Of Flames and Crowns
Episodes
Of Flames and Crowns | Closing Outro
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 bene...
Ep. 18: DAVID ERB | Composing the Soundtrack of a Culture
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Musical literacy is essential to the formation of great civilizations. The songs a people sing—and the excellence with which they sing them—shape ...
Ep. 17: TIM HARMON | The Intellectual Surrender of the Church in the Public Square
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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. Ye...
Ep. 16: TOBY SUMPTER | The Art of Raising Excellent Children
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep. 15: BRAD COVINGTON | Blue Collar Workers Need Classical Education
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The ability to work with one’s hands is often pitted against the intellectual vocations, as though the two were sworn enemies—disciplines incapabl...
Ep. 14: JOFFRE SWAIT | How to Build a Prosperous Sub-Culture
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There exists a prevalent tendency to exclusively think of culture building at a macro level—thinking through big civilizational questions, but witho...
Ep. 13: DAVID TALCOTT | You Can’t Afford to Be Ignorant of Greek Philosophy
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The modern West suffers not from a lack of information, but from a collapse of memory. We argue fiercely about politics, culture, and truth while forg...
Ep. 12: BRYAN AUTON | Chic-Fil-A and the Pursuit of Excellence
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the heart of Christian culture—and free markets—is excellence: the disciplined, beautiful, God-honoring work that builds trust, prosperity, and...
Ep. 11: KATY FAUST | The Sexual Revolution Was a Death Cult
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Sexual Revolution didn’t free anyone—it fractured a civilization. In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Katy Faust, who dismantles t...
Ep. 10: JASON FARLEY | Laughter and Living in the Cosmos
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oftentimes, our perceptions of the world are too small. And when we fall prey to this, we tend to miss the categories that enable us to learn, love, l...
Ep. 9: DAVID GOODWIN | How the West Lost Its Will to Fight
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The West has lost its will to contend for the good, numbed by guilt, confusion, and educational collapse. Entertainment and schooling—our modern lit...
Ep. 8: LARRY TAUNTON | Don’t Trust the United Nations, USAID, and WEF
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are so many Third-World nations still poor and corrupt, even after billions in foreign aid? From the UN and World Economic Forum to USAID and glob...
Ep. 7: MITCH STOKES | When Atheists Can’t Do the Math
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past two centuries, a series of erroneous ideas have taken root—chief among them the claim that faith is inferior to reason, and that the t...
Ep. 6: JOE BOOT | Think Like a Christian, Not a Pagan
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Dr. Joseph Boot to discuss the necessity of living with a distinct cosmology that is fundamentally and...
Ep. 5: JOHN LEWIS | Is College Necessary for Career Success?
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
College used to be a forge for wisdom and virtue. Now it’s a factory of debt and disillusionment. For millions, the “dream” of higher education ...
Ep. 4: BEN ZEISLOFT | Confronting a World that Loves to Murder Children
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The leading cause of death in the United States and many other places across the world is the murder of pre-born children. Those charged to protect go...
Ep. 3: CHAD O. JACKSON | Civil Rights Propaganda and Lies about MLK Jr.
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, when riots erupted after the death of George Floyd, a moment of reckoning took place. That event shook the trees and revealed what people tru...
Ep. 2: DOUGLAS WILSON | The Protestant Work Ethic Built the Best Economies
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The greatness of Western Civilization was enabled and realized through the application of Christian cosmology, which sought to propagate truth, beauty...
Season 2 Episode 1: VODDIE BAUCHAM | Only Christianity Prospers Culture and Civilization
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This present moment in America is an opportunity we ought not miss. The assassination of Charlie Kirk was a tragic moment that will long live in infam...
Ep. 25: JOE RIGNEY | Galvanizing Men for War | Of Flames and Crowns Season Finale
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are in the midst of a cosmic war. We need men prepared to stand on the front lines, ready to crush the heads of serpents, to take the heads of gian...
Ep. 24: BEN MERKLE | The State Is Not Your Father
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where tyranny reigns, weak men lie at its feet. They’ve abandoned their post—no longer leading their homes, protecting their families, or standing...
Ep. 23: JARED LONGSHORE | Imposing and Legislating Christian Morality
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world hellbent on evicting God from public life, a question echoes with increasing confusion: Would a God of love really force someone to do what...
Ep. 22: GORDON WILSON | Does God Believe in Climate Change?
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world gripped by climate panic, environmentalism has become a new religion—and its doomsday prophets dominate the global stage. But is the thre...
