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The Protestant Libertarian PodcastEp 241: A Christian Defense of Reason and Individualism with Cody LiboltIn this episode I talk with Cody Libolt, writer, podcaster, and co-author of the new book Redeeming the West: A Christian Defense of Reason and Individualism. Cody defines both ‘reason’ and ‘individualism’, demonstrating how these terms are often misused in modern discourse. He discusses the dangers of collectivism for Christianity, the Biblical basis for individualism, why Christians need reason and common sense, and how the church can redeem this important Western tradition. Media Referenced:Redeeming the West: https://a.co/d/dgTeJvlCody on X: @CodyLiboltCody’s Website: ht...
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The Libertarian Christian PodcastRedeeming the West, with Cody LiboltDoug Stuart sits down with Cody Libolt, founder of For the New Christian Intellectual and co-author of Redeeming the West: A Christian Defense of Reason and Individualism. Together, they dive into the philosophical roots of Western civilization, discussing why reason, self-interest, and individualism are crucial not just for a flourishing society, but also for a biblically faithful worldview.Cody Libolt unpacks the dangers of philosophical altruism and collectivism—contrasting them with what he calls "holy self-interest" and a biblical understanding of personal value. The conversation explores big questions like: Is Western civilization worth defending? How should Christians th...
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For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 143: Cody Libolt vs Seth Bloomsburg: Presuppositionalism vs. Classicalism
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For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 071B: Objectivism Book Study (Week 13B) — Essences and UniversalsThe Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
In this session we continued exploring the Objectivist understanding of essences and universals. We proposed two ways Christians might view Leonard Peikoff’s (and Ayn Rand’s) conclusions about these topics.
Jacob Brunton proposed that Christians could adopt Peikoff’s method of forming concepts, but also reject some of Peikoff’s positions on Metaphysics. Peikoff rejects Platonic Realism and Aristotelian Realism, but Brunton would maintain that Christians are not required to reject those ideas.
I (Cody Libolt...
2022-12-1200 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 065: Objectivism Book Study (Week 07) — VolitionThe Objectivism Book Study is meeting through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
This week, the reading was:
Ch. 2 – Human actions, mental and physical, as both caused and free (62-68)
Ch. 2 – Volition as axiomatic (69-72)
We are finishing out our discussion of chapter 2 (the anteroom of Epistemology).
As with the reading last week, we found places where we disagree with this material.
The disagreement is over exactly how to understand what volition is and how to understand the sense in which a person is h...
2022-10-0200 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 063: Objectivism Book Study (Week 05) — Sensation and ConsciousnessThe Objectivism Book Study is meeting through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
This week, the reading was:
Ch. 2 – Sensory qualities as real, pg 44-47
Ch. 2 – Consciousness as possessing identity, pg 48-52
We are moving in Leonard Peikoff’s book toward the material on epistemology. We are still in the anteroom.
To show what an Objectivist view of epistemology is and why it is credible, Peikoff is confronting some of the questions and claims of philosophical skeptics and philosophical idealists. He is working toward an accoun...
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For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 014: Exposing Russell Moore Timothy Keller and The Enemies Within the Church.mp3
2022-09-1855 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 017: Classical Epistemology for Christians - First Personal Discernibility.mp3
2022-09-1831 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 033: Pastors Emasculated - How David Platt's "Death to Self" Makes Men Too Weak to Fight Socialism.m4a
2022-09-1843 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 019: Masculinity Evasion and the Incompetent Opposition to Social Justice.mp3
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2022-09-1843 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 029: We Criticized John MacArthur and Tom Ascol. Heres What We Learned.mp3
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2022-09-1832 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 062: Objectivism Book Study (Week 04) — Perception and VolitionThe Objectivism Book Study is meeting through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
This week, the reading was:
Ch. 2 – Sense perception and volition 37-38
Ch. 2 – The senses as necessarily valid 39-44
We look at common philosophical arguments that lead toward skepticism and relativism, such as:
-Don’t our eyes deceive us when we see a bent stick in water, or a mirage in the distance, or railroad tracks converging at the horizon?
-How can the senses be called reliable in the case of someone who is...
