Ep. 18: DAVID ERB | Composing the Soundtrack of a Culture

Of Flames and Crowns | Closing Outro

Of Flames and Crowns, hosted by Lennox Kalifungwa, has accomplished its mission and must conclude its voyage. We hope this show has been of great benefit to you, and that the existing episodes will continue to serve as resources you can return to and share with others. Watch our entire catalogue of episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwI-P6VXHP-hMHJcvqqy_O8_c7fHJVkCo&si=Nh0X55zOYSqmvQAX [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwI-P6VXHP-hMHJcvqqy_O8_c7fHJVkCo&si=Nh0X55zOYSqmvQAX] For more information on New Saint Andrews College, go to https://nsa.edu [https://nsa.edu] Interested in supporting the work of NSA? Send a tax-deductible gift at: https://nsa.edu/gifts [https://nsa.edu/gifts]

Ep. 18: DAVID ERB | Composing the Soundtrack of a Culture

Musical literacy is essential to the formation of great civilizations. The songs a people sing—and the excellence with which they sing them—shape not only their affections, but ultimately their actions. In this finale of Of Flames and Crowns, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Dr. David Erb to explore the beauty of song and symphony, and to consider what it truly takes to form—and reform—an entire culture through music. For more information about the New Saint Andrews College Conservatory of Music, visit music.nsa.edu Support the 2026 NSA Choir Tour by visiting https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/sing-for-joy-pacific-northwest-conservatory-tour

Ep. 17: TIM HARMON | The Intellectual Surrender of the Church in the Public Square

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. If this is true, then theology must undergird every disciplined school of thought and practice. Yet for too long, theology has been pushed to the margins of intellectual engagement in the public square, dismissed as a concern for abstraction rather than a foundation for truth. Christians who have treated theology in this way have weakened the cultural and intellectual influence of Christianity itself. It is time to recover theology as fundamental to true learning and ordered wisdom. Tim Harmon joins Lennox Kalifungwa for a discussion on theology as the queen of the sciences—and why this recovery matters now more than ever. For more information on New Saint Andrews College, go to https://nsa.edu [https://nsa.edu] Interested in supporting the work of NSA? Send a tax-deductible gift at: https://give.nsa.edu/gifts

Ep. 16: TOBY SUMPTER | The Art of Raising Excellent Children

The culture war must first be won at home. The most effective leaders are those whose households remain intact—marked by thriving marriages and well-formed children. Children are an inheritance from the Lord, and parents are called to steward these gifts faithfully, not merely to help them survive comfortably, but to launch them as arrows—spreading light and shattering darkness with truth, beauty, and goodness. Toby Sumpter joins Lennox Kalifungwa for a bracing and thoughtful conversation on raising children faithfully in a chaotic world. For more information on New Saint Andrew’s College, go to https://nsa.edu [https://nsa.edu] Interested in supporting the work of NSA? Send a tax-deductible gift at: https://give.nsa.edu/gifts

Ep. 15: BRAD COVINGTON | Blue Collar Workers Need Classical Education

The ability to work with one’s hands is often pitted against the intellectual vocations, as though the two were sworn enemies—disciplines incapable of reconciliation. The notion that college weakens the hands is not an argument but a symptom: the fruit of a misguided and miseducated populace that reduces academia to little more than white-collar job placement. A true understanding of the liberal arts reveals something far richer. A good education is one that forms the whole person—cultivating the holistic faculties of the human being. A genuinely classical liberal arts education should train its adherents to build with their minds while strengthening the disciplined use of their hands. In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by New Saint Andrews College alumnus Brad Covington, a firefighter and successful business owner. Brad reflects on his time at NSA and offers a compelling account of how a blue-collar man was not hindered, but strengthened, by a Christian liberal arts education. For more information on New Saint Andrew’s College, go to https://nsa.edu [https://nsa.edu/] Interested in supporting the work of NSA? Send a tax-deductible gift at: https://give.nsa.edu/gifts [https://give.nsa.edu/gifts]