March 2012

On the Consistency of Christian Libertarianism

Christian Worldview

Two weeks ago I wrote an initial post critiquing Joe Carter of the Acton Institute for his ill-conceived criticism of libertarianism, and specifically the idea of libertarianism from a Christian ...

Responding to Tim Suttle

Book Reviews

Author Tim Suttle responded to my review of his book, An Evangelical Social Gospel?, by engaging in the one major critique I addressed in his book. In my review I ...

News of the Week: You Call this a War?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Anthony Gregory asks, “You call this a war? I’ll show you a war.” He contends that we are prone to ...

Time for a Drink

Politics

While eating in a restaurant in the Atlanta airport recently, I noticed that the restaurant’s bar was closed and — to make it perfectly clear — all the chairs had ...

News of the Week: The Government Wants Your Internets!

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. RawStory reports that ISPs based in the United States will begin reporting your internet usage to the Feds as early ...

Some Caliphate

Politics

At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) – the closest thing to a global, Islamic caliphate – controlled vast swaths of land in the Middle East, ...

Debating Christian Libertarianism

Libertarianism

I have historically been a fan of the Acton Institute. Their site has been on LCC’s blogroll for quite a long time. Yet they (or at least one particular blogger) ...

Should Christians Support the War on Drugs?

Christian Ethics

Televangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition Pat Robertson, with whom I have major theological, philosophical, and political differences, recently said something that even I must acknowledge was important, truthful, ...

News of the Week: Did Pat Robertson just spurn the drug war?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. From the “Did this just happen?” Department: televangelist and 700 Club leader Pat Robertson now says that marijuana should be ...

Say No to Kony 2012

Media

Almost anyone with a connection to Facebook in the last 48 hours has probably heard of this “Kony 2012” thing making the rounds of the Internet. But what exactly is ...

Christian Pacifism, 30th Anniversary Edition–Free on Kindle

President's Blog

I have said many times that I am not a pacifist, but that I have genuine respect for those who are. I also believe it is important to understand the ...

“It is Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong” Book Review

Book Reviews

Review of Andrew Napolitano, It is Dangerous to be Right When the Government is Wrong: The Case for Personal Freedom (Thomas Nelson, 2011), 320 pp. Hardcover: $24.99 ($16.49 on Amazon.com). ...

News of the Week

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. From the nanny-state department… The Feds have now mandated that all new cars must be built with rear-view cameras by ...

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