2022-09-1200 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 061: Objectivism Book Study (Week 03) — Objective MetaphysicsThe Objectivism Book Study is meeting through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
This week, the reading was:
Ch. 1 – The metaphysically given as absolute 23-29
Ch. 1 – Idealism and materialism as the rejection of basic axioms 30-36
Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here.
Francis Bacon has a famous saying:
Reading maketh a full man;
Conference, a ready man,
And writing, an exact man.
This quote shows why what we’re doing in this book study i...
2022-09-0500 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 060: Objectivism Book Study (Week 02) — Causality and IdentityThe Objectivism Book Study is meeting through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
This is for anyone wanting to…
-Get to know Christians defending individual rights and capitalism.
-Sharpen skills in defending America’s unique principles.
-Explore connections between Christianity and Ayn Rand’s ideas.
Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here.
INTRODUCTION:
This week, the reading was:
Ch. 1 – Causality as a corollary of identity 12-16
Ch. 1 – Existence as possessing primacy over consciousne...
2022-08-3000 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 059: Objectivism Book Study (Week 01) — AxiomsWe invite you to check out the Objectivism Book Study, now available on YouTube and podcast. This is our series of in-depth philosophical interactions with Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff.
This is aimed toward anyone wanting to…
-Get to know Christians defending individual rights and capitalism.
-Sharpen skills in defending America’s unique principles.
-Explore connections between Christianity and Ayn Rand’s ideas.
Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here.
INTRODUCTION:
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand is...
2022-08-1600 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 058: Americanism Book Study (9 of 9)“Man was forced to accept masochism as his ideal—under the threat that sadism was his only alternative,” wrote Ayn Rand.
“This was the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on mankind. This was the device by which dependence and suffering were perpetuated as fundamentals of life.”
“The choice is not self-sacrifice or domination” (For the New Intellectual, 81).
Ayn Rand does a good job summarizing how people tend to think about morality today. Unfortunately, even Christians have accepted the idea that life requires human sacrifices.
They imagine a dog-eat-dog world, where it is impossible for...
2022-08-0153 min2022-08-0150 min2022-08-0156 min2022-08-011h 062022-08-011h 082022-08-011h 032022-07-301h 182022-07-301h 01For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 057: Americanism Book Study (8 of 9)“The code of rugged individualism was a social fact,” writes C. Bradley Thompson, “not some idealized myth.”
“It began with a man, his axe, and his gun. American pioneers did not have medicare, medicaid, unemployment insurance, social security, food stamps, public housing, government schools, or Amtrak.”
“Shockingly (at least to us in the 21st Century) they lived their lives free of meddling government officers, inspectors, regulators, teachers, and social workers.”
“They cleared the land, they built homes, factories, hospitals, stores, roads, bridges, ships, schools, universities, opera houses, museums, and all other assets of a developing indus...
2022-07-2956 min2022-07-2953 min2022-07-291h 072022-07-291h 022022-07-2938 min2022-07-291h 002022-07-2954 min2022-07-291h 022022-07-281h 01For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 056: Americanism Book Study (7 of 9)In the Americanism Book Study, we are discussing the unique set of ideas behind the original American way of government.
The reading this session was from one of Ayn Rand’s workshops on ethics and politics. Rand applies her vision of a rights-based government to specific subtopics, including:
-Is the consent of the governed the basis of government authority?
-What power do we delegate to a proper government?
–Is there a right to secede?
-Why should Americans reject the conception of a world government?
-“International law” and the “laws” of war
-E...
2022-07-2554 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 055: Americanism Book Study (6 of 9)Jacob Brunton commented on why some people have been attracted to the Alt-Right movement:
“Given our current cultural atmosphere, where being a heterosexual, right-handed, white male is the epitome of evil, and that’s preached from every institution in western culture, you can kind of understand why some people have a knee-jerk reaction:
Forget that! I’m not evil!
That reaction can lead to another set of choices:
I need some self-esteem… I’m going to find a collective that I can be a part of… one that is self-assertive, where the members...
2022-07-221h 04For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 054: Americanism Book Study (5 of 9)“Charity is no part of the legislative duty of government,” said James Madison in 1794.
