Podcast appearances and mentions of Benjamin Wiker

This podcast episode of The Patrick Madrid Show revolves around a caller, Dave from Wisconsin, seeking clarity on interpreting biblical miracles as literal events or allegories. Dave mentions examples such as the multiplication of loaves, Jesus walking on water, and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. He recounts a conversation with a priest who proposed a non-literal interpretation for these events, attributing them to metaphors or natural occurrences.   Patrick Madrid responds by contextualizing this viewpoint within the historical criticism movement prevalent in seminaries during the 1970s. He criticizes this approach, labeling it a "hermeneutic of suspicion," which undermines the literal interpretation of miracles in Scripture. Patrick argues for the authenticity of biblical miracles, because he has seen so many people lose their faith over their failure to truly believe.   He recommends resources like "Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture" by Dr. Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker, as well as "Catholic Apologetics Today" by Fr. William Most to delve deeper into this topic.    You can hear the intensity in Patrick's voice as he urges you to guard against erroneous interpretations that diminish the reality of biblical miracles, emphasizing the importance of upholding the Church's teaching on the inerrancy of Scripture.   Someone else' faith could be on the line, and you can help them by sharing the truth in Sacred Scripture and tradition. 

The world is full of wonders both mysterious and beautiful. Do we have reasons to believe that this beauty points to anything beyond itself? Our special guest, Xandra Grieme, says that when it comes to beauty, there may be more than meets the eye. Xandra Grieme is an apologist, speaker, and curator for the Museum of Created Beauty. She earned her bachelor of science degree from Colorado State University, studied apologetics at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, and completed an MA in Conservation Biology from Victoria University of Wellington. Her scientific research includes work in parasitology, flow cytometry, and ecological restoration. You can keep up with Xandra and the Museum of Created Beauty by visiting them online at https://www.museumofcreatedbeauty.org/ and following their socials: INSTAGRAM @museum_of_created_beauty FACEBOOK @museum_of_created_beauty TWITTER @MuseumofCBeauty YOUTUBE @MuseumofCreatedBeauty A few resources mentioned in this podcast include Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt's A Meaningful World (IVP Academic, 2006), Thomas Dubay's The Evidential Power of Beauty (Ignatius Press, 1999), Elaine Scarry's On Beauty and Being Just (Princeton University Press, 2001), and Edward T. Oakes' essay "The Apologetics of Beauty" in The Beauty of God (IVP, 2007), edited by Daniel Treier, Mark Husbands, and Roger Lundin. All Rise is a listener and donor-supported presentation from Embrace the Truth. If you would like to see more content like this, prayerfully consider supporting us by visiting https://embracethetruth.org/ and clicking on the "Donate" button.

Nearly 30 years ago, physicist Steven Weinberg wrote that “[t]he more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” But is our universe really just a meaningless accident? Or can we detect true genius by studying its workings? On this ID The Future, we are pleased to share the first half of an interview with Dr. Jonathan Witt about the central questions of his 2006 book A Meaningful World, co-written with Benjamin Wiker. Witt explains that the more we learn about the universe, the more it seems laden with meaning. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Source

Nearly 30 years ago, physicist Steven Weinberg wrote that “[t]he more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” But is our universe really just a meaningless accident? Or can we detect true genius by studying its workings? On this ID The Future, we are pleased to share the first half of an interview with Dr. Jonathan Witt about the central questions of his 2006 book A Meaningful World, co-written with Benjamin Wiker. Witt explains that the more we learn about the universe, the more it seems laden with meaning. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Source

Again, we have made a rather strange discovery, that the mind refuses to know anything except what reaches it in more or less literary form.  Persons can ‘get up' the driest of pulverised text-books and enough mathematics for some public examination; but these attainments do not appear to touch the region of mind. Of Natural Science, too, we have to learn that the way into the secrets of nature is not through the barbed wire entanglements of science as she is taught but through field work or other immediate channel, illustrated and illuminated by books of literary value. Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education Show Summary: Today's guest on The New Mason Jar is Jeanne Webb, veteran homeschool of one daughter and former member of the AmblesideOnline Auxilliary, and her whole family are involved in the sciences How Jeanne first heard about the Charlotte Mason philosophy What make Charlotte Mason's approach to science different from that of typical American science education? What is the relationship of nature study to other areas of scientific study? How do nature study and nature lore prepare children for the more formal study of science? What Jeanne and her family did for nature study Does a Charlotte Mason approach to science do enough to prepare students for higher education?   Books and Links Mentioned: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens The Burgess Bird Book by Thornton W. Burgess Napoleon's Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean Gulp by Mary Roach It Couldn't Just Happen by Lawrence O. Richards The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson Darwin's Black Box by Michael Behe A Meaningful World by Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt Who Made the Moon? by Sigmund Brouwer The Language of God by Francis Collins   But the object of the Parents' Review School is not merely to raise the standard of work in the home schoolroom. Our chief wish is that the pupils of the School should find knowledge delightful in itself and for its own sake, without thought of marks, place, prize or other reward; that they should develop an intelligent curiosity about whatever is on the earth or in the heavens, about the past and the present. The children respond and take to their lessons with keen pleasure, if they get even tolerably good teaching, and the want of marks, companionship, or other stimulus is not felt in those home schoolrooms where the interest of knowledge is allowed free play. attributed to Charlotte Mason, from “Parents' Review School”, The Parents' Review, Vol. 12, No. 9 (1901)   Find Cindy: Morning Time for Moms Cindy's Patreon Discipleship Group Mere Motherhood Facebook Group The Literary Life Podcast Cindy's Facebook Cindy's Instagram

Is the world a meaningless churning of random intersecting events or a beautiful place of genius that reveals the reality of God as the ultimate Genius?  Dr. Jonathan Witt joins The Denison Forum Podcast to discuss this central question of his book, A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature When we encounter, discover, or help to create things in our world that express the unmistakable qualities of depth, harmony, clarity, and elegance, how do we explain them? What are they pointing us to?  From great literature to music, to mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics, the majestic fingerprints of an all-powerful, good and majestic creator are all around us—if we have the eyes, ears, and heart to receive them.  It just may be that breathtaking beauty and order will lead us to the greatest discovery of all. Topics Introducing Dr. Jonathan Witt | 00:00 Dr. Witt's journey of faith | 03:42 Why do the beliefs of Darwin, Dawkins, and similar thinkers hold so much sway in our culture? | 10:03 How did Christianity influence the rise of modern science? | 15:19 What's the difference between science and scientism? | 21:11 Post-pandemic, should we “trust the science”? | 22:04 Why Dr. Witt wrote A Meaningful World | 25:19 How Hamlet reveals God (The four characteristics of genius) | 28:58 What does genius mean? | 38:16 How does human genius reflect God's genius? | 39:38 How does elegance reveal God's genius? | 43:33 How does mathematics reveal God's genius? | 50:48 How can a loving, genius God allow pain? | 54:49 Where can listeners learn more about Dr. Witt? | 1:00:43 Resources Read the prologue to A Meaningful World. Download the unedited transcript (PDF). Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature, Dr. Jonathan Witt The Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Return of the God Hypothesis: A conversation with Dr. Stephen Meyer, The Denison Forum Podcast Your Designed Body, Steve Laufmann and Howard Glicksman The Wonder of Water, Michael Denton About Dr. Jonathan Witt Jonathan Witt, PhD, is Executive Editor of Discovery Institute Press and a senior fellow and senior project manager with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. His latest book is Heretic: One Scientist's Journey from Darwin to Design (DI Press, 2018) written with Finnish bioengineer Matti Leisola. Witt also authored Intelligent Design Uncensored (IVP, 2010) with William Dembski, and A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature (IVP, 2006) with Benjamin Wiker. He is also the author of The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom That Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot (Ignatius, 2014), written with Jay Richards. Witt is also the lead writer and associate producer for Poverty, Inc., winner of the $100,000 Templeton Freedom Award and recipient of over 50 international film festival honors. He also scripted three other documentaries that aired widely on PBS and were translated into multiple languages for airing in countries around the globe: The Privileged Planet (written with Lad Allen), The Birth of Freedom, and The Call of the Entrepreneur. Additionally, he scripted two Acton Media DVD curricula carried by Zondervan, including Effective Stewardship, and he served as the lead writer for The PovertyCure DVD Series and the PovertyCure initiative, which includes a content-rich website, more than a million Facebook followers, and a network of 400+ poverty-fighting organizations from around the world. Witt also has provided editing or deep editing work for several successful books, including three New York Times bestsellers. Before returning to work full time again with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, Witt served as the managing editor for the news and commentary site The Stream, and as a research fellow for the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Witt's academic essays have appeared in various periodicals and he has been interviewed by numerous regional and national radio programs. He is a regular annual speaker for Discovery Institute's summer seminar on science and culture and has spoken at universities on a range of topics connected to political and economic freedom, cultural renewal, and the arts. Witt previously served as a tenured professor of literature and writing at Lubbock Christian University. He has a Ph.D., with honors, in English and Literary Theory from the University of Kansas. About Dr. Mark Turman Dr. Mark Turman is the Executive Director of Denison Forum and Vice President of Denison Ministries. Among his many duties, Turman is most notably the host of The Denison Forum Podcast. He is also the chief strategist for DF Pastors, which equips pastors and church leaders to understand and transform today's culture. About Denison Forum Denison Forum exists to thoughtfully engage the issues of the day from a biblical perspective through The Daily Article email newsletter and podcast, The Denison Forum Podcast, as well as many books and additional resources.  

