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Feeding the Soul: Stories for a Child's Imagination

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Repeating History? Parallels with the Fall of the Roman Republic

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Henryk Gorecki's SYMPHONY OF SORROWFUL SONGS

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Messiaen's QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME

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A Timeless Moment: Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Acceptance Speech

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Till We Have Faces, Part II: The Resolution and Meaning

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Till We Have Faces, Part I

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Flannery Does It Again: REVELATION

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Flannery O'Connor's GREENLEAF Discussed

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Where Does Evil Lie? A Discussion of Conrad's HEART OF DARKNESS

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First and Second Things: The Foundation of Civilization

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Civilization and Reformation: Jordan Peterson Corroborates CWS!

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What DO They Teach Them in These Schools?

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Power, Law, and Revelation: the Essentials of Civilization

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Reflection on THE SILVER CHAIR

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No Tao, No Civilization: Lewis' Abolition of Man

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Pope Benedict XVI on the Culture

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Is There a Culture War Going On?

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How Do We Experience the Beautiful?

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On the Idea of A Christian Society: Discussing Eliot's Essay

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Suffering and Beauty part 2

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On Suffering and Beauty part 1

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Identity Part 2 - Meaning: How Do We Know Who We Are?

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Identity and Civilization part 1: Who Are We?

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Story Telling and its Place in Civilization: a Discussion with Junius

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Civilization and Eudaimonia

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The Need to Thank: How is it Essential to Civilization?

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Sacrifices: All Civilizations Do It -- Why?

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Key Element of a Civilization: Language

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Of the Foundations of Civilizations

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Civilizations and their Axioms: Can we discern among Axioms?

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On Civilization and Culture: What's the Diff?

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Responding to Social Justice: A Summary of our Recent Podcasts

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Magic in the Mundane: The Real Reason for Fairy Tales

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The Enlightenment Strikes Back: Reasoning Atheists Oppose "Theory"

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Beauty in the Middle Ages: The Wonders of Number, Light, and Symbol

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Of Negative and Positive Rights: What Part Do They Play in Culture? Part 2

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Of Negative and Positive Rights: What Part Do They Play in Culture? Pt 1.

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Tenors are People Too: A Conversation with Philip Himebook

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The Attraction of "Wokeness": A Conversation with Doug Groothuis

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History of Critical Theory Part II: Neo-Marxism in the 20th century

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History of Critical Theory Pt I: Marx and Materialism

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Does Reason Get Us to Truth? The Kafkatrap Defined and Addressed

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On Forgiveness: A Conversation with Ronnie Stevens

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Of Tzedek and Mishpat: A Biblical View of Justice

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Post-modernism, part II: The Roots of Irrationality

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Post-modernism Part 1: The Roots of Irrationality

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What is Conservatism? The Moral Imagination II

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What is Conservatism? The Moral Imagination Part I

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It's Not Fair! - A Meditation on the Tenth Commandment

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Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged: Do We Draw Moral Lines Where or When We Shouldn't?

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Reason and Imagination: A Meditation on Metaphors

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Birthrates in the West: Are We Reluctant to Have Children?

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On Socialism

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The New Sincerity: Are We Too Hip to be Serious?

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Speshial Christmas Podcast!

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Giving Thanks in Advent: The Health of Gratitude

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Excerpt from our reading of A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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The Electoral College vs the Democratic Vote: Is the EC Obsolete?

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Barr Speaks at Notre Dame: Can We have Liberty Without Faith?

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Advance or Abdication? What Does "Progress" Really Cost?

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Male, Female; Masculine, Feminine: What's the Diff?

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Do the Humanities Describe Humanity?

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Power of History and the Arts: How Do They Improve Life?

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The Radical Truth: Ok, So if We Are Against That, What are we For?

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Of Facts and Narratives: Which Comes First?

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Suffer the Little Children: Can We Be Pro-life and Pro-choice Simultaneously?

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Will The Real Men Please Stand?: Toxic Masculinity and The Gillette Ad

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Are You a Player? The Role of Play in God's Economy

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Losing our Ability to See Through the World: The Decline of the Liberal Arts

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Is it OK to Scream at People? Political Debate in the Early 21st Century

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What's All This Then? Socialism and its Strange Attractiveness

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Engaging the Culture: What is a Positive Approach for Christians?

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Social Justice and the Calling to Care for Others

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Our Second Season! Introduction of our 2018 students

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Reason and Irrationality: An Interview with Ken Myers

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Limits of Technology: Do We Get the Whole Truth Thru the Media?

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Thou SHALL Judge? Under what circumstances do we use categories?

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On the Revoice Conference 2

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The St. Louis REVOICE Conference Upcoming in July

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End of the Year Review of Books: Lewis, Homer, Dante, and Hugo.

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The Prudent Use of the Law: Does a Culture of Dignity Flow from Decency?

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On Immigration in Europe and the US: What About the Call to Love Neighbor?

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The True Conservatism: A Third Look at the Paris Statement

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Nations and Cultures: A Second Look at the Paris Statement

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European Conservatives: A Look at the Paris Statement

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The Importance of Story: Even the Joker Was Trying to Tell the Truth

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What Does A Vote Say? Voting v. Endorsing

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The Glory of the Lord: The Beauty of Truth and Goodness

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Care and Feeding of the North American Millennial

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On the Organization of Believers: What is an "Institutional Church?"

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Place of Politics: Is There Room in Life for Life?

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Borrowing Jesus (or parts of Him)

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What's the Use? Power and the Abuse of the Male Libido

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Music in Worship: Styles, Orchestration, and Liturgy

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How Nations Go Awry: Relating Faith and Politics

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It Came in a Dream: How the West Was Begun

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Relating Reason and Emotions in Knowing

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Can Community be like...Cheese? Post-truth and the Human Need to Belong

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Who is this Bill of Rights?