifth Seal (Revelation 6:9-11), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Revelation 6:9-11.
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Aug 6, 2025 • 41min
Episode 810: Purifying the Conscience from Dead Works (Hebrews 9:11-14)
Peter Leithart, Alastair Roberts and James Bejon discuss Hebrews 9:11-14.
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