For the record, I don't care about Han Solo or whether he shot first in the cantina scene in Star Wars. I care about Matthew. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Mark, too, and Luke, and John. It's just that Mark didn't shoot first. Mark shot second. Like Mark Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral, it started with a line such as, “I've come to bury Matthew, not to praise him!” This scholarship to remove Matthew as the first Gospel writer started in anti-Catholic Protestant universities in Europe, using biased textual criticism that ignored all historical testimony in writing and Sacred Tradition. But why would they do that? Why would anyone do that? Who benefits? Let me beat this topic a bit longer…First and foremost, knocking down Matthew to second or third very clearly elevates the Protestant argument against Peter as the first Pope and apostolic succession. This cannot be understated. If there is one position to attack on the Catholic Church, it's to get the Papacy in check-mate, and when the direct assault of the Protestants didn't work, a long “march through the culture” happened in the universities. Today we can observe the atheists like Bart Ehrman in lockstep with the Marxists. It makes for strange bedfellows. Since the workers of the world did not unite to overthrow capitalism and religion, a long atheist “march through the culture” is happening. (Spoiler alert: at the end these marches, guess who will still be there? Yes, the answer is the Catholic Church. This is not the first rodeo for the Church. There have been large, violent, and lengthy attacks before in the forms of the Arians, Nestorians, Albigensians, Islam, and a hundred others.) As we watch the fragmentation of Protestantism, and the latest ascendency of what is becoming known as wokeness, we can observe a process of atomization unfolding. A scattering is happening. We can read about the annual splintering of the Baptists at their conventions. Even this week as I write this, the United Methodist Church will soon be no longer United but “Wedged” instead. On the other side, the unbelievers form factions that come and go, like the Masons, the humanists, the deconstructionists, the freethinkers, the “Brights” (the hilarious, brief attempt at a religion started by Richard Dawkins, which I was quite enamored with when I was fallen away and thought Dawkins was deep instead of ridiculous). These fads come and go, because none of them are from God. We are in the last days of the Masons because they were always just a reaction and a copycat. The humanists can't get along, or even form a coherent set of ideas, because they worship the human, and that makes for seven billion gods. The woke are already destroying one another, as the head is now eating the tail. One thing that always plays out is the breakdown of unity among unbelievers. It's ugly. It's not beautiful. It's ugly…because it's not from God.The tragedy, however, in doing this teardown of Matthew, is that these well-intentioned Pope-haters (which is considered a virtue in some Protestant circles) managed to undermine all of sacred scripture, not just the parts that affect the Catholic Church. A nice summary of this long tragedy is in a book by Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker called The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture. The obsession with scholarly insight into scripture did not elevate the word of God, it devalued it and ripped out the supernatural altogether. Yet the supernatural is still in there, despite decades of academic wrestling over.Why does this research undermine the Gospel? Because if Matthew is written after the fall of the Temple in Jerusalem, when the Romans laid waste to all things Jewish, Jesus' prediction about the temple being disassembled becomes really, really weak. If Matthew wrote this after 70 A.D., which all “modern” biased scholarship suggests, then it makes no sense. As Jesus came out of the temple and was going away, his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. Then he asked them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.” (Matthew 24:1-2)Now, faithful scholarship believes Matthew was written between 42 and 68 A.D., which makes sense with this statement (and everything else above). However, scholars who lack faith place Matthew as being written after 70 A.D. and only that Matthew drew from “earlier sources,” but the problem is that the suspicion is already branded on the text and when scholars refer to “earlier sources” they are not referring to the Hebrew version of Matthew that tradition speaks about. And here are the suspicions: 1.) That the prediction of the temple destruction was added after the fact to make Jesus look prophetic. 2.) That the pro-Catholic verses about Peter and the Sacraments were added later to shore up the case for Catholic authority. 3.) That all of the Gospel is dubious at best because so much time passed that an eyewitness account is impossible. What I can never fully get my head around is this. The main argument for Mark being first is that…: Mark is shorter. The second reason is that Mark is…: Mark is a weaker writer. Both of these arguments can be turned around and argued against to say that Matthew was first because Matthew is longer and Matthew is a better writer. These arguments for “Mark shot first” are inventions and bear no weight whatsoever on facts, and you can argue it until you are blue in the face without it getting anywhere, and scholars have done just that. But somehow these arguments have great staying power because scholarship has anointed these two ideas with the ink of published papers. Never mind that the journals are biased toward “Mark shot first” to begin with. Never mind that you probably can't get a job teaching Biblical studies if you objected to these arguments (read this fascinating article about 19th century German hiring and firing of those who didn't toe the party line). The following may come as a shock to the modern person who likes to “follow the science” and assumes that science and experts would never lie: scholars and scientists are every bit as prone to simping, scapegoating, and “dry-labbing” facts as are religious and business people, and correcting an error in scholarship or science is like turning a super-tanker around in the ocean; it takes a long time, and a lot of energy, and a lot of convincing, because usually no one wants to admit things are going in the wrong direction. There's too much money, time, and sunk costs to change direction. The Titanic didn't sink because an iceberg hit it. The Titanic sunk because it ran into an iceberg. The problem of pride in the mind and assumed perfection preceded the collision. The iceberg just happened to be the reality that smashed a false idea. In praise of science, it usually will self-correct over time because sooner or later someone calls out the lie. The researcher who produces false results will be outed, even if it takes a century. However, Biblical scholarship is not biology or physics, so there is much more room for bias, just like in sociology or history or literary criticism, and the will of whoever is in power, whether it's a king or department chair, can skew the results dramatically toward the desired outcome through wordsmithing. Even in hiring, the bias for the desired outcome of future research is accomplished, because if an academic researcher would like a job but shows inclinations against the status quo, then their application will be passed over. This is no different than the Church, where an atheist cannot become a priest. But the faith is laid out in full display in the Church, where the preachers and teachers must profess the faith. In academia, this is hidden. Under the guise of “free speech” there is anything but such a thing, and therein lies the problem: the lies. Thus is a bias and motive protected, fenced off, in the walled gardens of academia, and there is no place more fenced off in the modern world than the university. They are the modern Levites, the experts who hand down the truth. As we try to downplay Moses and religious ways, our modern academic experts act more like Moses on Sinai than Moses himself, even wearing lab coats in their TV interviews, or being interviewed in rooms with walls bearing diplomas for the lay people, or giving TED talks from on high to the plebes watching at home on YouTube. So, back to the absurd argument of “It's shorter.” If I want to argue that “Mark shot first” because “it's shorter,” if I stare long and hard enough at Mark, I will find a case and enough evidence for the outcome I'm seeking. This is the beauty of textual criticism - it's an interpretive dance based solely on internal evidence, and therefore a fantasy. On the flip side, if I want to argue that Matthew is first because “it's longer,” I can do that, too. After all, you can spin a text into whatever you like, if you just use internal evidence of the text itself.The difference, however, is that a scholar most likely cannot publish the findings for an argument that “Matthew is longer, therefore first.” In secular academics, to get a job teaching such things, or to get accepted in a graduate program, is unlikely. This is the problem with modern academia; it is as rigid as the Pharisees in what you are allowed to say or believe. The book 1984 was written in an era of totalitarian governments, but today it applies very well to American universities and public schools, and this is exactly why so many teachers are leaving the profession. No one enjoys living a lie. As a former English major, I will say this pointing at myself: This spin problem is why you never want English majors being the navigators for your nation. They can spin gold into straw very easily, but they cannot spin straw into gold. They can only spin. They spin and toil and undo things, but by and large they do not create anything. A career is made of unpacking and teasing out meaning, calling out prejudices, pointing out oppression - but never producing or making anything. Lit-crit and Biblical-crit at the modern university is full of morality, guilt, and finger-pointing, to the point that three modern academics were able to publish several hoax papers on grievance studies that were accepted mainly because of their use on ridiculous postmodern jargon. “The trio set out with the intent to expose problems in what they called ‘grievance studies', referring to academic areas where they claim ‘a culture has developed in which only certain conclusions are allowed… and put social grievances ahead of objective truth'.”Now, with the humanities in free-fall, the jig is up on modern scholarship, since it's reaching the tipping point, the last phase, where the head becomes too heavy for the body to carry it any longer. Now we reach the point in a society where the workers of the world unite, but not the way that intellectuals like Marx think. The workers unite because they are tired of pulling the cart and being told they are the evil ones. So for the most part, I try not to worry about this long attack on Matthew. Jesus warned us not to worry. One thing is for sure: even if Matthew hadn't written at all, and we were still simply rolling by oral tradition, the message of Christ would still be growing, because it is from God, and nothing on this earth, nothing in this world, can halt what is from God. Jesus warned us about spinning and toiling, using clothing as an example, and clothing is even a metaphor in the Garden to hide our nakedness. Our reputations and opinions are kind of like clothing, where we fashion these elaborate fig leaves to cover ourselves. Jesus warns us to knock it off, and quit worrying: “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.” He warns us about men of little faith: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.”So I should really just stop bothering about the fact that “Matthew shot first,” because I know that tradition tells us his Gospel was first, and having faith means trusting in Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium of the Church. I know that. And yet, sometimes I let it bother me, because the real reason behind all of this is not a search for the truth, but the search for an outcome. The obvious aim of this kind of scholarship from the start has been to undermine the Church, and it remains so to this day. Whether it comes from the cynicism of unbelievers or the broadsides of Protestants, the desired outcome is the capitulation of the bishop of Rome, a.k.a. the Pope, who is on the chair of Peter, on the rock of the Church that Christ founded. And clearly scholars will not destroy the church, because Jesus promised that the “gates of hell will not prevail against” his Church. So they can certainly try to undermine it, but ultimately will fail, and they are failing now. It will play out exactly as every other attempt to destroy the Church, in that it will be messy, but the Church will remain when the dust settles, just as it has outlasted every other heresy and empire. This campaign has produced thousands of papers and articles on the Synoptic Problem, which was not a problem at all until modern scholarship made it into one, in the same universities that brought us the sad philosophy and ideas that conjured 20th century Germany, China, and the Soviet Union, and all of the horrors. These things are not unrelated. The stoking of the “will-to-power” didn't just happen in political nationalism and social Darwinism and Marxist revolutions. It happened most definitely in Biblical scholarship as well. Now, they meant it for bad, but as always, God will in the end, use it for good. This is how God deals with folks like Julius Wellhausen and Gottlieb Storr. He will do so with modern doubters too, like Bart Ehrman and his atheist disciples. The funny thing about scholarship's search for “truth” that wants to debunk Christianity is that they often end up organizing and collating information better so that new insights to Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition can be found. In other words, the unbelievers and anti-Catholics help faithful writers write better books on the truth of Christ. The anti-Catholics are like Joseph's eleven brothers in Genesis that throw him down the well and sell him into slavery, only to find out later that Joseph ended up thriving while they starved. In short, there was great incentive to crush Catholicism in Lutheran Germany from the time old Gottlieb Storr first whispered the idea of “Mark shot first” in 1786. For any philosophy aficionados, this connection will be interesting: one of Gottlieb Storr's students was none other than Hegel, who was the muse of Karl Marx. You have to marvel at it really, how these connections lead down the path of unbelief. The mess we are in today is the product of a lot of cross-pollination and rebellion (I wanted to say inbreeding but that would be uncharitable). What's interesting to me is these Hatfields and McCoys are actually