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Of Flames and Crowns
by New Saint Andrews College
‘Of Flames & Crowns’ is an allegorical battleship charting the course to cultural dominion. Its mission is to cultivate societies anchored in truth, morality, freedom, and fruitfulness. Through engaging dialogues with thinkers and cultural leaders, we uncover the ideas and practices that forge great civilizations.Raise the sails, hoist the flag; for King, for Kingdom, and for eternity.Of Flames and Crowns is hosted by Lennox Kalifungwa. This podcast was produced by New Saint Andrews College. Learn how to attend or give to the college at: nsa.edu
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Of Flames and Crowns | Closing Outro
Of Flames and Crowns, hosted by Lennox Kalifungwa, has accomplished its mission and must conclude its voyage. We hope this show has been of great benefit to you, and that the existing episodes will continue to serve as resources you can return to and share with others. Watch our entire catalogue…
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Ep. 18: DAVID ERB | Composing the Soundtrack of a Culture
Musical literacy is essential to the formation of great civilizations. The songs a people sing—and the excellence with which they sing them—shape not only their affections, but ultimately their actions. In this finale of Of Flames and Crowns, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Dr. David Erb to…
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Ep. 17: TIM HARMON | The Intellectual Surrender of the Church in the Public Square
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. If this is true, then theology must undergird every disciplined school of thought and practice. Yet for too long, theology has been pushed to the margins of intellectual engagement in the public square, dismissed as a concern for abstraction...
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Ep. 16: TOBY SUMPTER | The Art of Raising Excellent Children
The culture war must first be won at home. The most effective leaders are those whose households remain intact—marked by thriving marriages and well-formed children. Children are an inheritance from the Lord, and parents are called to steward these gifts faithfully, not merely to help them…
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Ep. 15: BRAD COVINGTON | Blue Collar Workers Need Classical Education
The ability to work with one’s hands is often pitted against the intellectual vocations, as though the two were sworn enemies—disciplines incapable of reconciliation. The notion that college weakens the hands is not an argument but a symptom: the fruit of a misguided and miseducated populace that...
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Ep. 14: JOFFRE SWAIT | How to Build a Prosperous Sub-Culture
There exists a prevalent tendency to exclusively think of culture building at a macro level—thinking through big civilizational questions, but without an idea of what it takes to build culture in the actual and everyday arenas of life. In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Joffre Swait...
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Ep. 13: DAVID TALCOTT | You Can’t Afford to Be Ignorant of Greek Philosophy
The modern West suffers not from a lack of information, but from a collapse of memory. We argue fiercely about politics, culture, and truth while forgetting the intellectual architecture that once taught us how to think in the first place. The history of thought—especially the history of...
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Ep. 12: BRYAN AUTON | Chick-Fil-A and the Pursuit of Excellence
At the heart of Christian culture—and free markets—is excellence: the disciplined, beautiful, God-honoring work that builds trust, prosperity, and genuine freedom. When nations forget God, excellence collapses into consumerism, entitlement, and dependence, leaving technocrats and the State to…
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Ep. 11: KATY FAUST | The Sexual Revolution Was a Death Cult
The Sexual Revolution didn’t free anyone—it fractured a civilization. In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Katy Faust, who dismantles the lies of feminism, gender ideology, IVF culture, and the assault on marriage and family. They expose how the revolution produced child victimization,...
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Ep. 10: JASON FARLEY | Laughter and Living in the Cosmos
Oftentimes, our perceptions of the world are too small. And when we fall prey to this, we tend to miss the categories that enable us to learn, love, laugh, and live. In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Jason Farley to discuss how people ought to live in the moment, given to us by God,...
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Ep. 9: DAVID GOODWIN | How the West Lost Its Will to Fight
The West has lost its will to contend for the good, numbed by guilt, confusion, and educational collapse. Entertainment and schooling—our modern liturgies—have reshaped loyalties and hollowed cultural resolve. As the project A Nation at Risk warned, mediocrity has become a form of self-inflicted...
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Ep. 8: LARRY TAUNTON | Don’t Trust the United Nations, USAID, and WEF
Why are so many Third-World nations still poor and corrupt, even after billions in foreign aid? From the UN and World Economic Forum to USAID and global NGOs, powerful elites push “progressive” policies that sound good but destroy freedom, faith, and prosperity. In this explosive episode, Lennox...
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Ep. 7: MITCH STOKES | When Atheists Can’t Do the Math
Over the past two centuries, a series of erroneous ideas have taken root—chief among them the claim that faith is inferior to reason, and that the two stand in opposition. This has been accompanied by the notion that science has rendered God unnecessary, establishing itself as the ultimate…
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Ep. 6: JOE BOOT | Think Like a Christian, Not a Pagan
In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Dr. Joseph Boot to discuss the necessity of living with a distinct cosmology that is fundamentally and robustly Christian. The church’s failure to think in clear categories and discern good from evil consigns surrounding cultures to ruin. To think…
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Ep. 5: JOHN LEWIS | Is College Necessary for Career Success?
