Join us for a disputatio lecture featuring Dr. Ben Merkle on December 12, 2025, at 3:00 pm at the Nuart Theatre in downtown Moscow. This lecture will be the first in a two-part lecture series of a Presidential address on work to the student body; however, it will be open to the public and is free to attend.

Dr. Ben Merkle is the president of New Saint Andrews College, as well as a Senior Fellow of Theology. He holds a DPhil in Oriental Studies and an MSt in Jewish Studies from Oxford University, England; a Greyfriars Letter; an MBA from Washington State University; an MA degree in English Literature and a BS in Education (Secondary Education-Chemistry, with a minor in History), both from the University of Idaho.

He is a teaching elder at Christ Church, Moscow, and regularly preaches at their downtown service. Dr. Merkle is the author of The White Horse King (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2009) and Defending the Trinity in the Reformed Palatinate (Oxford University Press, 2015). He and his wife Rebekah have five children and a growing generation of grandchildren.

One way NSA encourages students to think more critically is through a weekly college gathering on Fridays called Disputatio. The word ‘disputatio’ is Latin for discussion, debate, or argument. This term reflects the core of this academic event, where the entire college, both students and faculty, listens to and interacts with leading Christian scholars across various fields.