all in the same family, as Protestant Storr begat unbelieving Hegel, and Hegel begat atheist Marx, and Marx begat Nietzsche, and Nietzsche begat Sartre, and Sartre begat Derrida, and Derrida begat Foucault, and Foucault begat the many-headed monster of wokeism. These are the names. This is how we've come to live in the book of Judges again in 2023 because “in those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.” (Judges 21:25) The path of denying that sin exists starts small, but balloons into the denial of God. In hindsight, this all should have been as predictable as a stock market bubble, but the prophets of doom, those annoying gnats, are never heard until afterward.When Bismarck and company were consolidating power in Germany, this little snowball of Biblical criticism rolled, and rolled, and rolled, and the re-shaping of the Bible into a secular book has been so successful that when I attended a Catholic University for a year (from which I want my money back), I learned about “Marcan Priority,” which is a fancy way of saying that “Mark shot first.” I was also told that “We don't know who wrote the Gospels.” Both of these statements are false. If only that were the worst of it. The “Mark shot first” theory is not only taught in Catholic colleges. No, no, no. “Mark shot first” is taught in the American bishops' official Bible footnotes, in the “New American Bible,” the NAB. The Bible translation itself is fine. It's the footnotes that destroy faith. I am not alone in this feeling. Many others, like Jimmy Akin and Trent Horn to name just two of them, do not like the footnotes, or even the translation very much. You cannot read a page of Matthew in the New American Bible without the writer of the footnotes mentioning the hypothetical “Q” source (a document that doesn't exist and was probably Matthew in Aramaic or Hebrew if it did exist). Further, the footnote author mentions Marcan priority, and Mark as the source. So the footnotes of the New American Bible disagree with 1800 years of Tradition. How interesting. Someday I hope to learn who the author was of these footnotes. The root problem here is a lack of a supernatural view of the Bible, of which I may do a whole additional series on, because it's so important, but I can't dive deeply on it here without getting way off track, as I tend to do. This Bible, this New American Bible, with these heretical and faithless footnotes, is given to Confirmation students across America. It is everywhere. They are given out like a medal, a right of passage at Confirmation. I've discarded mine. So should you. Get a Word on Fire Bible or Ignatius Study Bible instead, or if you don't want a Catholic study Bible, get an ESV Study Bible that has faithful footnotes. I guess I can breathe a sigh of relief here because most Catholics don't actually read the Bible. (Score one for the Protestants. See - I don't always pick on the protestors. Some of the Protestant study Bibles have better footnotes, far more faithful ones than the New American Bible). Worst of all, the USCCB, the United States Catholic Bishops' website, uses these same footnotes. I weep. Here I weep. This is a travesty that must be uprooted and ripped out of the Church. I wrote a letter to the USCCB requesting that the footnotes be taken down, or better, printed off and used for kindling. (“But that's book burning, you Nazi!”) Fine, let's just delete them and use the Ignatius Study Bible footnotes instead. Now there is a Catholic study Bible that is faithful to the Scripture and the Tradition. Again, the New American Bible is fine, but the footnotes must have been written by my liberal arts professors who hadn't been to Mass in a long time - probably ever since they received their New American Bible with the footnotes about Marcan priority! Matthew shot first. As I've mentioned before, in the Bible, in the Commandments, and in the story of Creation, order matters, and the order of which the four evangelists wrote also matters greatly. The ordering of them in the form of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John doesn't just roll off the tongue. It's also the order in which they came to be on paper. And even if Matthew was translated from Hebrew into Greek, he was first, has always been first, and the early Church had no reason to pretend this was the case, unlike the scholars who tried to upend history by twisting words. One thing that should be an immediate head scratcher for you is this: if Christianity started in Jerusalem, where Christ was crucified, effectively on Pentecost, and most of the initial arguments were with Jews and Christ's followers, then why would Mark, written in Greek, be the first? Warning: if you attend a university, almost any university, you will never hear these arguments. This is all hidden from you, as the modern Biblical scholars have buried these. In 1995, I was taught only Marcan Priority…at a Catholic college, of all places. The great thing about truth, however, is that it cannot be buried forever. My hope is that someday, just as the Dead Sea Scrolls were found by some kids throwing rocks in caves, that another jar will turn up in Israel, and inside it will be Aramaic Matthew, and all of this false scholarship, and I mean all of it, will turn to dust. Matthew shot first.The following is from a biblical site where people argue about these things, copied in full. (From https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com). What are the arguments in favor of Matthean Priority?External Evidence* Matthew is almost unanimously testified as the oldest gospel by the church fathers. Clement of Alexandria even supported both Matthew and Luke as before Mark. This is significant because Mark is said to have founded the Coptic branch of Christianity in Alexandria, Egypt. If any place were to argue for Markan priority, Egypt would be the most likely. A sampling of the church fathers' testimony follows:* Papias “Matthew wrote in Hebrew and others translated.” (HE 3.39.16)* Origen said the first gospel was written by Matthew in Hebrew. (HE 6.25.4)* Irenaeus (grandson in the faith of John by Polycarp of Smyrna) said the first gospel was written written by Matthew in land of Hebrews in their own language. (Against Heresies. 3.1.1)* Eusebius — Matthew had first preached to Hebrews and wrote in their own language (HE 3.24.6)* Jerome “Matthew was the first to compose in Hebrew and his text is still available in [library near Bethlehem].” He even challenged his critics to go see it if they doubted. (Lives of Illustrious Men ch. 3)As the church rose out of the mission to the gentiles, it is interesting that the church fathers supported the Judaic gospel of Matthew instead of Mark. Also consider that they testify that Mark was the companion of the Apostle Peter in Rome which became one of the five sees of the early church (Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria, Egypt). Unless the tradition of Matthean priority were very early, it is unlikely that they would all arrive at it independently. In fact, the slight differences in their testimonies provide evidence that they came from different sources.* Even though one of the main arguments for Markan priority is that Mark is shorter and "later authors would be more likely to expand than contract," such is not always the case (see, for example, the Reader's Digest Condensed Library). Summarizing a longer work is well known and has been for a long time. There are even ancient works which name their sources and state, "this work will be a shorter, more understandable account of the events than X."* The Didache clearly relies on Matthew. While the date of this document is debated between AD 50 and AD 150, the earlier it is, the earlier Matthew has to be.* When you examine second-century Christian writings, Matthew is quoted far more frequently than Mark. So is Luke. If Mark enjoyed a period when it was the only written gospel, it seems that it should have been more popular. Likewise, Matthew's Gospel enjoys a more central place in the second century liturgy than any other gospel or even Paul's epistles. (see, for example, Massaux's extensive treatment of the subject here)Internal EvidenceI am separating textual evidence from internal evidence. The difference is that internal evidence will be themes or concepts while textual evidence deals with specific words and phrases.* The fall of Jerusalem is completely missing from Matthew. This event rocked the Jewish world. Matthew, who so often points out when a prophecy is fulfilled, does not add an editorial comment to Jesus' prophecy that Jerusalem would be overthrown. Not a single "and this prophecy was fulfilled" about the fall.Some have pointed to Matthew 22:7 as referring to the fall of Jerusalem as an event happening in the past. In fact, this verse is almost universally accepted as such. However, sending in troops and burning a city with fire were quite common ways of dealing with troublesome cities in the past. In fact, it is so common in Near Eastern, Old Testament, and Rabbinic writings that its occurrence here should not be thought to refer to a single event.Moreover, for an after-the-fact prophecy, Matt 22:7 is very inexact. While the walls of Jerusalem fell, it was the temple that burned. In fact, post event "prophecies" do make this distinction.We have overthrown the wall of Zion and we have burnt the place of the mighty God (II Baruch 7.1). [I.e. the temple. For this sense, cf. II Mace. 5.17-20; John 11.48; Acts6.14; 21.28; etc.]They delivered ... to the enemy the overthrown wall, and plundered the house, and burnt the temple (II Baruch 80.3).And a Roman leader shall come to Syria, who shall burn down Solyma's [Jerusalem's] temple with fire, and therewith slay many men, and shall waste the great land of the Jews with its broad way (Sibylline Oracles 4.125-7).It seems to me that if this were being written post AD 70, then the prophecy would have been altered to distinguish the fates of the city and temple. Christians did come to see the burning of the Temple as God's judgment on the Jewish leadership, but the events do not correspond closely enough to require Christ's parable to be a reference to it or the wording to be an after the fact description. A final note on Matthew and the city can be found in Matthew 27:8 ("For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day."). Matthew seems to view the city as still intact when he writes that.Likewise, the cryptic statement in Matt 24, "let the reader understand" need not mean the "this prophecy has been fulfilled." Whenever Matthew wants to say that a prophecy has been fulfilled, he says so (for example, Matt 1:22; 2:15; 2:23; 3:15; 4:14; etc).I understand Matthew 24 to be referring to the parousia. Matthew states that the distress of those days will be followed immediately by the coming of the Son of Man (24:29). This did not happen in AD 70. If Matthew is trying to portray Jesus as an unmatched prophet, he failed by including material that did not happen.* While Matthew contains a high Christology, this by no means means it has to be written after Mark who does not present such a high theology. (Easily explained if Mark's Gospel is meant for an audience who is new in the faith.) Paul's letters contain a high Christology, and most scholars date Paul (died ~64) before Mark (who they place ~70). Moreover, Paul's letters show that Christian traditions even earlier than his had a high Christology.* The same can be said for Matthew's high liturgy. In fact, one of the verses that is brought out to show Matthew came late in the first century or beyond is Matthew 18:17 based on the word "church." However, this ignores that the Greek word used there, ecclesia, enjoyed wide usage in the Septuagint to translate qahal, "sacred assembly," and was used by diaspora Jews.Textual Evidence* There are a significant number of places in Matthew where the parallel account in Mark makes more sense to have been edited down than for Matthew to expand. It is possible to read Mark with the hypothesis that it came from Matthew and run into no redactional problems that challenge said hypothesis. However, reading Matthew as a redaction of Mark does cause such problems.* There are places where Mark uses a certain word but Matthew does not, even though he used that word in other places (for example "pherein"). This makes more sense with Mark editing Matthew than of Matthew copying Mark.* There are places where Matthew has phrases he likes and uses them consistently. Mark has parallels of most of these accounts and is very free in his translations of the phrases. It makes more sense for Mark to be free styling from Matthew than it does for Matthew to be forcing the phrase into his wording whenever he sees it in Mark. One of these phrases is opias de genomenes, found first in Mt 8:16 and Mk 1:32. Markan priority has to conclude that Matthew copied the form exactly as Mark had it the first time, then always and consistently used the same grammar whenever he found a similar phrase in Mark and introducing it himself in Mt 20:8 which has no parallel in Mark.* There are places where Mark combines details from both Matthew and Luke. An example of these duplicate expressions can be seen in Mark 1:32 compared to Mt 8:16 and Luk 4:40.Mk 1:32 When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.Mt 8:16 When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.Lk 4:40 While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them.In these parallels, Mark combines the introductory phrases from both Matthew and Luke. In this case, Markan priority would require that Luke know of both Matthew and Mark and consciously choose to use the exact phrase that Matthew does not. However, if Matthew writes first and Luke second, there is no such problem.* Matthew leaves semitisms in place where Mark smoothens them. This includes wording and patterns that Mark breaks. Yes, Mark has eight semitic words, but Matthew has many more semitisms (so does Luke, a plethora of semitisms). Many of Mark's semitisms seem to be added for drama while Matthew's flow naturally.Adding to the semitisms are 12 times where Matthew (and Luke) uses the participle of a verb while Mark uses the past tense. Using a participle for the second verb in a set (and he answered, saying) is well-known when coming from a semitic language (all over the Septuagint) but is not used in normal Greek. Mark also uses these participles but not as often. It would be more likely to edit them out than to edit them back in.Many more examples exist where Matthew and Luke agree with one another in wording and Mark is different.* Matthew and Luke both record 8 healing miracles. Mark has 10. The two left out of both Matthew and Luke are the saliva miracles (Mark 7:32-35 and 8:24). Did they both decide to skip the same miracles independently or did Mark add them from another source?More details can be found here and here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whydidpetersink.com