College used to be a forge for wisdom and virtue. Now it’s a factory of debt and disillusionment. For millions, the “dream” of higher education has turned into a nightmare—high tuition, empty promises, and minds poisoned by ideology. The old formula — go to college, get a job, live the dream —...
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Ep. 4: BEN ZEISLOFT | Confronting a World that Loves to Murder Children
The leading cause of death in the United States and many other places across the world is the murder of pre-born children. Those charged to protect good and punish evil are often themselves architects of death—promoting, celebrating, and legislating infanticide in the name of women’s rights. In...
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Ep. 3: CHAD O. JACKSON | Civil Rights Propaganda and Lies about MLK Jr.
In 2020, when riots erupted after the death of George Floyd, a moment of reckoning took place. That event shook the trees and revealed what people truly believed. It exposed the compromise of many evangelicals who were found to have—whether inadvertently or intentionally—bought into cultural...
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Ep. 2: DOUGLAS WILSON | The Protestant Work Ethic Built the Best Economies
The greatness of Western Civilization was enabled and realized through the application of Christian cosmology, which sought to propagate truth, beauty, and goodness in all things. One of the pillars of this civilizational flourishing was the Protestant work ethic, recovered during the time of the...
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Season 2 Episode 1: VODDIE BAUCHAM | Only Christianity Prospers Culture and Civilization
This present moment in America is an opportunity we ought not miss. The assassination of Charlie Kirk was a tragic moment that will long live in infamy, but in God’s providence, it could well be the spark that ignites reformation and revival. The question is, how do we now live? What does a life…
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Ep. 25: JOE RIGNEY | Galvanizing Men for War | Of Flames and Crowns Season Finale
We are in the midst of a cosmic war. We need men prepared to stand on the front lines, ready to crush the heads of serpents, to take the heads of giants, to incinerate idols to dust. Men who will not flinch in the face of fire and darkness, who fear nothing but God and the dishonor of His name.…
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Ep. 24: BEN MERKLE | The State Is Not Your Father
Where tyranny reigns, weak men lie at its feet. They’ve abandoned their post—no longer leading their homes, protecting their families, or standing firm for their churches. Instead, they cling to the State like orphans, begging it to do the work they were called to do: to build, to guard, to rule....
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Ep. 23: JARED LONGSHORE | Imposing and Legislating Christian Morality
In a world hellbent on evicting God from public life, a question echoes with increasing confusion: Would a God of love really force someone to do what they don’t want to do? What happened to “free choice,” “individual liberty,” and all the other slogans we’ve enshrined? Today, many cling to the...
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Ep. 22: GORDON WILSON | Does God Believe in Climate Change?
In a world gripped by climate panic, environmentalism has become a new religion—and its doomsday prophets dominate the global stage. But is the threat as real as we're told, or is something deeper at play? In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Dr. Gordon Wilson, Senior Fellow of Natural...
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Ep. 21: ANDY NASELLI | Teaching Theology through Stories
Children need more than entertainment—they need stories that shape their souls. When rooted in sound theology, stories become vessels of truth, carrying the mighty works of God to the next generation. Theology was never meant to remain locked in ivory towers, nor storytelling confined to shallow...
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Ep. 20: CHRISTINE COHEN | Every True Story Is a Christian Story
What will it take for Christians to reclaim their place as the world’s leading storytellers? The Inklings—Lewis, Tolkien, and their circle—once set the gold standard, crafting tales so rich in meaning they transcended religious and philosophical divides. Why? Because all great stories, at their...
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Ep. 19: BRENT PINKALL | The Art of Persuasive Speech
Those who master language with wisdom and skill shape history. Great speeches embody conviction, courage, and character, revealing the essence of men and the weight of their beliefs. A well-spoken word can ignite action, mold affections, and turn the tides of history. Properly wielded, language…
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Ep. 18: REBEKAH MERKLE | Feminine Ambition & Feminist Lies
For nearly two centuries, feminism has waged war on God’s design for women, convincing them that true fulfillment lies in imitating men, scorning homemaking, and embracing barrenness. But what if the real power of femininity is something far greater—something that causes God’s enemies to tremble?...
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Ep. 17: JOE CARLSON | Why You Need Myth to See Reality
In this episode of Of Flames and Crowns, Lennox Kalifungwa and Joe Carlson explore the power of imagination and beauty in literature and creation. In an age suffocating under materialism, naturalism, modernity, and secularism, virtues like beauty, myth, and imagination are not mere luxuries—they...
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Ep. 16: SIMON KENNEDY | Can Christianity Save Australia’s Future?
In this episode of Of Flames and Crowns, Lennox Kalifungwa speaks with Simon Kennedy about Australia's decline from its Christian roots and the need for reform. Once shaped by Christianity, Australia is now secularized, with only 50% identifying as Christian and fewer attending church. The...
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Ep. 15: CHRISTOPHER SCHLECT | History Proves Theocracy
History is nothing less than the grand testament to Christ’s victorious march through the ages. To read it rightly is to see His unassailable sovereignty, stirring hope and conviction in His reign over all things. But lies—at their core—are acts of revisionism, desperate attempts to defy the King...
