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The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 903: Deborah, a Mother in Israel (Judges 5:6–11)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and James Bejon continue their discussion of Judges 5, exploring how Deborah arises as a mother in Israel to revive a divided and…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 902: Deborah’s Song: Singing the Lord’s Victory (Judges 5:1–5)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts begin their discussion of Judges 5, exploring how Deborah’s song celebrates the Lord’s victory…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 901: Jael and the Fall of Sisera (Judges 4:17–24)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Myers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts conclude their discussion of Judges 4, exploring Jael’s welcome of Sisera and her decisive…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 900: AI and the Future of Humanity - A Discussion between Jonathan Barlow and Philip Bunn
How should Christians think about artificial intelligence? How can we receive its benefits with gratitude while considering the ways it shapes our habits…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 899: The Lord Fights at the Kishon (Judges 4:9–16)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Myers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts continue their discussion of Judges 4, following Deborah and Barak from the summons to battle…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 898: Deborah, Mother in Israel (Judges 4:1–10)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers, and Alastair Roberts begin their discussion of Judges 4 by considering Deborah’s judgeship and her commissioning of…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 897: Ehud, Shamgar, and Strange Deliverers (Judges 3:24–31)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts continue their discussion of Judges 3 by finishing the story of Ehud and turning to the brief account of…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 896: Ehud and the Fat King (Judges 3:12–31)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Alastair Roberts, and Jeff Meyers continue their discussion of Judges 3 by examining Ehud’s deliverance of Israel from Eglon, king…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 895: Learning War - Othniel and the First Judge (Judges 3:1–11)
Jeff Meyers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts move into Judges 3, where the nations remaining in the land become instruments for testing Israel and the book…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 894: The Cycle of Judges (Judges 2:6–23)
Jeff Meyers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts continue through Judges 2, where the death of Joshua gives way to the recurring pattern of Israel’s apostasy…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 893: Israel’s Failure in the Land (Judges 1:27–2:10)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Alastair Roberts, and Jeff Meyers finish Judges 1 and move into the opening of Judges 2, where Israel’s incomplete conquest gives…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 892: Fractured Tribes and an Unfinished Conquest (Judges 1:16–26)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Alastair Roberts, and Jeff Meyers continue their discussion of Judges 1 by examining Israel’s partial conquest of the land and the…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 891: The Thoughtful Craftsman - Restoring the Dignity of the Trades, with Jonathan Sedlak
Jon Sedlak calls Christians to recover the dignity of the skilled trades and to recognize craftsmanship as a vital form of Christian vocation. Drawing on his…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 890: Artificial Intelligence in the City of God, with Jonathan Barlow
In this episode, we feature Jonathan Barlow’s lecture from the 2026 Theopolitan Ministry Conference. Barlow examines several common anxieties surrounding…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 889: Ornament Between Work and Rest, by Dr. John Ahern
In this lecture from the 2026 Theopolitan Ministry Conference, Dr. John Ahern argues that ornament is not an unnecessary addition to useful things, but the…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 888: The Gift of Land and Mission (Judges 1)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts continue their discussion of Judges by turning to chapter 1 and the unfinished conquest of the land. They…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 887: Judges - A Comedy of Horrors
Judges is a book of riddles, grotesque comedy, tribal fracture, liturgical chaos, and unexpected deliverance. Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, Alastair Roberts…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 886: How Music Orders Our Affections, with John Ahern
In this re-released lecture, Dr. John Ahern explores why music moves us so deeply, arguing that music works not only through text and melody but through deeper…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 885: The Church as the New Humanity (Q&A Episode)
In this Q&A episode, Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and James Bejon take up listener questions on John Webster, the structure of 1 Corinthians, church polity…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 884: Star Signs - Part 1 (Revelation 12:1-5), with James Jordan
James B. Jordan continues his Revelation series with a study of Revelation 12:1–5, showing how the “great signs” in heaven reveal the drama of the old creation…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 883: Can Evangelicals Recover Liturgy? (Q&A Episode)
In this Q&A episode, Peter Leithart is joined by Jeff Meyers, Alastair Roberts, and James Bejon to answer listener questions on Trinitarian theology, church…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 882: The Sun of Righteousness (Malachi 4)
Malachi closes with a vision of the coming day: burning like a furnace for the wicked, but rising with healing for those who fear the Lord’s name. Peter…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 881: The Seventh Trumpet (Revelation 11:14-19), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 880: Vain to Serve God? (Malachi 3:13–18)
Malachi’s final disputation exposes Israel’s despairing complaint: “It is vain to serve God.” Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, Alastair Roberts, and James Bejon…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 879: Robbing the Storehouse (Malachi 3:6–12)
Malachi’s next disputation begins with the Lord’s unchanging covenant faithfulness: because Yahweh does not change, Jacob is not consumed. Meyers, Roberts, and…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 878: Refiner of the Refiners (Malachi 2:17-3:5)
The sixth disputation of Malachi opens with a damning charge: Israel's cynicism has crossed from lamentation into active distortion of justice — calling evil…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 877: The Triumph of the Witnesses (Revelation 11:7-12), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 876: Rethinking Evangelism, with James Jordan