When Congress voted to provide relief for French refugees, Madison dissented: “I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”
That is the vision of the Founding Fathers. That is drastically different from the kind of government we have today.
We are certainly a welfare state at this point. We are a mixed economy, partly socialized, as you see, for...
2022-07-181h 08For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 053: Americanism Book Study (4 of 9)Thomas Jefferson wrote that the proper purpose of government is to “guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”
He wrote that a legitimate government “shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned” (Americanism, pg 39).
In that quote you see the main idea of what Americanism is:
It is the idea of a society based on individualism, in which the gove...
2022-07-151h 02For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 052: Americanism Book Study (3 of 9)What IS Americanism? This question amounts to:
How is society in the United States different from most other societies throughout history?
What is American society’s essential characteristic?
How can that characteristic be preserved and strengthened?
There are many opinions on the question. In the Americanism Book Study, we are exploring the best answer—an answer given by Ayn Rand.
The essential characteristic of American society is the recognition of individual rights.
In this session of the American Book Study, we look at how individual rights must be defended. It is not sufficient to argue for...
2022-07-111h 03For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 051: Americanism Book Study (2 of 9)They hate it. Most of today’s evangelical teachers hate individualism. Have you noticed how they use the term? Individualism is taken to mean self-obsession and the failure to live for God. Why is this?
There are two groups within the evangelical teachers we are describing here: Those being fooled, and those doing the fooling. That latter group consists of political collectivists eager to twist language in order to suggest a false alternative: Either you can love God and love your church and live for eternal truths, or you can be an individualist.
The trick is...
2022-07-081h 13For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 050: Americanism Book Study (1 of 9)The Americanism Book Study met for 9 weeks, from October 23rd to December 19th, 2021 to discuss A New Textbook of Americanism.
The goals of the group were to help our viewers:
-Meet Christians who care about individual rights and capitalism.
-Sharpen skills in defending America’s unique principles.
-Explore connections between Christianity and Ayn Rand’s political work.
List of dates and readings:
10/23/21 Ch 1-2 (pg vii – 16)
10/30/21 Ch 3-4 (pg 17 – 36)
11/6/21 Ch 5-6 (pg 37 – 51)
11/13/21 Ch 7-8 (pg 52 – 68)
11/20/21 Ch 9-10 (pg 69 – 86)
11/27/21 Ch 11-12 (pg 87 – 104)
12/4/21 Ch 13-14 (pg 105 – 124)
12/11/21 Ch 15...
2022-07-041h 01For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 049: Why Christians Can Benefit from Ayn RandCan Christians actually benefit from Ayn Rand? Is it worth it to take the time to understand Ayn Rand’s philosophy?
“To reject truth because a pagan discovered it is not to reject the pagan, but to reject the God whose natural light is shed upon all men indiscriminately.”
That is a thought posted by Josh Sommer on Twitter recently. He is referring to the value of Aristotle for Christians. I appreciate his statement, and it likewise applies to philosophical principles discovered or explained by Ayn Rand.
Since late last year, we have been m...
2022-06-2700 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 048: Social Media Strategy that Goes Beyond Owning the LibsHow do you engage on social media in a way that is effective? There is more to social media than “owning the libs.” In this episode we explore the benefits and the challenges of using social media as a conservative culture warrior. We look at ways to connect with people and positively influence them with an honest method of thought.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Wartime Polemics Page
770 Verses and Hot Takes
Cody Libolt’s podcast mini-series on growing a personal platform
Writers Write: The 5-Day Challenge
How Great the Weight...
2022-06-2100 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 047: Christians CAN Win the Culture WarChristians can win the culture war. At this site, we advocate not only for a specific set of ideas, but also for the fact that you, as a Christian, ought to be fighting for the truth. You may not agree with all of our positions, but part of the benefit we hope to offer is that you will learn how to fight in the culture war.
That’s going to require specific convictions about what is true. But it’s also going to require some concrete skills—for instance, the ability to write or speak persuasively, and possib...
