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The Prejudice Against Prejudice | Wade Stotts | New Saint Andrews College

What changed between 1996 and today? In this disputatio at NSA, Wade Stotts explores the nature of prejudice, as the inherited judgments and instincts that shape culture, moral life, and common sense. Beginning with a simple story about a woman putting her feet on a bus seat, Wade traces a much larger question: What happens when a society loses its shared prejudices?

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Biblical Battle Songs | Dr. David Erb | New Saint Andrews College

In this musically rich disputatio, Dr. David Erb leads us through the Scriptures to recover a largely forgotten weapon of spiritual warfare: song.

From the shores of the Red Sea to the reign of Jehoshaphat…
From Deborah’s victory hymn to the Psalms of David…
From Psalm 46 to Psalm 149 and beyond…
God’s people have always sung in the face of war.
Not sentimental choruses. Not background music. But bold, historical, theological, Spirit-wielding battle songs.

At NSA, musical excellence is not performance, it is preparation. May we not be mere sightseers or hearers, but sight-singers—armed with the Word of Christ, ready for joy, sorrow, worship, and battle.

“Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand.” Psalm 149

 

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Dr. David R. Erb has taught at New Saint Andrews College since 2008 and is a Senior Fellow of Music and Director of the Conservatory of Music. In addition to choral conducting, Dr. Erb focuses his teaching on training all Christians to be musically literate in light of scriptural teaching. To this end, he is the director and founder of the NSA Summer Music Camp, the Chenaniah Summer Music Institute, the NSA-ACCS High School Honor Choir, and Collegium Musicum Moscow. Dr. Erb formerly served as a Chief Musician for nearly two decades in CREC churches in Washington and Idaho. He is the composer of Cantica Sanctorum, fifty through-composed psalms plus other hymns and scripture settings, and is the co-founder of the music publishing company Praetorius Publications.

The Problem of Compulsory Feminism | Dr. Scott Yenor | New Saint Andrews College

New Saint Andrews College was pleased to welcome Dr. Scott Yenor as a guest speaker at Disputatio to address faculty and students.

Scott Yenor, Ph.D. is the Director of the Kenneth B. Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington Fellow at The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life, and a professor of political science at Boise State University.

In this lecture, Scott Yenor argues that modern America lives under a regime he calls “compulsory feminism”: a legal and cultural order that reshapes how we rank virtue, honor, and responsibility between the sexes. Yenor contends that while virtue itself is not sexed, virtues and vices “land differently” in men and women, and that denying this reality has contributed to family decline, delayed marriage, and demographic collapse.

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Wake Up, Ye Mighty Men | Nick Solheim | New Saint Andrews College

Nick Solheim, CEO of American Moment, delivers a disputatio talk at New Saint Andrews College, challenging students to think seriously about power, patronage, and the future of American self-government.

Speaking candidly about Washington, D.C., institutional capture, and the failures of both political parties, Solheim argues that winning elections is not enough. Governing requires personnel, formation, and the disciplined use of power. He argues that conservatives must build durable institutions rather than retreat from public life, and that “personnel is policy,” grounding his case in American history, civil service reforms, and the experience of the Trump administrations.

Nick Solheim has distinguished himself through courage, conviction, and principled leadership within America’s political landscape, contributing meaningfully to the formation of the next generation of public servants.

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Presidential Address | Dr. Ben Merkle | New Saint Andrews College

In this Disputatio lecture at New Saint Andrews College, President Dr. Ben Merkle addresses the nature of work, ambition, and frustration in light of the biblical curse and calling. Dr. Merkle reflects on how frustration in labor is not accidental, but formative, and how Christian ambition must be rightly ordered rather than abandoned. Drawing from Scripture and pastoral wisdom, this talk challenges students to aim high, embrace responsibility, and persevere through the inevitable difficulties of work without losing heart. Far from discouraging ambition, Dr. Merkle exhorts the students to pursue lofty callings with faithfulness, endurance, and humility before God.

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Don't Be A Slob | Ben Greenfield | New Saint Andrews College

Ben Greenfield is a health consultant, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of a wide variety of books, including the widely popular titles Boundless Parenting, Boundless Kitchen, Beyond Training, Boundless, Fit Soul, Spiritual Disciplines Journal, the Boundless Cookbook, and Endure. A former collegiate tennis, water polo, and volleyball player, bodybuilder, 13-time Ironman triathlete, and professional obstacle course racer, Ben has been voted by the NSCA as America’s top Personal Trainer and by Greatist as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health And Fitness. 
 
A frequent contributor to health and wellness publications and websites and a highly sought-after speaker, Ben’s understanding of functional exercise, nutrition, and the delicate balance between performance and health has helped thousands of people around the world achieve their goals and improve their quality of life–from high-level CEOs to soccer moms to professional athletes and beyond. Ben also seeks to teach and inspire people to fully experience and joyfully savor all of God’s creation while optimizing their physical health.
 
Ben is an advisor, investor, and board member of multiple corporations in the health and fitness industry, and is also the co-founder of the nutritional supplements company KION, a nutritional supplements company that combines time-honored superfoods with modern science to allow human beings to achieve peak performance, defy aging, and live an adventurous, fulfilling, joyful, and limitless life.

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Undoing Urgency | Matt Reynolds | New Saint Andrews College

New Saint Andrews College welcomed Matt Reynolds of Barbell Logic for a special Disputatio lecture on Friday, November 14, 2025.

With over 25 years of experience in strength sports, coaching, and entrepreneurship, Matt is now challenging a generation to break free from the tyranny of urgency — to reclaim time for the things that truly matter. His recent book, Undoing Urgency: Reclaim Your Time for the Things That Matter Most, is a clarion call to align our days with what truly matters. Reynold’s new book was awarded the 2025 Global Book Awards Gold Medal in Business Development.

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Protestants vs. Catholics: Justification by Faith | New Saint Andrews College

This engaging debate featured Dr. Timothy Harmon, VP of Academics and CAO at New Saint Andrews College, and Dr. Gracjan Kraszewski, Director of Intellectual Formation at St. Augustine’s Catholic Center at the University of Idaho.

Together, they tackled questions like:

• In justification, does God infuse righteousness into us over the course of our lives, or does he pronounce a verdict of righteousness over us at a definitive point in time?

• Is the formal cause of justification the perfect obedience of Christ, which we receive by faith, or is it the righteousness of God poured into us by the Holy Spirit?

• What is the role of faith in justification? What is the role of our good works in justification?

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Build, Fight, Govern: The Christian’s Civic Calling | New Saint Andrews College

We were honored to welcome Texas State Representatives Daniel Alders and Brent Money to New Saint Andrews College for a Disputatio discussion on Christian engagement in the public square. Drawing from Scripture, history, and their own experience in state government, Representatives Alders and Money challenged students to think biblically about politics, leadership, and community life. Representative Alders exhorted NSA students to cultivate multi-generational faithfulness—to return home, build institutions, and let their theology flow from their fingertips into every area of life.

Representative Money called Christians to identify the “decisive points” in their cultural battles and to step courageously into them, whether at home or in larger arenas like Texas, which he describes as both strategic and feasible for Christian reform. Together, they urge a vision of civic responsibility rooted in hospitality, conviction, and a bold acknowledgment of Christ’s lordship over every sphere—including politics.

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Representations of Evil in Literature | Faculty Panel | New Saint Andrews College

Dr. Rigney, Dr. Grieser, and Dr. Orton participated in a faculty panel for disputatio at New Saint Andrews College. Pulling from their vast collective study of literature, they discussed the representation of evil in literature.

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