Anyone who has read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings can gather that their author hated tyranny, but few know that the novelist who once described himself as a hobbit “in all but size” was—even by hobbit standards—a zealous proponent of economic freedom and small government. There is a growing concern among many that the West is sliding into political, economic, and moral bankruptcy. In his beloved novels of Middle-Earth, J.R.R. Tolkien has drawn us a map to freedom.Several books ably explore how Tolkien's Catholic faith informed his fiction. None until now have centered on how his passion for liberty and limited government also shaped his work, or how this passion grew directly from his theological vision of man and creation. The Hobbit Party fills this void. Jonathan Witt and Jay Richards bring to The Hobbit Party a combined expertise in literary studies, political theory, economics, philosophy, and theology.Jonathan Witt, PhD, is Executive Editor of Discovery Institute Press and a senior fellow and senior project manager with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. His latest book is Heretic: One Scientist's Journey from Darwin to Design (DI Press, 2018) written with Finnish bioengineer Matti Leisola. Witt also authored Intelligent Design Uncensored (IVP, 2010) with William Dembski, and A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature (IVP, 2006) with Benjamin Wiker. He is also the author of The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom That Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot (Ignatius, 2014), written with Jay Richards.Subscribe to our podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing on our Journey of Benjamin Wiker's book "10 Books that Screwed up the World" we talk about three of them. We discuss "The Decent of Man," "Beyond Good and Evil," and "The Pivot of Civilization." Get the Book at http://www.benjaminwiker.com/books.htmlConnect with Jonathan www.instagram.com/Food4_Thought1www.Instagram.com/Jonathankutz03www.Twitter.com/Jonathankutz03Use MY Buzzsprout Link to start your own Podcasting journey https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1941378Support the showCheck out Wondrium here! https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25630&awinaffid=1137683Follow me at https://www.instagram.com/jonathankutz03https://www.instagram.com/food4thought_pod Https://www.twitter.com/Jonathankutz03Consider supporting on Locals! Gain bonus content as well as submit questions! https://food4thought1.locals.com/