2022-06-0900 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 046: Do Mohler and Burk Really Believe Abortion Is Murder?We’re finding out that many “conservative” Christians never really believed that abortion is murder — which would explain why they have been so incompetent in ending it.
Abortion has come to the forefront of the news recently. In that storm of headlines, there is another controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention over what our goals in the abortion debate should be.
We’re finding out that many of the people who call themselves “pro-life” actually disagree with us about a key aspect of the idea that abortion is murder: namely, the idea that women who procure aborti...
2022-05-2200 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 045: The Rise and Triumph of Anti-IndividualismAnti-individualism hangs in the air. Within Evangelical Christianity, the discussion on CRT (Critical Race Theory) has changed. But what has not changed is the rejection of individualism.
This episode offers our unique analysis from the point of view of a rational Christian philosophy.
If you have seen Carl Trueman’s book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, and if you have seen Christians across the spectrum praising it as an astute analysis (the best analysis in 50 years!) and if you’re familiar with the term “individualism” and the basis of American constitutionalism and individua...
2022-05-1045 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 044: Why Christians Need Wartime Polemics (Pt. 3)Pastors who will not support wartime polemics are not worthy of your funds. There are pastors who kick out those who are engaged in the culture war, but who invite those who are succumbing to the culture war (or even those who are fighting on the wrong side of the culture war). Such pastors need to be kicked out of their churches.
That is one of the ways that accountability is going to come to our country. There needs to be a small fraction of people willing to say: “I believe in these principles so strongly that I...
2022-03-2123 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 043: Why Christians Need Wartime Polemics (Pt. 2)Is a “wartime polemics” approach necessary? In this episode we discuss several friendly objections to our polemical approach.
In this Series:
Why Christians Need Wartime Polemics (Pt. 1)
Why Christians Need Wartime Polemics (Pt. 2)
Why Christians Need Wartime Polemics (Pt. 3)
Related Resources:
#TrustedForTruth? — An Open Plea To Dr. Al Mohler
Renouncing Disgraceful & Underhanded Ways—A Plea to Southern Seminary & Its Defenders
It’s Time to Start Naming & Dividing From Woke Pastors
How Great the Weight of Public Speech—A Call to Morally Char...
2022-03-2134 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 042: Why Christians Need Wartime Polemics (Pt. 1)“Better is open rebuke than hidden love,” Says Proverbs 27. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.” Christians need to make use of polemics—even wartime polemics.
Our goal at ChristianIntellectual.com is to edify people and to point people to the goodness of God. As we seek to equip the saints, there are times for building and times for tearing down.
Both activities are needed if the world is going to be filled with Christians who rightly understand the good character of God and who are skilled in moral reas...
2022-03-1828 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 041: Theistic Arguments & Natural TheologyWe are talking about theistic arguments and natural theology today. We have been talking a lot about natural theology in general lately, and that’s been a hot topic on Facebook and Twitter. We wanted to bring the theory of that into practice. One of the primary ways natural theology is relevant is in theistic arguments.
In this episode we overview our understanding of right Christian Apologetics to answer the question: How can we know that Christianity is true and reasonable? We explore important theistic arguments and various arguments from history, morality, prophecy, miracles, the testimony about the...
2021-12-071h 05For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 040: Natural Theology | Christian Philosophy Q&AThe traditional Protestant doctrine of Natural Theology has recently come under fire from followers of Cornelius Van Til, including Jeffrey Johnson, Owen Strachan, and James White.
In this Q&A we summarize the traditional answers to some of the main confusions and objections that tend to come up when defending Natural Theology.
“The Reformation doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture does not claim that Christians need only Scripture and not natural revelation, but that Christians need only Scripture and not other kinds of special revelation.”
-David VanDrunen
Topics Include:
Isn’t Script...
2021-10-281h 09For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 039: Reformed Christians: Do What John MacArthur and James White Won’tAre you willing to do what John MacArthur, James White, and many reformed conservatives won’t do?
It’s simple: Name Albert Mohler as a danger to the church.
John MacArthur has said, “I will fight error, but I will not fight my friends.” We think he needs to reconsider his friendships.
