For the New Christian Intellectual

Welcome to our new book discussion series: Interacting with Peikoff’s DIM Hypothesis. Pastor Jeffrey Kahl joins as we offer a Christian interaction with Leonard Peikoff’s cultural analysis in his book The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out. We talk about key parts of the book that relate to our goals as Christians, as either pastors, teachers, parents, leaders in society. We...

Why is humanity crazy and seemingly on decline? I saw this question asked on social media recently. If you're like me, you've probably seen a lot of people talking about this topic. The direction of humanity is shaped by their chosen sets of beliefs and ideas. Beliefs lead to character. They lead to choices and they end up building civilization. If you would like more information about this, there...

The New Intellectual Book Study is a free book club discussing For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 177–192. Here we are concluding our look at John Galt’s speech and our review of one of Ayn Rand’s key contributions to philosophy, her book For the New Intellectual . This book was our main inspiration when we named our podcast For the New Christian I...

The New Intellectual Book Study is a free book club discussing For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 164–177. Here John Galt explains the reason that the nation’s producers are going on strike. He points to the evil of the moral code that dominates society, the code of other-ism (philosophical altruism). Galt says, “We who were the living buffers betw...

The New Intellectual Book Study is a free book club discussing For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 146–164. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The New Intellectual Book Study is a free book club discussing For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 131–146. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 117–131. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a secon...

FTNCI 101: America at 250 and the Wisdom of Calvin Coolidge

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 101–116. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a secon...

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 88–101. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 77–86. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 60–76. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 37–57. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week our reading was pages 24–37. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The New Intellectual Book Study met in 2022 and 2023 to discuss For the New Intellectual ,  by Ayn Rand. This week, our reading was pages 10–23. About the Book Study: Today’s society is degenerating into a cult of despair. Not even churches are immune. In  For the New Intellectual , Ayn Rand gave a brilliant overview of the status of Western culture, what brought us here, and how to bring a second...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. This week our reading was: The Epilogue: The duel between Plato and Aristotle (451-460) “Philosophy is the prime mover of history,” writes Leonard Peikoff. Today we are discussing what this claim means and how it is so. Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. This week our reading was: Chapter 12 – Romantic literature as illustrating the role of philosophy in art (428-437) Chapter 12 – Esthetic value as objective (438-450) Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here . ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: List of Dates and Readings W...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. This week our reading was: Chapter 12 – Introduction (413) Chapter 12 – Art as a concretization of metaphysics (414-428) Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here . ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: List of Dates and Readings Why Christians Should Reconsider Ay...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. This week our reading was: Chapter 11 – Capitalism as the system of objectivity 395-405 Chapter 11 – Opposition to capitalism as dependent on bad epistemology 406-412 Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here . ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: List of Dates an...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. This week our reading was: Ch. 11 – Capitalism (Introduction) 378-379 Ch. 11 – Capitalism as the only moral social system 380-395 For a society’s legal system, the alternatives are either: 1) A policy of legalized plunder. OR 2) Laissez-faire capitalism. There are no other...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. This week our reading was: Ch. 10 – Government as an agency to protect rights 363-368 Ch. 10 – Statism as the politics of unreason 369-377 Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here . ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: List of Dates and Readings Why Christians Sh...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. Welcome to Week 29 of the Objectivism Book Study. Our reading this week was: Ch. 10 – Government (Introduction) 350 Ch. 10 – Individual rights as absolutes 351-363 See our related article: “Religious Liberty” — A Different Take Listen to the podcast in the player below, or...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. Our reading this week was: Chapter 9: Virtue as practical 329-335 Happiness as the normal condition of man 335-342 Sex as metaphysical 343-349 Listen to the podcast in the player below, or view the video here . ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: List of Dates and Readings Why Christians Should Rec...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. Our reading this week was: Ch. 8 – The initiation of physical force as evil 312-324 Ch. 9 – Happiness (Introduction) 325 Ch. 9 – Virtue as practical 326-329 “So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate… no man may start the use of physical force again...

The Objectivism Book Study met through 2022 to study Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand , by Leonard Peikoff. Our reading this week was: Ch. 8 – Pride as moral ambitiousness 303-309 Ch. 8 – The initiation of physical force as evil 310-312 Is pride a good thing? Yes and no. Today we are looking at Ayn Rand’s understanding of pride as a virtue. We will compare this idea with Christi...