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Ep. 14: JAYSON GRIESER | Manly Poets & Postmodern Fools
Poetry once built civilizations, stirred men to action, and revealed the beauty and order woven into reality. Today, it’s been gutted—stripped of meaning and left to the murmurs of postmodern nihilists. But true poetry isn’t dead; its fire still burns for those with eyes to see. In this episode…
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Ep. 13: BEN MERKLE | Educating Leaders, Not Cogs
The phrase “Education is Warfare” has become a staple in our vocabulary—and for good reason. Academia is the battleground where the thoughts and affections of entire cultures are forged because education is, at its core, a form of discipleship. To claim academia is to seize the reins of religious...
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Ep. 12: BEN ZORNES | Decolonization is Communism
Lennox Kalifungwa sits down with Ben Zornes to discuss the growing movement to erase Western influence through postcolonialism and decolonization. While presented as liberation, these ideas often work to dismantle capitalism, Biblical Christianity, and the core ideals that built the West—only to...
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Ep. 11: VISHAL MANGALWADI | Universities Built Culture Better Than Seminaries
The Gospel is not just about saving souls but reforming nations and building Christ’s kingdom on earth. Modern evangelicalism often reduces it to personal salvation, neglecting its transformative power over culture. As society rejects God’s sovereignty, many Christians retreat into...
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Ep. 10: JARED LONGSHORE | All Nations Must Be Christian
If Christ truly holds the cosmos in His hands—and He does—then every nation on earth belongs to Him alone. In the Great Commission (Matthew 28), Christ commands His followers to disciple the nations because all authority in heaven and on earth is His. Nations that refuse to bow to Christ remain…
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Ep. 09: GORDON WILSON | The Myth of Evolution Destroys Culture
Darwinian evolutionary theory has profoundly influenced modern philosophy, education, and morality—often wielded to deny God's existence. Despite its scientific veneer, it remains confined to theoretical thought, lacking undeniable proof. Its consequences have fueled movements like abortion…
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Ep. 08: JOE RIGNEY | The Politics of Fear
Fear has become the currency of control in our modern world. Many live under the shadow of fatalism, viewing life as an unending series of catastrophes where mere survival is the ultimate goal. Yet, this fear fuels manipulation, creating a populace easy to control. For Christians, succumbing to...
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Ep. 07: SCOTT ALLEN | Is Illiteracy the Devil's Greatest Weapon?
Every culture war is a battle for words, where ideas shape destinies and truth fights to be heard. In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa sits down with Scott Allen, author of Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice and 10 Words to Heal Our Broken World, to dissect how language molds culture and…
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Ep. 06: URIESOU BRITO | Festivity is Warfare
In this jubilant conversation, Lennox Kalifungwa and Rev. Dr. Uriesou Brito delve into the theology of feasting as an act of Christian warfare and cultural restoration. Feasting, they affirm, is not mere indulgence but a royal proclamation of Christ’s eternal victory—an earthly echo of heavenly...
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Ep. 05: MARK COPPENGER | Where Beauty Dies, Culture Follows
In this illuminating conversation, Lennox Kalifungwa delves into the realm of aesthetics and culture with Dr. Mark Coppenger. A culture that disregards beauty teeters on the brink of collapse. When a society abandons its appreciation for the transcendent, beauty fades, and civility follows close...
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Ep. 04: DOUG WILSON | Is Race a Lie Many Have Bought Into?
Many confuse ethnicity with culture, mistaking skin color as the source of a society's strengths or flaws. This misconception has led to the fallacy of attributing a culture’s superiority or inferiority to the ethnicity of its people—as if the two were inseparable. At its core, the concept of…
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Ep. 03: WILL SPENCER | How Religion Molds Men and Makes Culture
True civility rests upon two pillars: religion and masculinity. A society’s beliefs and the character of its men ultimately determine whether its culture flourishes or fractures. The battle for cultural renewal is won when the war for men’s virtue is anchored in a steadfast belief in Truth. In…
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Ep. 02: AARON RENN | Living in a World that Hates Your God
We live in an age that scorns truth—and therefore scorns Christianity. In such times, Christians must follow Athanasius’s example, standing contra mundum (against the world). One of the enemy's key strategies is to weaken and emasculate men, but many are beginning to awaken to this threat and…
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Ep. 01: DOUG WILSON | Why Some Cultures Are Superior to Others
Not all cultures possess the same values. Some cultures are, in fact, superior to others. This may sound like a controversial idea to those who have been influenced by the ideals of a modern egalitarian world that vilifies both distinction and disparity. This assertion prompts a critical…
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‘Of Flames & Crowns’ is an allegorical battleship charting the course to cultural dominion. Its mission is to cultivate societies anchored in truth, morality, freedom, and fruitfulness. Through engaging dialogues with thinkers and cultural leaders, we uncover the ideas and practices that forge great civilizations.Raise the sails, hoist the flag; for King, for Kingdom, and for eternity.Of Flames and Crowns is hosted by Lennox Kalifungwa. This podcast was produced by New Saint Andrews College. Learn how to attend or give to the college at: nsa.edu
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