The Scriptures are clear that true wealth is not found in money but in God's gifts. From the very beginning, God calls us to care for the gift of creation, just as He tends to our souls.   Learn More Find more tips for living out Scripture's wisdom in our homes in Kimberly Hahn's Graced and Gifted. Learn more about the Church's teaching on creation in The Joyful Mystery: Field Notes Toward a Green Thomism. Benjamin Wiker connects the importance of protecting both the natural and spiritual worlds in his book In Defense of Nature: The Catholic Unity of Environmental, Economic, and Moral Ecology.

The Scriptures are clear that true wealth is not found in money but in God's gifts. From the very beginning, God calls us to care for the gift of creation, just as He tends to our souls.   Learn More Find more tips for living out Scripture's wisdom in our homes in Kimberly Hahn's Graced and Gifted. Learn more about the Church's teaching on creation in The Joyful Mystery: Field Notes Toward a Green Thomism. Benjamin Wiker connects the importance of protecting both the natural and spiritual worlds in his book In Defense of Nature: The Catholic Unity of Environmental, Economic, and Moral Ecology.

On today's Bible Answer Man broadcast (01/04/22), Hank answers the following questions:I have the book A Meaningful World by Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt. Can other religions generate this kind of literature? I'm struggling with the salvation of my children. They've prayed the Sinners Prayer, but I don't see a lot of fruit. Does the Holy Spirit draw everyone?Is it necessary to confess every sin to someone?I'm in a megachurch that keeps growing, but I don't feel like the people are getting fed. What is your opinion of megachurches?I have a friend who is an atheist; how can I give her hard proof for the existence of God?

Today's Topics: 1) Finding the Fallacy: the Courters Reply Meet the Early Church Fathers: Pope Celestine I 2, 3, 4) Interview

I am once again honored to have Dr. #scotthahn back on the program. We are discussing the book he wrote with his coauthor Dr. Benjamin Wiker titled "The Decline And Fall Of Sacred Scripture: How The Bible Became A secular Book". In this interview we discuss the inspiration behind the book and many of the historical circumstances that have led to many politicizing and secularizing the #bible. #sacredscripture Check out the book at https://stpaulcenter.com/product/the-decline-and-fall-of-sacred-scripture-how-the-bible-became-a-secular-book/ Learn more about the Saint Paul Center and their many resources for learning more about scripture at www.stpaulcenter.com About Dr. Scott Hahn: Dr. Scott Hahn is the Fr. Michael Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is the Founder and President of the St. Paul Center, an apostolate dedicated to teaching Catholics to read Scripture from the heart of the Church. Dr. Hahn has been married to Kimberly for forty two years. They have six kids and twenty one grandkids and one of their sons are currently in priestly formation with the Diocese of Steubenville and the other was recently ordained. The author and editor of over forty popular and academic books, Dr. Hahn's works include best-selling titles Rome Sweet Home, The Lamb's Supper, and Hail Holy Queen. His most recent release is titled Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body and It is Right and Just: Why the Future of Civilization Depends on True Religion now available at StPaulCenter.com.