James Jordan argues that the Protestant tradition's narrow focus on guilt-and-justification as the entry point to the gospel is increasingly ineffective in a…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 875: Plagues (Revelation 11:5-6), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 874: Covenant Amnesia and Constant Prayer (with Brian Moats)
A sermon from Brian Moats from Philippians 4 on covenant amnesia and constant prayer. GIVE TO THEOPOLIS! theopolisinstitute.com/give/ Get the Theopolis App!…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 873: The Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:3-4), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 872: Marriage, Covenant, and the Temple (Malachi 2:13–16)
Picking up at Malachi 2:13, Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, Alastair Roberts, and James Bejon turn to Yahweh's second charge against Judah in this section: the…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 871: The Measurer (Revelation 10:11-11:2), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 870: Treachery and the Tents of Jacob (Malachi 2:1-16)
Peter Leithart, Alastair Roberts, Jeff Meyers, and James Bejon continue their series on Malachi, opening with a reflection on Malachi 2's portrait of the ideal…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 869: The Inspection (Revelation 10:8-10), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 868: The Lips of the Priest - The Covenant with Levi & the Ideal of Priestly Ministry (Malachi 2:1–7)
Peter Leithart, Alastair Roberts, Jeff Meyers, and James Bejon continue their series on the book of Malachi, beginning with a reflection on the literary…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 867: The Mystery of God, Part 2 (Revelation 10:7), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 866: The Biography of a Sacrifice (Book of Malachi)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts continue their series in Malachi, working through the second half of chapter one (verses 6–14)…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 865: Jacob, Esau, and the Jealousy of God (Book of Malachi)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts dive into the text of Malachi itself, beginning with the book's distinctive structure — a series…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 864: The Mystery of God, Part 1 (Revelation 10:7), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 863: After the Exile - The Restoration Era and the Prophet Malachi (New Series!)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, James Bejon, and Alastair Roberts kick off a new series on the book of Malachi, beginning with a wide-angle look at the…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 862: No More Delay (Revelation 10:5-6), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 861: Outside the Camp, Into the City (The End of Hebrews)
In this final episode of our Hebrews series, Peter Leithart, Alastair Roberts, and James Bejon conclude their journey through the epistle by working through…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 860: A Historical Overview of the New Testament Era (Revelation Interlude)
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 859: Sacrifices Pleasing to God (Hebrews 13:1-7)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon and Alastair Roberts discuss Hebrews 13:1-7. GIVE TO THEOPOLIS! theopolisinstitute.com/give/ Get the Theopolis App!…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 858: The Semantics of Biblical Names, with James Bejon and Peter Leithart
Peter Leithart and James Bejon discuss James' PHD work and scholarship in the realm of biblical names and the biblical text. James Bejon Theopolis Essays…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 857: The Seven Thunders (Revelation 10:1-4), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look Revelation 10:1-4. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!)…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 856: The Lord Shakes the Earth and Heavens (Hebrews 12:22-29)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers and Alastair Roberts discuss Hebrews 12:22-29. GIVE TO THEOPOLIS! theopolisinstitute.com/give/ Get the Theopolis App!…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 855: Ezekiel 8-11 and Revelation 10-11, with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Ezekiel as it relates to Revelation 10-11. To listen to this ENTIRE series right…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 854: An Overview of Revelation 10-11, with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Revelation 10-11. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!)…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 853: Intro to Ecclesiology (Revelation 21-22), with Brian Moats
Brian Moats on an introduction to ecclesiology. This was the first talk given at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, AL in a series called "TPC 101,"…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 852: Lift your Drooping Hands (Hebrews 12:12-24)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers and Alastair Roberts discuss Hebrews 12:12-24. GIVE TO THEOPOLIS! theopolisinstitute.com/give/ Get the Theopolis App!…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 851: Zechariah's Night Visions - Part 4 (Revelation 10-11), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Zechariah's night visions and Revelation 10-11. To listen to this ENTIRE series…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 850: The Discipline of the Lord (Hebrews 12:5-17)
Peter Leithart, James Bejon, Jeff Meyers and Alastair Roberts discuss Hebrews 12:5-17. GIVE TO THEOPOLIS! theopolisinstitute.com/give/ Get the Theopolis App!…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 849: We are Surrounded by so Great a Cloud of Witnesses (Hebrews 12:1-6)
Peter Leithart, Chris Kou, and James Bejon discuss the beginning of Hebrews 12. GIVE TO THEOPOLIS! theopolisinstitute.com/give/ Get the Theopolis App!…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 848: Zechariah's Night Visions - Part 3 (Revelation 10-11), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Zechariah's night visions and Revelation 10-11. To listen to this ENTIRE series…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 847: The Divine Council, Michael Heiser, and the Nephilim - with Peter Leithart, Chris Kou, and James Bejon
Peter Leithart, Chris Kou, and James Bejon discuss the divine council and the work of Michael Heiser, following the recent Theopolis Conversation on the topic…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 846: Zechariah's Night Visions - Part 2 (Revelation 10-11), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Zechariah's night visions and Revelation 10-11. To listen to this ENTIRE series…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 845: The Magnificat
James Bejon, Alastair Roberts and Brian Moats discuss the magnificat and Luke's Christmas story. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!)…
The Theopolis PodcastEpisode 844: Zechariah's Night Visions - Part 1 (Revelation 10-11), with James Jordan
James Jordan continues his walk through the Book of Revelation with a look at Zechariah's night visions and Revelation 10-11. To listen to this ENTIRE series…