Video
Thomism, with Tom Jump. (Defending Thomistic theism, with an atheist host)
Teleology as Higher-Order Causation (Central European University)
Why the First Cause must be God, on Capturing Christianity (The gap problem)
Aristotle, God, and the Quantum, at Biola's Torrey Institute (Public lecture on my work on quantum Neo-Aristotelianism)
From First Cause to God (with Graham Oppy), on The Majesty of Reason (The gap problem)
Divine Providence and Randomness in Nature, on Abraham's Children (Interview on the nature of chance)
The Best Case for God's Existence, on Intellectual Conservatism
New Evidence that the Universe Began to Exist, on Capturing Christianity (The Grim Reaper Kalam argument)
Is Divine Simplicity Compatible with the Trinity (with Ryan Mullins), on The Majesty of Reason
The Waning of Materialism, at Texas Tech University (A public lecture on challenges to materialism in the philosophy of mind)
A Powerful Reason to Believe in God, on Intellectual Conservatism
Aristotelian Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, and Catholicism, on Furthering Catholicism
Why Aristotle and Aquinas are Right, on Intellectual Conservatism
The Catholic Position on Justification, on Intellectual Conservatism (An excerpt from the longer discussion with Tomaczewski and McNabb)
The Case for Roman Catholicism (with Christopher Tomaczewski and Tyler McNabb), on Intellectual Conservatism
Why Biology still Needs Teleology, at the Collegium Institute (UPenn)
Tolkien, Barfield, and Neoplatonism: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth, at the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism
Are Probabilities Indispensable to Inferring Design? at The Society of Catholic Scientists (May 2017)
New Proofs for God's Existence, UT-Dallas, 2014
Justification according to St. Paul (with Matthew J. Thomas) at Intellectual Conservatism
Joining the Catholic Church from Lutheranism (with Ben Koons and Alex Chunda), The Catholic Intellectual
Why the First Cause (God) Must be Pure Actuality, Chronicles of Strength August 15, 2021
Theism and the Problem of Suffering: A Debate with Luis Oliveira at the Houston Institute, April 2, 2024
Audio
Aristotelianism, Thomism, and Christianity, on the London Lyceum
Aristotle's Revenge, on What We Can't Talk About
A Lutheran's Case for Roman Catholicism, on Chronicles of Strength
A Lutheran's Case for Roman Catholicism: Justification, on Classical Theism
God's Existence: Recent Work on Ancient Arguments, at the Thomistic Institute, FSU
Is there a Distinction between Faith and Reason? at the Thomistic Institute, UT-Austin
The Principle of Causality, on Classical Theism
Natural Theology, part 1 and part 2, on Classical Theism
Cosmological Arguments, Grim Reaper Paradoxes, and More, with Pat Flynn, Chronicles of Strength
The Philosophical Approach to God, with Pat Flynn, Chronicles of Strength
Barfield and the Inklings, Pints with Jack
Tolkien's Philosophy: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: Thomistic Institute UTEP, March 2024
Essays on Public Affairs
Prudence in the Pandemic, First Things October 2020.
T. S. Eliot, Populist, First Things, December 2018
Earmarks: Better Government through Honest Graft, American Affairs, Summer 2018
The Singapore Solution, American Affairs, Spring 2018 (Healthcare reform)
T. S. Eliot, Populist, First Things, December 2018
Earmarks: Better Government through Honest Graft, American Affairs, Summer 2018
The Singapore Solution, American Affairs, Spring 2018 (Healthcare reform)
Columns
The Absurdity of Test-Trace-Isolate, Newsmax May 18,2020
The Power Grab for the "Greater Good" is Addictive, Newsmax, May 11, 2020
No Exit Strategy in the War with COVID, Newsmax April 27, 2020
Can We Measure the Value of Saving a Human Life? Public Discourse April 19, 2020
Democrats Unwittingly Bolster White Supremacist Fanaticism, Newsmax August 13, 2020
A Simple Solution for our Higher Education Mess, The American Mind, November 27, 2019
Elite Universities should be Open to All via the Internet, Newsmax, April 29, 2019
Our College Admissions System is Rigged and Unnecessary, Newsmax, March 25, 2019
God is Back, part 2, Newsmax, December 26, 2018
Beware the Robot Citizens, Newsmax, August 26, 2018
IRS Can and Should Strip Elite Universities of Tax-Exempt Status, Newsmax, July 29, 2018
Selective Universities not in the Public Interest, Newsmax, June 28, 2018
Earmarks are Honest Graft, Newsmax, May 26, 2018
Robots, AI a threat to American work ethic, Newsmax, April 16, 2018
Steel Tariffs are Good and Might Help with Opioid Crisis, Newsmax, March 2018
Scientific, Philosophical Evidence for God’s Existence reaches New Heights, Newsmax, February 2018
Accuser’s Veto Undermines Election Process, Newsmax, January 2018
Loyalty to Trump Important in Two-Party System, Newsmax, November 2017
More Patriotism, not Less, Newsmax, October 2017
Monuments and Piety, Newsmax, September 2017
President should Triangulate Trumpcare, Newsmax, August 23, 2017
American Universities Derelict in Duty to Western Civ, Newsmax, August 14, 2017
Eliminating the threat from North Korea, The Spectator, August 8, 2017
End Senate cloture rule, Newsmax, July 2017
A Country, not merely an Idea, Newsmax, June 27, 2017
Campus chaos, and how to fix it, Newsmax, June 19, 2017
Single-payer plan, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 2017
A Call to Mend, not End, the NEH, American Greatness, April 24, 2017
Just War and the Iran Crisis, Public Discourse (March 2012).