I am once again honored to have Dr. #scotthahn back on the program. We are discussing the book he wrote with his coauthor Dr. Benjamin Wiker titled "The Decline And Fall Of Sacred Scripture: How The Bible Became A secular Book". In this interview we discuss the inspiration behind the book and many of the historical circumstances that have led to many politicizing and secularizing the #bible.#sacredscriptureCheck out the book at https://stpaulcenter.com/product/the-decline-and-fall-of-sacred-scripture-how-the-bible-became-a-secular-book/Learn more about the Saint Paul Center and their many resources for learning more about scripture at www.stpaulcenter.comAbout Dr. Scott Hahn: Dr. Scott Hahn is the Fr. Michael Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is the Founder and President of the St. Paul Center, an apostolate dedicated to teaching Catholics to read Scripture from the heart of the Church. Dr. Hahn has been married to Kimberly for forty two years. They have six kids and twenty one grandkids and one of their sons are currently in priestly formation with the Diocese of Steubenville and the other was recently ordained. The author and editor of over forty popular and academic books, Dr. Hahn's works include best-selling titles Rome Sweet Home, The Lamb's Supper, and Hail Holy Queen. His most recent release is titled Hope to Die: The Christian Meaning of Death and the Resurrection of the Body and It is Right and Just: Why the Future of Civilization Depends on True Religion now available at StPaulCenter.com.

The journey on the Road to Emmaus is one of the best Bible studies ever, with Jesus Himself leading it. But it's also a story of conversion—and it points to the importance of our own ongoing conversion.   Learn More Why is studying Scripture faithfully so important? Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker examine how poor Scripture scholarship led to a crisis of faith in The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture. We're all called to ongoing conversion, and God will give us the grace necessary. Learn more in this podcast.  What is Emmaus Day? Find out in this blog.

The journey on the Road to Emmaus is one of the best Bible studies ever, with Jesus Himself leading it. But it's also a story of conversion—and it points to the importance of our own ongoing conversion.   Learn More Why is studying Scripture faithfully so important? Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker examine how poor Scripture scholarship led to a crisis of faith in The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture. We're all called to ongoing conversion, and God will give us the grace necessary. Learn more in this podcast.  What is Emmaus Day? Find out in this blog.

The term “hypocrisy” is one of the most misunderstood in all of Jesus' teaching. In fact, Scott Hahn shares that it means almost the opposite of what we might suppose.   Learn More The early Christians who spread the Gospel most effectively were far from pretenders. Learn more in Friendship and the Fathers: How the Ealy Church Evangelized. The Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus preaches looks much different than the pharisees expected. Learn more in this blog. Why is it the last place we should go to study Scripture is in the religious studies of most universities? Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker outline why we should be skeptical of the skeptics in The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture. 

The term “hypocrisy” is one of the most misunderstood in all of Jesus' teaching. In fact, Scott Hahn shares that it means almost the opposite of what we might suppose.   Learn More The early Christians who spread the Gospel most effectively were far from pretenders. Learn more in Friendship and the Fathers: How the Ealy Church Evangelized. The Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus preaches looks much different than the pharisees expected. Learn more in this blog. Why is it the last place we should go to study Scripture is in the religious studies of most universities? Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker outline why we should be skeptical of the skeptics in The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture. 

Michael Berry exposes Dr. Anthony Fauci on his flip-flopping statements regarding vaccines and face masks; Alex Epstein, founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, joins the show to discuss his recent testimony before Congress about a coal mine in Puerto Rico; Christopher Bedford, senior editor at The Federalist, makes an appearance to talk about a recent article he wrote entitled "Why Saving Comedy Is So Crucial To Saving America"; Dr. Benjamin Wiker, Senior Fellow at the Veritas Center for Ethics and Public Life at Franciscan University, joins Berry to discuss his new book "10 Books That Screwed Up the World And 5 Others That Didn't Help"; Jennifer Stefano, Chief Strategist and Vice President at the Commonwealth Foundation, makes an appearance to talk about Critical Race Theory.

Fr. Rocky Hoffman is Executive Director of Relevant Radio, the largest Catholic radio network. He shares the importance of using mass media in evangelization—to bring the masses back to Mass.   Learn More What has contributed to our current crisis of faith? In The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker address the loss of trust in the Bible and how this has led to a loss of faith. Learn more about Relevant Radio. Explore all the programs and find a local station. The Catechism offers a powerful tool for the New Evangelization. Speaking the Truth in Love explores its untapped uses.

Fr. Rocky Hoffman is Executive Director of Relevant Radio, the largest Catholic radio network. He shares the importance of using mass media in evangelization—to bring the masses back to Mass.   Learn More What has contributed to our current crisis of faith? In The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker address the loss of trust in the Bible and how this has led to a loss of faith. Learn more about Relevant Radio. Explore all the programs and find a local station. The Catechism offers a powerful tool for the New Evangelization. Speaking the Truth in Love explores its untapped uses.

St. Paul's encounter with the risen Lord didn't just change his life, it changed the world—and it can change us, too, if we ask for the grace of conversion.   Learn More What has contributed to our current crisis of faith? In The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker address the loss of trust in the Bible and how this has led to a loss of faith. St. Paul taught clearly that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. Learn what this means, especially in relation to the Eucharist, in this podcast. Just like with St. Paul, Jesus wants to encounter us personally. This blog shares how to build a personal relationship with Jesus.

St. Paul's encounter with the risen Lord didn't just change his life, it changed the world—and it can change us, too, if we ask for the grace of conversion.   Learn More What has contributed to our current crisis of faith? In The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker address the loss of trust in the Bible and how this has led to a loss of faith. St. Paul taught clearly that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. Learn what this means, especially in relation to the Eucharist, in this podcast. Just like with St. Paul, Jesus wants to encounter us personally. This blog shares how to build a personal relationship with Jesus.

Learn More When we understand Scripture, we understand God's relationship with His family. Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker show why we should trust the Bible in The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture: How the Bible Became a Secular Book.

Tom introduces two contrasting cultures by talking about the Gospel and its role in shaping a culture of life. He then draws off of Benjamin Wiker’s book ‘Architects of the Culture of Death’. The leads into one of the core figures discussed in the book, the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and his contribution to nihilism and […]

Tom introduces two contrasting cultures by talking about the Gospel and its role in shaping a culture of life. He then draws off of Benjamin Wiker’s book ‘Architects of the Culture of Death’. The leads into one of the core figures discussed in the book, the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and his contribution to nihilism and […]

Tom introduces two contrasting cultures by talking about the Gospel and its role in shaping a culture of life. He then draws off of Benjamin Wiker's book 'Architects of the Culture of Death'. The leads into one of the core figures discussed in the book, the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and his contribution to nihilism and pessimism. Chris and Glenn add substantive insights and reflections throughout the discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-theology-pugcast/support

This ID the Future from the vault spotlights A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature. The late Phillip Johnson called the book from Intervarsity Press “a wise and witty romp through the fallacies of reductionism.” The work challenges the philosophy of materialism by exploring the fine tuning of the laws of physics, the artistry of ordinary substances like carbon and water, the intricacy of biological organisms, and the drama of scientific enterprise itself. In contrast to contemporary claims that the world is ultimately meaningless, author Jonathan Witt and co-author Benjamin Wiker reveal a cosmos charged with meaning, purpose, and even genius. Get your copy here. Source

L'unico modo per resistere alla “legge del compromesso morale” è di non scendere a compromessi. Si può riassumere così la riflessione proposta da Benjamin Wiker sul National Catholic Register a proposito della tendenza, ormai prevalente all'interno della Chiesa e proprio a partire dai suoi vertici, di legittimare i comportamenti morali che fino a ieri costituivano peccato.