Those friends have already rejected him. He needs to be willing to warn people that such men (Albert Mohler, Ligon Duncan, and Mark Dever) are compromised, they are promoting error, and they are a danger to the church.
John MacArthu...
2021-10-141h 12For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 038: Natural Theology and Philosophy MatterIn this episode we’re looking at a common misconception: that moral pronouncements or ideas do not matter unless they are found in the Bible. Is there any value in philosophy, or what has been called Natural Theology?
We made this video in response to statements made by Dr. Jeffrey Johnson and Dr. Owen Strachan of Grace Bible Theological Seminary. They have repeatedly derogated Natural Theology and argued that their position is necessitated by the principle of Sola Scriptura.
Observers in the Classical tradition of apologetics and philosophy have tried to correct these errors, but Str...
2021-09-2354 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 037: My Body, My Choice? The Cost of Pretend ArgumentsIronically, the pro-abortion slogan “my body, my choice” is now being used by those opposing Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate. Is either side using the concept correctly? That’s what we cover in our new episode. We also include:
Why we must call for Joe Biden’s impeachment (even if it will never happen)
How to resist the vaccine mandate
The moral and legal status of abortion
Why Objectivists are so wrong about abortion
Resources:
Petition to Impeach Joe Biden
Reasons Biden Should Be Impeached
Michael Spangler’s Comments on Truth-Telling
Brett M...
2021-09-1656 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 036: A Right to Say No? Is It Moral to Refuse the Vaccine?Is it moral to refuse the vaccine? At For the New Christian Intellectual, we promote rational Christianity, for those who love their lives. We want the world to be filled with Christians who are skilled in moral reasoning. This episode will equip you to understand one way Ayn Rand’s rational egoism matters at this moment in history.
We discuss the argument taking place right now between those who have not taken the Covid shot and those who want to mandate the jab, lest you lose your job, your liberty, including the right of free association and tr...
2021-09-0256 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 035: Anti-Reagan Conservatism? American Reformer Sells Out Inalienable Rights, Repackages Timothy KellerHave you noticed a shift in the Conservative movement? Conservatives and Republicans are not what they have historically claimed to be. They no longer seem to prioritize limited government, individual rights, free markets, and the Constitution. Today we’re reviewing a new publication that represents this sad trend. It’s called American Reformer. It aims at “…equipping evangelical Christians to confidently and forthrightly defend Scriptural truths and natural law in the face of widespread cultural capitulation.”
Sounds good. It’s not.
Check out the episode below, and also see our Citations, Links, and Show Notes.
Be...
2021-09-021h 46For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 034: Epistemology Is the Heart of the Culture War: From G. Hegel to Ed Litton
For the New Christian Intellectual is an online community and publication dedicated to equipping intellectual activists with the principles and tactics necessary to reform the church and nation.
The following video explains the philosophical trends leading to our wrecked cultural landscape. We overview the corrupt ideas from Europe 200 years ago that continue to stretch out their poisonous roots, ruining our nation and our churches today.
Modern culture has been shaped by Hume, Kant, and Hegel and their postmodern descendants. This has led many people today to embrace the anti-ideology of postmodernism. But it has...
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For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 033: Pastors Emasculated: How David Platt’s “Death to Self” Makes Men Too Weak to Fight Socialism
For the New Christian Intellectual is an online community and publication dedicated to equipping intellectual activists with the principles and tactics necessary to reform the church and nation.
In this episode, we look at why “selflessness” from the pulpit leads to socialism in the pews.
This means: If a pastor believes in pathological altruism, he will have a hard time helping his people reject collectivism and socialism.
“Death to self” has become a key slogan within the self-effacing “gospel-centered” movement in Southern Baptist churches.
The slogan is especially heard from conferences...
2021-07-0943 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 032: Against the Tradcons and Ethno-Nationalists
In this episode we’re talking about traditionalism and ethno-nationalism: why we oppose these ideas and what sets us apart from them.
At FTNCI we are about helping you morally reason through important political and cultural issues. That means we want to be about more than just opposing the leftists.
We love owning the libs. We love owning “progressives.” We love making them mad. But that is not the goal of moral reasoning. The goal of moral reasoning is to identify what is objectively moral and what is objectively rational.