Dear Future Philosopher, Jan. 13, 2016 (NAS)
What will Replace Behemoth State University? Public Discourse (March 2010)
The Power Grab for the "Greater Good" is Addictive, Newsmax, May 11, 2020
No Exit Strategy in the War with COVID, Newsmax April 27, 2020
Can We Measure the Value of Saving a Human Life? Public Discourse April 19, 2020
Democrats Unwittingly Bolster White Supremacist Fanaticism, Newsmax August 13, 2020
A Simple Solution for our Higher Education Mess, The American Mind, November 27, 2019
Elite Universities should be Open to All via the Internet, Newsmax, April 29, 2019
Our College Admissions System is Rigged and Unnecessary, Newsmax, March 25, 2019
God is Back, part 2, Newsmax, December 26, 2018
Beware the Robot Citizens, Newsmax, August 26, 2018
IRS Can and Should Strip Elite Universities of Tax-Exempt Status, Newsmax, July 29, 2018
Selective Universities not in the Public Interest, Newsmax, June 28, 2018
Earmarks are Honest Graft, Newsmax, May 26, 2018
Robots, AI a threat to American work ethic, Newsmax, April 16, 2018
Steel Tariffs are Good and Might Help with Opioid Crisis, Newsmax, March 2018
Scientific, Philosophical Evidence for God’s Existence reaches New Heights, Newsmax, February 2018
Accuser’s Veto Undermines Election Process, Newsmax, January 2018
Loyalty to Trump Important in Two-Party System, Newsmax, November 2017
More Patriotism, not Less, Newsmax, October 2017
Monuments and Piety, Newsmax, September 2017
President should Triangulate Trumpcare, Newsmax, August 23, 2017
American Universities Derelict in Duty to Western Civ, Newsmax, August 14, 2017
Eliminating the threat from North Korea, The Spectator, August 8, 2017
End Senate cloture rule, Newsmax, July 2017
A Country, not merely an Idea, Newsmax, June 27, 2017
Campus chaos, and how to fix it, Newsmax, June 19, 2017
Single-payer plan, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 2017
A Call to Mend, not End, the NEH, American Greatness, April 24, 2017
Just War and the Iran Crisis, Public Discourse (March 2012).
Dear Future Philosopher, Jan. 13, 2016 (NAS)
What will Replace Behemoth State University? Public Discourse (March 2010)
Slideshows
Arguments for God's Existence (FSU 2020)
Nine Common Mistakes about God and Suffering (Texas State 2020)
Bernadete's Grim Reaper and the Necessary Finitude of Causation (UT-Austin 2020)
Is There a Distinction between Faith and Reason? (UT-Austin 2020)
The Gap Problem: From First Cause to God (Capturing Christianity, 2020)
Responding to the New Atheists (Univ. of Nebraska 2013)
Nine Common Mistakes about God and Suffering (Texas State 2020)
Bernadete's Grim Reaper and the Necessary Finitude of Causation (UT-Austin 2020)
Is There a Distinction between Faith and Reason? (UT-Austin 2020)
The Gap Problem: From First Cause to God (Capturing Christianity, 2020)
Responding to the New Atheists (Univ. of Nebraska 2013)