The book I mention in this episode is Worshiping the State by Benjamin Wiker.

No episódio dessa semana, Stefani Onesko e Silvio Grimaldo apresentam e comentam 10 Livros que estragaram o mundo, de Benjamin Wiker. Não deixem de aproveitar a promoção na Livraria do BSM. Estamos com muitos livros com até 50% de desconto. Leituras Recomendadas. 1) 10 Livros que todo Conservador deve ler - Mais quatro Imperdíveis e um Impostor, Benjamin Wiker. 2) O Saber dos antigos, Giovanni Reale. 3) Um guia para os perplexos, Ernst Friedrich Schumacher.

Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D. em em Ética Teológica pela Universidade de Vanderbilt, no Tennessee, escreveu “10 livros que estragaram o mundo: E outros cinco que não ajudaram em nada”, que serve de base para o programa desta semana. Obviamente não vamos falar aqui dos 15 livros que ele cita — não haveria tempo para tanto. Por isso vamos nos concentrar no Manifesto do Partido Comunista, de Karl Marx e Friedrich Engels, o que não impede que no futuro voltemos a abordar outros livros relacionados por Wiker. O grande problema do Manifesto Comunista é, de acordo com Wiker, e talvez poucos tenham coragem de discordar, o rastro de milhões de mortos que ele deixou graças à ideologia assassina contida em suas páginas. Os colunistas da Gazeta do Povo Rodrigo Constantino e Guilherme Fiuza comentam por que o livro continua influente hoje em dia, mesmo após o fracasso do comunismo e das ideias criadas por Marx e Engels.

Dr. Benjamin Wiker visits for the first time. Michael Oliver and Bob Moriarty return. The U.S. Constitution prohibits the U.S. Government from establishing or funding a religion, but Dr. Wiker explains why that is exactly what the U.S. government does when it funds all manner of liberal policies of the political left in America. Wiker will explain how the philosophies of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Spinoza and Rousseau set the table for a return to a paganism that is leading the acceleration of economic, spiritual and moral decay in America and in the West in general, and how this deathly trend can be reversed. Bob Moriarty will visit to discuss another one of his favorite gold mine exploration companies and to talk about his new book titled, “Basic Investing in Resource Stocks – the Idiot's Guide,” and Michael Oliver will hold the hands of nervous Nellie gold bugs to assure us better days are coming for yellow metal bulls.

Stephen Mosher & Dr. Benjamin Wiker: Stephen is President, Population Research Institute: Molly discusses Mosher’s new book with the author – Will China’s Rise Threaten World Peace? Dr. Benjamin Wiker, Author and Professor:  This new book by Wiker offers 12 things we need to know about the Reformation. Wiker discusses these with Molly.

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Reggie Littlejohn & Dr. Benjamin Wiker Part 1: Reggie is President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers.  Reggie discusses her organizations campaign to help widows who are being encouraged to end their lives by family and by Government. Part 2: Dr. Benjamin Wiker, Author and Professor:  This new book by Wiker offers 12 things we need to know about the Reformation. Wiker discusses these with Molly.

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Dr. Benjamin Wiker is a first time guest. Dr. Quinton Hennigh & Michael Oliver return. Since the 1950s, Liberalism has pushed Christianity aside and become a state religion in America. The federal government has passed laws that remove the rights of Christians to worship God as they choose. Traditional family structure and sexual norms are being ridiculed or even outlawed. All manner of sexual perversion is approved. Pres. Eisenhower valued fiscal rectitude & a balanced budget. He was averse to wars, regime changes & excessive military spending. Wiker will explain longstanding philosophical underpinnings that have led to Liberalism becoming America's state religion at the expense of Judeo-Christian values & how that is impacting our spiritual and economic lives. Regarding our personal investments, Dr. Hennigh will return to update us on the latest gold exploration discoveries by Novo's Resources in Australia. Michael will once again help us sniff out the direction of key markets.

Ken talks with Christopher Carstens “A Devotional Journey into the Mass” (Sophia Institute Press) and Dr. Benjamin Wiker “Saints vs. Scoundrels” (EWTN Publishing/Sophia Institute Press). Christopher’s book is available at: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/devotional-journey-into-the-mass (note: you can also get 20 copies in bulk for $4/each! https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/devotional-journey-case-of-20-books ) The book’s summary guide is at: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/docs/Devotional-Journey-Summary-Guide.pdf Dr. Wiker’s book is […]

This week Hank is joined on Hank Unplugged by Benjamin Wiker, a distinguished professor and author. The last time Hank had Dr. Wiker on the Hank Unplugged podcast he re-discovered an appreciation for the book 10 Books that Screwed Up the World. Today Dr. Wiker came back onto the podcast to discuss some of the dangerous ideas disseminated through these books, how they are influencing our world and what we as Christians can do about it! Topics discussed include: An opening discussion on some of the books that have screwed up the world (1:30); The realities of a reductionist, materialist culture (5:30); Why Wiker wrote 10 Books that Screwed Up the World (10:00); Rousseau as an example of how ideas have consequences (14:00); Do we need a fuller understanding of the Reformation as a whole? (19:00); The need for unity between the branches of Christianity, rather than continued division (24:30); Eugenics advocate and founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, and the impact of her book The Pivot of Civilization (29:00); The racism in Darwin's ideas that often gets overlooked (39:00); The impact of the materialistic works of Descartes, Hobbes and Nietzsche (46:30); The need for historical literacy and better Christian education (52:00); How the culture wars might lead the branches of Christianity to exercise God's grace to cooperate despite differences on secondary theological issues (57:00); Addressing the idea of faith and works through the words of the Apostles James and Paul (1:01:00); The need to dissect the awful ideas of atheists like Richard Dawkins and answer them with well-reasoned responses (1:10:30).

Secularism, radical Islam, and nationalism all sound like buzzwords pulled straight from today’s headlines. But you might be surprised to know that 500 years ago they were at the epicenter of one of the greatest religious and political convulsions in western history—the Reformation. Today I talk with Prof. Bejamin Wiker, author of the new book The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know. He brings to light the enduring relevance of one of the most significant events in history—and the surprising things about it you probably never learned in history class. We discuss... How Luther inspired radical reformers whom he actually despised How bad popes were even worse than you think Why nationalism was as much a force in the Reformation as religious reform was How the Catholic Church was in dire need of reform—and how it had benefited from continual reform over the course of its then 1,500-year history How the invention of the printing press both helped and harmed the Reformation Why another Reformation is inevitable—and what course it might take

10 Books That Screwed Up the World with Benjamin Wiker

Benjamin Wiker on his new book on the Reformation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don interviews Dr. Benjamin Wiker about his book The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know.

This week we'll chat with local conservative activist Laura Carno about taxes in Colorado Springs. Also scheduled is Jillian Likness to discuss Colorado Young Republicans and upcoming events. Benjamin Wiker, author of 'THE REFORMATION: 500 YEARS LATER' joins our show. We'll assess President Trump's U.N. speech he gave on Tuesday and your call this Sunday at 1pm on AM 740 KVOR!