Unfortunately, too many o...
2021-05-1735 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 031: Does God Hate Sinners? What Is a Biblical, Christian Answer?
Is it true that God actually hates some people?
This is a tricky concept for a lot of people in our society today. It shouldn’t be, especially if you have been in church.
But a lot of churches aren’t teaching a theology of God’s love and His hate. Such churches are not showing us how we should apply the Bible’s teaching in order to make proper distinctions in our minds. In fact, many people would classify those who try to make distinctions as being divisive.
This episode explores the bibl...
2021-04-2620 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 030: Presuppositional Apologetics vs. Common Sense and Logic
Why should Christians reject the presuppositional apologetics of Van Til, Bahnsen, Frame, and other Presuppositionalists?
That’s the topic of our latest episode.
At FTNCI, we have made many criticisms against Presuppositional Apologetics. (You can find the links below.)
The main Presuppositionalist claims raise severe concerns to those who affirm Classical Foundationalism.
Within the Presuppositionalist school of thought, it is difficult to find helpful definitions. Many Presuppositionalists do not seem to have a clear idea of what they believe.
We aim to help people escape that co...
2021-03-0643 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 029: We Criticized John MacArthur and Tom Ascol. Here's What We Learned.Welcome to the podcast.
Jacob Brunton criticized Tom Ascol. Cody Libolt criticized John MacArthur.
This triggered responses most revealing.
Many people are unwilling to be fact-oriented.
They will not address the truth of the claim because they can only think about the danger of the claim—to their chosen narrative.
The responses were morally and intellectually bankrupt.
In this episode we share what we learned from the experience.
Related Resources:
Tom Ascol Once Again Helps Woke Ministry Leaders to Save Face
...
2021-01-1834 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 028: Gun Rights & 1776 vs. the Christian PansiesWelcome to the podcast.
Is the right to bear arms legitimate? Was the American Revolution legitimate? Not according to many of the products of today’s colleges and even seminaries.
Even a topic as basic and obvious as the validity of the American Revolution is now on the table, it seems, and with it, the right for men to bear arms.
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2020-11-171h 08For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 027: Is Moral Relativism Controlling Your Church?Welcome to the podcast.
There is a crisis of leadership in churches. Many pastors today are acting as if they were moral relativists. In this episode we discuss why.
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
We focus on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 026: The SIN of Voting DemocratWelcome to the podcast.
American political topics have become extraordinarily contentious for Christians. Here is our perspective on whether (and how) Christians should discuss politics. We explain why it is a sin to vote Democrat — and what to do about it in your church.
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
We focus on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and ind...
2020-10-2439 min
FreemindHow Tim Keller Gets Justice and Voting Wrong with The New Christian IntellectualsSpecial guests Jacob Brunton and Cody Libolt from the website, The New Christian Intellectual join us on the show to further discuss the article by Dr. Timothy Keller.
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2020-09-291h 14For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 025: Manhood Is a MindsetWelcome to the podcast.
In his book, Manhood Is a Mindset, pastor and father J. Colin Trisler points his son to the example of Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, and instructs him in the fatherly wisdom Solomon taught his son in Proverbs 1–9.
Jacob Brunton and Cody Libolt interview Colin Trisler and highlight points of connection between his book and the project at ChristianIntellectual.com.
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FreemindContrasting Race & Culture, Individualism & Collectivism, Justice & Social Justice with Jacob Brunton and Cody LiboltSpecial guests Jacob Brunton and Cody Libolt from the website, The New Christian Intellectual join us on the show to discuss individualism vs. collectivism, the difference between race and culture, and more.
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2020-07-3159 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 024: Toward a Theology of PolemicsWelcome to the podcast.
Is it right for Christian men to speak out publicly with morally charged language? To use polemics?
Jacob Brunton has recently written How Great the Weight of Public Speech — A Call to Morally Charged Polemics.
We need to be working toward a theology of polemics. The church lacks that.
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2020-07-3141 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 023: You Won’t Stop Marxism by Saying “Just Focus on the Gospel”Welcome to the podcast.
In response to Marxism taking over in the church, many pastors are saying, “We just need to focus on the gospel.”
