Theology, the Queen of the Sciences? https://youtu.be/54QLB2g26Dc Once upon a time Thomas Aquinas referred to theology as the “Queen of the Sciences”–but what was he referring to? Today the Pugsters take up the crisis of knowledge. The tendency today is to reduce everything to material and efficient causes–in other words, to a material basis. Whole …
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Angels, Demons, and Christus Victor https://youtu.be/SUbkCF7j22Q A timely discussion of the biblical reality of the spiritual realm, the angelic, the demonic, and Christ’s victory over Satan, death, hell, and the grave. Tom introduces the problematic placement of the place of angels and demons in contemporary theology and the need to retrieve the rich biblical vision …
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The Return of the Old Gods https://youtu.be/gna1W0CUfMI Today’s Pugcast is a discussion of Naomi Wolfe’s Substack piece, “Have the Old Gods Returned?” which is a reflection and development of the ideas in Jonathan Cahn’s The Return of the Gods. The premise is that with the rejection of Christianity, God’s protection over the Western world has …
And All that Jazz https://youtu.be/OFv7Jgt-hHo The Pugsters welcome apologist and philosopher Doug Groothuis to the show this week to talk about neither apologetics nor philosophy but music. Doug is a jazz fan who has published articles and concert reviews for “All About Jazz.” We talk about the elements that make jazz what it is, jazz …
Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest https://youtu.be/_mcHC8t0L-4 Today the Pugs reflect on a remarkable essay by Jon Haidt in which he correlates the mental health of young people since 2013 and their sex and political outlook. The mental health of all young people has been getting worse, but it is …
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Civilizational Madness https://youtu.be/IFMf-BaHN8I Today’s show looks at Jacques Ellul’s ‘Those whom God wishes to destroy He first Makes Mad’ from his book The Betrayal of the West. Tom introduces the topic by looking at how civilizational self-contempt became a defining orientation of Western cultures once it took a nihilistic and idolatrous turn from the Christian …
The Man Who Was Thursday https://youtu.be/lqrRx4dE_dY The Man Who Was Thursday is considered by many critics to be G.K. Chesterton’s masterpiece. Published in 1908, it has never gone out of print. It’s simultaneously a comedy, a mystery, a philosophical action-thriller, a spoof on anarchism and German philosophy, and a serial romp from the real into …
Are You a Plastic Pleasure Monkey? https://youtu.be/ALbUBMk92G4 Today the Pugsters take up the notorious Klaus Schawb’s prediction for an ideal future: “You will own nothing and you will be happy.” Just what sort of human being would you need to be in order for this to be appealing, or even make sense. Chris proposes–you would …
Artificial Society and Technological Culture https://youtu.be/jmplrysmdko This week’s show engages one dimension of our current identity crisis in the West by attending the increasing loss of our ability to discern, define, and acknowledge the distinction between created natures and purposes and the artificial and constructed. Tom, Chris and Glenn unpack the topic by looking at …
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The Blake Center for Faith and Freedom https://youtu.be/57ydxB0uoBw This week’s Pugcast has another special guest. While Glenn is still away, Tom and Chris are joined by Labin Duke, the Executive Director of the Blake Center for Faith and Freedom of Hillsdale College in Somers, Connecticut. Labin introduces our audience to the fascinating history, mission, and …
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