Ep. 21: ANDY NASELLI | Teaching Theology through Stories
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Children need more than entertainment—they need stories that shape their souls. When rooted in sound theology, stories become vessels of truth, carr...
Ep. 20: CHRISTINE COHEN | Every True Story Is a Christian Story
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What will it take for Christians to reclaim their place as the world’s leading storytellers? The Inklings—Lewis, Tolkien, and their circle—once ...
Ep. 19: BRENT PINKALL | The Art of Persuasive Speech
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Those who master language with wisdom and skill shape history. Great speeches embody conviction, courage, and character, revealing the essence of men ...
Ep. 18: REBEKAH MERKLE | Feminine Ambition & Feminist Lies
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly two centuries, feminism has waged war on God’s design for women, convincing them that true fulfillment lies in imitating men, scorning ho...
Ep. 17: JOE CARLSON | Why You Need Myth to See Reality
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Of Flames and Crowns, Lennox Kalifungwa and Joe Carlson explore the power of imagination and beauty in literature and creation. In ...
Ep. 16: SIMON KENNEDY | Can Christianity Save Australia’s Future?
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Of Flames and Crowns, Lennox Kalifungwa speaks with Simon Kennedy about Australia's decline from its Christian r...
Ep. 15: CHRISTOPHER SCHLECT | History Proves Theocracy
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
History is nothing less than the grand testament to Christ’s victorious march through the ages. To read it rightly is to see His unassailable sovere...
Ep. 14: JAYSON GRIESER | Manly Poets & Postmodern Fools
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poetry once built civilizations, stirred men to action, and revealed the beauty and order woven into reality. Today, it’s been gutted—stripped of ...
Ep. 13: BEN MERKLE | Educating Leaders, Not Cogs
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The phrase “Education is Warfare” has become a staple in our vocabulary—and for good reason. Academia is the battleground where the thoughts and...
Ep. 12: BEN ZORNES | Decolonization is Communism
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lennox Kalifungwa sits down with Ben Zornes to discuss the growing movement to erase Western influence through postcolonialism and decolonization. Whi...
Ep. 11: VISHAL MANGALWADI | Universities Built Culture Better Than Seminaries
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gospel is not just about saving souls but reforming nations and building Christ’s kingdom on earth. Modern evangelicalism often reduces it to pe...
Ep. 10: JARED LONGSHORE | All Nations Must Be Christian
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If Christ truly holds the cosmos in His hands—and He does—then every nation on earth belongs to Him alone. In the Great Commission (Matthew 28), C...
Ep. 09: GORDON WILSON | The Myth of Evolution Destroys Culture
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Darwinian evolutionary theory has profoundly influenced modern philosophy, education, and morality—often wielded to deny God's existence. Despite it...
Ep. 08: JOE RIGNEY | The Politics of Fear
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fear has become the currency of control in our modern world. Many live under the shadow of fatalism, viewing life as an unending series of catastrophe...
Ep. 07: SCOTT ALLEN | Is Illiteracy the Devil's Greatest Weapon?
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every culture war is a battle for words, where ideas shape destinies and truth fights to be heard. In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa sits down with S...
Ep. 06: URIESOU BRITO | Festivity is Warfare
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this jubilant conversation, Lennox Kalifungwa and Rev. Dr. Uriesou Brito delve into the theology of feasting as an act of Christian warfare and cul...
Ep. 05: MARK COPPENGER | Where Beauty Dies, Culture Follows
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this illuminating conversation, Lennox Kalifungwa delves into the realm of aesthetics and culture with Dr. Mark Coppenger. A culture that disregard...
Ep. 04: DOUG WILSON | Is Race a Lie Many Have Bought Into?
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many confuse ethnicity with culture, mistaking skin color as the source of a society's strengths or flaws. This misconception has led to the fallacy o...
Ep. 03: WILL SPENCER | How Religion Molds Men and Makes Culture
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
True civility rests upon two pillars: religion and masculinity. A society’s beliefs and the character of its men ultimately determine whether its cu...
Ep. 02: AARON RENN | Living in a World that Hates Your God
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We live in an age that scorns truth—and therefore scorns Christianity. In such times, Christians must follow Athanasius’s example, standing contra...
Ep. 01: DOUG WILSON | Why Some Cultures Are Superior to Others
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not all cultures possess the same values. Some cultures are, in fact, superior to others. This may sound like a controversial idea to those who have b...