Benjamin Wiker is, first of all, a husband and a father of seven children. He graduated from Furman University with a B.A. in Political Philosophy. He has an M.A. in Religion and a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics, both from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Wiker taught at Marquette University, then St. Mary's University (MN), Thomas Aquinas College (CA), and is now Professor of Political Science and Director of Human Life Studies at Franciscan University (OH). During these many years of teaching, he offered a wide variety of courses in political philosophy, philosophy, theology, history, the history and philosophy of science, the history of ethics, the Great Books, Latin, and even mathematics. ​ Dr. Wiker is a Senior Fellow at the Veritas Center for Ethics and Public Life, Franciscan University, and Director of Human Life Studies at Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH. He has published twelve books. He is also the writer and host of EWTN's Saints vs Scoundrels.

Top news stories and analysis with an exploration of the meaning of “The 5 Cs”/freedom in relation to the story line conflict in Game of Thrones; and a visit from guest, Benjamin Wiker, author of The Reformation.

The Christian Outlook –September 16, 2017Nicole Russell, of the Federalist, joined Kevin McCullough to discuss the religious discrimination happening in the Circuit Court of Appeals nominations by Senator Diane Feinstein. Dr. Albert Mohler also discusses this discriminating trend on The Briefing. Don Kroah invited Hans Spankovsky, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, to discuss the plight of the so-called “Dreamers.” Georgene Rice invited Benjamin Wiker, author of “The Reformation, 500 Years Later” on her program to discuss how the Protestants and Catholics are banding together to battle one common enemy. Nathan Wineinger, 21 Wilberforce director of policy relations, shares with Don Kroah the hopeful movements for youth in our universities nationwide. Michael Medved shares with Eric Metaxes about his new book, “The American Miracle, Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic.” Bob Burney, from Bob Burney Live on WRFD 880 in Columbus Ohio, shares a stunning report from the Worldwide Planned Parenthood Foundation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Benjamin Wiker on The Reformation 500 Years Later, then we have Open Lines and Topics to fill out our fourth hour.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crystal Baldwin on MC1 Honor Run and remembering her husband, Sgt. Dave Baldwin. Randy Corporon and Craig Silverman on the upcoming weekend shows and whether or not Hickenlooper will run for Senate. Dr. Benjamin Wiker on "The Reformatiopn, 500 Years Later"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we'll remember 9/11/2001, look at the impact of Hurricane Irma, bring the latest on the Eagle Creek Fire, and talk with Benjamin Wiker, PhD, author of “The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know (Regnery History).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hank takes callers' questions and answers them to equip them to defend the truth of the gospel.

Hank takes callers' questions and answers them to equip them to defend the truth of the gospel.

This week Hank is joined on Hank Unplugged by Dr. Benjamin Wiker, a distinguished professor and author of many books. This conversation runs the intellectual gamut as they discuss issues facing our world today such as Islamic persecution of Christians, building our economies around vices, and the need for a deeper discussion on global warming. Topics discussed include: Muslim Persecution of Christians in the Middle East (4:00); Islam, The Reformation and a call for Mere Christianity (8:00); In Defense of Nature--Environmental and Ethical Ecological Systems (15:30); Recycling as a distraction from our consumerist behavior (27:00); The danger of building economies around our vices (35:00); Correlating the empire of waste with the 7 deadly sins (41:00); The addiction driven by hyperpalatability in food, pornography and technology (44:00); Misleading food labels revealing the importance of a local economy (56:00); The need for wider, deeper talk about global warming (1:06:00); Wiker's Book 10 Books that Screwed Up The World revealing how ideas have consequences (1:14:30); Do we live in a meaningful world?(1:18:30).

Sin-Based Economics with Benjamin Wiker

Dr. Benjamin Wiker, author, professor and senior fellow at the Veritas Center for Ethics and Public Life, Franciscan University talks about his book The Darwin Myth. Today's broadcast was made possible by Morning Star OB/GYN http://www.morningstarobgyn.com/  

Interview with Benjamin Wiker on how to Think about God on a Plane

Dr. Benjamin Wiker is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He's the Author of "Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion." Dr. Wiker believes we are creeping towards worship of the state. He explains why lliberals aren't more critical of Islam and why they hate Christianity. The very liberal Obama Administration apparently ignored the explicit, written warnings in 2012 from a Saudi Arabian official about the soon-enough-to-be Boston bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Find out more about Benjamin Wiker at www.benjaminwiker.com.

Guest this hour - Benjamin Wiker, PhD (author of the new book "Worshipping the State"... how Liberalism became religion) Water rates are going up because people save too much? Is the nonsense true? Scare people and then jack up the rates - it's happening with cigarettes too! The NOT-so-Amazing Race Apology. Dr. Benjamin Wiker joins Mark to discuss the religion of the liberal state, the defintion of marriage, and learning from history. UP and AT EM! It's the EARLY edition of The Mark Larson Show!

Don't miss this best of version of the Mark Larson Show. This time revisit Marks interview with Benjamin Wiker about his new publication: 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor. Listen now!

Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and is also a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute. His books include Answering the New Atheism and Ten Books That Screwed Up The World. His Newest is The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Dr. Benjamin Wiker talks about his book The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin. He argues that Darwinism is a distortion of evolution, and based on the secular and atheistic influence of the "radical Enlightenment." He shares his skepticism of other historians' accounts of Darwin's anguish over the implications of his views for religious belief. He contends that Darwin was a third-generation religious skeptic, and that he had an atheistic agenda from early in his life. He relates Alfred Russell Wallace's critiques of Darwin's atheistic account of evolution by natural selection, and defends Wallace from the charges of Spiritualism. He compares evolutionists who accept natural selection with neurologists who think neuroscience may or will entirely account for the human self (without a soul), and suggests both views are based on ideology. He explains his motivations to criticize Darwin based on what he argues are the immoral effects of Darwinism in society. He links Nazism, Social Darwinism and eugenics to Darwinism. He talks about abortion in the context of the eugenics movement of the early 20th century. He discusses the "is-ought problem" in philosophy, and the "naturalistic fallacy." He criticizes Darwin's accounts of how human morality may have evolved. And he argues against creationists who reject evolution, even while he himself attacks "evolution by natural selection."

    Dr. Benjamin Wiker  talks about the Darwin Myth and all the mischief derived from it.   It will be a cold day in He** before Pravda tells the truth.   Whoops!...  a cold chill is comin' on.   Then, Professor John Eidsmoe explains some legal mysteries...then,   Tiller the Killer gets wasted as church.   What should the press release say?

     "10 Books That Screwed Up the World"  Benjamin Wiker  with a humdinger.  Then, the smear against Jonathan Narcisse continues...but in the process,  outs itself.    Then, more feedback on the Palin family issues.

  Congressman Steve King with insights from the border states and what the Official English law means in Iowa...again,  for the hearing impaired.   Doris Hamil, NASA scientist,  explains the  "Challenge of Why".   Scott Gray,  head lending broker at ING  talks about "The Liar's Loan"... predicts housing market bounce back.    ICE Raids Agri-Processors in Postville.    Benjamin Wiker  lists the 10 Books That Screwed Up the World"   and tosses in a few more as a bonus.

This week we sit down with Dr. Benjamin Wiker, co-author of the great new book entitled A Meaningful World. Easily one of the best interviews you'll hear on intelligent design and the search for purpose in this big, beautiful universe.

A Meaningful World: How the Arts And Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature By Benjamin Wiker & Jonathan Witt Publisher: InterVarsity Press Imagine that your world is not just a lucky rock in the midst of a worthless universe. Then imagine a place where meaning and genius are not just hoped for, they abound in real, testable ways for all to see. That's the world you live in and that's the subject of a great new book by Jonathan Witt and Benjamin Wiker entitled