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September 2019

September 16, 2019

Fighting Critical Theory Approaches in the Academic Library World

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne The concluding paragraphs of my 2016 essay, "Is Authority Always...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

On the Objectivity of Beauty

In this video, I answer the question: "Is beauty objective or subjective?" I conclude that...

July 2018

July 11, 2018

On the Eleatic Philosophers (A History of Western Thought)

I have been producing a series of short 5-15 minute videos which give an overview...

June 2018

June 21, 2018

A History of Western Thought YouTube Videos

I am beginning a new series of videos titled A History of Western Thought, which...

June 09, 2018

Marxism and Modern Gender Theory

On this program, I continued my discussion on contemporary views of gender. I spent the...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

What do Jordan Peterson’s and Harvard’s Views of Truth Have to do with One Another?

Post by Nathan Rinne The key similarity is this: Both are confident that their...

February 08, 2018

Social Media and the Death of Nuance

I really dislike the majority of theological interaction over social media platforms. This probably sounds...

January 2018

January 03, 2018

Does the Devil’s Whore, Reason, Ruin Christmas? Luther’s Disputation on John 1:14, “The Word Was Made Flesh”

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne First, happy tenth day of Christmas! Second, the answer to...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

What Can C.S. Lewis’s Sublime Waterfall From His “Abolition of Man” Teach Us Today?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne If I say the "waterfall is sublime" is that an...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Response to Frame’s Criticism of Dolezal on Theistic Mutualism

Among contemporary Christian thinkers who have promoted a return to the Classical Theistic conceptions of...

September 2017

September 23, 2017

An Introduction to Philosophy

On today's program, I introduced some of the basic concepts of philosophy. This included a...

September 22, 2017

You Can’t Do Theology Without Philosophy

"What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem?" The old question attributed to Tertullian has been...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

Without Tradition as Truth, the West – and the Rest – Cannot Be Saved

Post by Nathan Rinne This past week, responding to the President’s well-received speech in Poland,...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Are Evolutionary Ethics Good for a Nation?

Formerly, western elites concerned with keeping stability and order were more than happy to use...

June 24, 2017

Faith and Reason in Luther, Zwingli, and Lutheranism

On today's program, I dealt with the relationship between faith and reason. I began with...

February 2017

February 03, 2017

Certitude vs. Certainty: What Can Neil Gorsuch and Martin Luther Teach Us About Knowledge and Truth?

Post by Nathan Rinne Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s widely lauded pick for new Supreme...

November 2016

November 11, 2016

Individualism in the Age of Trump: the Unbridled Sophistry Behind Sexuality, Gender… and the Theory of Evolution

Post by Nathan Rinne In the Western world, today’s “conservatives” are increasingly libertarian when it...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

The Rorty-ification – and Hegelianization – of the West: A Primer on Social Constructivism and Social Constructionism for Concerned Americans

"There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

For Scalia, R.I.P. – Why Nature Must Be Stopped

Post by Nathan Rinne I dedicate this post to now deceased SCOTUS justice Antonin Scalia....

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Richard Dawkins’ Comments Comparing Christianity and Islam Show Knowledge, Not Wisdom

Post by Nathan Rinne Very interesting five-year-old comments made by the famous atheist Richard Dawkins...

October 2015

October 14, 2015

“Who’s Afraid of Relativism?” – and Professor James K.A. Smith?

Post by Nathan Rinne Calvin College Professor of Philosophy James K.A. Smith is a rising...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

How Darwin Helps Us See the Truth: Life is About Helping Our Neighbor Survive

Post by Nathan Rinne “You have the God you believe in.” – Martin Luther [warning:...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

America, Behold Your God [of “Civil Religion”]: the Underlying Meaning of Gay Marriage and Other Incoming Issues (Summary)

Post by Nathan Rinne A few days ago, Pastor Cooper posted a link to an...

June 16, 2015

Thesis: Only Theists Can Rationally Believe in American Values

Post by Nathan Rinne I know that title is audacious. I'm like a moth who...

June 10, 2015

All Philosophy is Morality and Teleology – and Other Tacitly Known Truths?

Post by Nathan Rinne “In this is love, not that we have loved God but...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

“Cultured Despisers Gonna Despise”: the Nature of Liberal “Evangelical” Theology Versus a Truly Biblical Theology

"The Holy Spirit is no skeptic.... a man must delight in assertions or he will...

September 2014

September 19, 2014

"An interdisciplinary foray, or: A theological cat among the philosophical pigeons" by Rev. Dr. John R. Stephenson

A paper delivered at the Brock University Philosophical Society on Thursday, 18 September 2014. As an...