That response is inadequate. It’s a trap. And conservatives keep falling for it.
There is a better solution:
Explicitly defend biblical justice, and challenge those who distort God’s justice.
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2020-07-0754 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 022: What Is General Revelation? Why Does it Matter?Welcome to the podcast.
In this episode we explore the value of God’s General Revelation.
We’ve realized there are a lot of misunderstandings about what General Revelation is—and why it matters to the Christian. We want to combat that. And we want to help Christians understand the glory and the goodness to be found in General Revelation.
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2020-06-3039 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 021: What Socialism Does to Your MindWelcome!
Today we have a special interview featuring Shireen Joanna.
Shireen shares about her experiences as a pro-capitalist in a world moving quickly toward socialism.
She offers unique observations about how the trends are going, informed by her experience immigrating to the US from India.
Shireen points out what good parents can do to keep the influence of a socialistic mindset from harming one’s own family.
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2020-05-2937 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 020: Apologetics, Philosophy, and Rational ChristianityRational Christianity. It beats the alternative.
What’s all this talk about rational Christianity? Rational Christianity doesn’t mean a Christianity without faith. And it doesn’t mean rejecting the role of the Holy Spirit. Certainly, it doesn’t mean rejecting God’s authority.
Amazingly, when we speak about rational Christianity, we hear all of these kinds of objections. So what does rational Christianity mean? Click below to listen to this guest interview.
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2020-05-2835 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 019: Masculinity, Evasion, and the Incompetent Opposition to Social JusticeWelcome!
This episode’s topics include:
The neo-masculinity movement
The role of the mind in masculinity
How to apply these lessons to the battle against socialism in the church
Concerns about the wrong-headed approach of the Conservative Baptist Network
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
We focus on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2020-02-1643 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 018: War, Immigration and Walls + Division in the ChurchWelcome!
This episode we’re experimenting with format. We’re trying some short segments, news analysis, social media redux, and more.
Topics include:
Division in the Church
What Makes a Just War
Immigration Policy
Border Walls
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We focus on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2020-02-0844 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 017: Classical Epistemology for Christians – First Person DiscernibilityWelcome!
Each month we host a group discussion on philosophy and theology.
This is the replay from the March 2018 meeting.
This month’s topics:
How should a Christian justify beliefs and knowledge claims?
What about the “noetic effects” of sin?
Classical vs. Presuppositional Epistemology
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reaso...
2019-05-0431 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 016: Epistemology in the Christian Life, Ministry, and WorldviewWelcome!
Each month we host a group discussion on philosophy and theology.
This is the replay from the February 2018 meeting.
This month’s topics:
What is epistemology?
Why is it valuable for Christians?
How does man’s fall affect his ability to reason?
How does faith relate to reason?
What are the main components of a sound Christian epistemology?
What are the competing views, and what is the intellectual landscape among Christian philosophers?
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2019-04-041h 28For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 015: Philosophy for the Christian IntellectualWelcome!
Each month we host a group discussion on philosophy and theology.
This is the replay from the January 2018 meeting.
This month’s topics were:
What is philosophy?
Why is it important?
How can it be used for Kingdom impact?
What are the major obstacles in philosophy for the Christian?
How do we relate ideas within Christian philosophy and secular?
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2019-03-071h 04
Closing Argument with Walter HudsonGUEST: Cody Libolt on Liberty and ChristianityCody Libolt joins the program from ChristianIntellectual.com, responding to a piece at Spectator which claims "Libertarians Are Wrong." Also discussed, Jacob Brunton's new e-book "Christian Answers Against Social Justice."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2019-02-2813 min
The Reformed RantCody Libolt's Presuppositional Straw Man Part 2 - Episode 9I continue to work through the numerous logical fallacies and misrepresentations that Cody Libolt makes around presuppositional apologetics.
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2019-02-2449 minThe Reformed RantResponse to Cody Libolt on Presuppositional ApologeticsIn this episode I rant about Cody Libolt's continued straw man representations of Presuppositional Apologetics.
2019-02-2454 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 014: Exposing Russell Moore, Timothy Keller, and The Enemies Within the Church We’re interviewing award-winning film maker Judd Saul about his new film, Enemies Within The Church.
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Scripture for Study:
Exodus 20:15
“You shall not steal.”
Leviticus 19:15
“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.”
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
Romans 16:1...
2019-02-1555 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 013: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts with Guest Dr. Lydia McGrew We’ve invited philosopher Lydia McGrew to share her insights on Christian Apologetics, focusing on undesigned coincidences in the Gospels and Acts and other fruitful, overlooked arguments for the reliability of Scripture.
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2018-07-121h 06For the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 012: Did Jesus Exist? with Guest Nick Peters
We ask guest Nick Peters:
What is the Christ Myth Theory (a.k.a “Jesus Mythicism”)?
What do the vast majority of scholars (Christian and otherwise) believe about the existence of Jesus?
Can Christians be confident that Jesus was an historical person and that we know his genuine teachings?
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Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-1134 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 011: The Importance of Apologetics with Guest Nick Peters
We ask guest Nick Peters:
What does every Christian need to know about Apologetics?
Main topics include:
How does an understanding of Apologetics improve the Christian life?
What are the most common objections to Christianity?
How can we take responsibility for our own beliefs?
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0926 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 010: Revelation and Responsibility
We ask: What do you do when there seems to be a split between what Scripture is saying and what philosophy is saying?
Main topics include:
The concepts of General and Special Revelation
Must all sources of truth must be submitted to Scripture?
The weight of personal intellectual responsibility
About the Podcast
For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0828 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 009: Christianity and Western Civilization
We give a capstone for the previous 8 episodes, showing how each philosophical issue involves our view of the mind in human life.
We advocate a high view of the mind based on man’s nature — he is a being created unique from animals and angels as a bearer of God’s image. We look at what that image is.
Main topics include:
How a high view of the mind is based on man’s nature
What man’s nature is (as the image-bearer of God)
An integration of our philosophical goals with our theological...
2018-07-0852 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 008: In Defense of Individualism
We ask: What is Individualism? And why does this matter?
Main topics include:
How individualism serves the church
Why individualism is foundational to a rational political system
How the Bible supports individualism
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Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0643 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 007: Against Collectivism
We ask: What is wrong with collectivism? What’s at stake?
Main topics include:
Collectivism’s failure to provide meaningful church unity
Collectivism’s disastrous effect on theological fidelity
Practical consequences of Collectivism in politics and culture
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0648 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 006: Christian Egoism
We ask: What is Christian Egoism?
Main topics include:
The chief end of man
Why Christian Egoism matters theologically
Why it matters practically
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Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0437 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 005: Holy Self-Interest
We ask: What is Holy Self-Interest? And why is it an important concept for Christians?
Main topics include:
God as the ultimate egoist
Why Christians should be egoists
What this looks like, practically
About the Podcast
For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0326 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 004: Against Altruism
We address: What is altruism? Why are we against it?
Main topics include:
The meaning of philosophical altruism
The prevalence of this idea within the church
Why we reject it, on scriptural grounds
About the Podcast
For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0230 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 003: Rediscovering Reason
We look at the role of reason in the Christian worldview.
Main topics include:
Why reason is the sole means of knowledge for Christians
How the right role of reason has been attacked by some Christians
How reason fits into Christianity
How reason fits with divine revelation
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-07-0136 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 002: Against FideismWe look at what fideism (faith-ism) is, and we look at the danger it poses to a rational Christian worldview.
Main topics include:
What is fideism, exactly?
Why does it matter?
How is fideism affecting churches?
What is the scriptural answer to fideism?
About the Podcast
For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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2018-06-3033 minFor the New Christian IntellectualFTNCI 001: Why We Need New Christian Intellectuals
In this opening podcast session we explain the goals of our worldview project and why it matters.
Main topics include:
Reason vs. Fideism
Holy Self-Interest vs. Altruism
Individualism vs. Collectivism
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For the New Christian Intellectual is a free show created for Christian thinkers and communicators.
Our focus is on classical (and overlooked) Christian principles such as reason, rational self-interest, individualism, and individual rights.
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