The Haunting of Christ in the Holy Land
The Israel-Palestine vortex of human suffering that has flooded eyes on social media over the last weeks has been stupefying. …
Tag: foreign policy
Why They Died in Vain
Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, I have unequivocally maintained several things about the deaths of U.S. troops. …
The Things That Make For Peace
I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war. – Psalm 120:7 As he approached …
The United States & North Korea: the Formation of a Relationship
Donald Trump has become the first sitting United States President to meet with a North Korean Leader. Depending on who …
Just War? Christian Leaders Must Avoid Becoming Court Prophets
Disappointingly (but not surprisingly), a prominent evangelical leader has once again provided alleged moral justification for war in the Middle …
Pro-Life At Home But Not Abroad
Christians Need To Broaden Their Pro-Life Horizons Conventional wisdom says that a Republican candidate for President will almost certainly not …
The Israel of God and American Foreign Policy
I want to address something that concerns me much more than momentary arguments over foreign policy. I would like to address Christians, specifically from the Bible, on two separate, but inter-connected questions. The first question I would like to attempt to answer is whether or not the current nation state known as Israel today is “the Israel of God”. In other words, is the current geographic nation-state that was established in the early 1950’s the same entity as the Biblical Israel?
The Defective Faith-Based Foreign Policy of Woodrow Wilson
George W. Bush was not the first president to have a “faith-based” foreign policy. Most people know that Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was the U.S. president from 1913 to 1921. Some perhaps know that he was the governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. But few probably know that he was the son of a Presbyterian minister, president of Princeton University—then a Presbyterian institution that had always been headed by clergymen until Wilson—from 1902 to 1910, and had a faith-based policy of his own.
But like the faith-based foreign policy of Bush, Wilson’s was shaped by a defective faith.
Militarism in American Churches
Since the United States launched the unnecessary, immoral, unjust, and senseless war in Iraq in 2003, the Christian blasphemy occurring …
The Old Cause
This guest post is by C.Jay Engel of The Reformed Libertarian. For guest post opportunities, please see the Contact page. …
You Can’t Have a War Without Soldiers
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound …
Just Politics
To get an idea of Ronald Sider’s perspective in this book, we might begin with a look at the man …
I Question Your Patriotism
I have been called a lot of things since I began writing about ten years ago on the folly of …
Is War Worth It?
Believe it or not, I like getting e-mails from military veterans. I do admit, though, that this might seem like …
News of the Week, Sept. 22, 2012 Edition: End the Drug War!
Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. American Christians should be concerned about drugs not …
No More Entangling Alliances
Would the United States go to war over marine life illegally harvested in the South China Sea? The very thought …
Korea Shows All That Is Wrong With U.S. Foreign Policy
The tension on the Korean peninsula escalated late last year when South Korea began live-firing drills off its coastline. That …
Is Ron Paul an Isolationist?
The word isolationist is a pejorative term used to ridicule advocates of U.S. nonintervention in foreign affairs, intimidate their supporters, …
How to Reduce Military Suicides
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I have been quite vocal in my opposition to most of what is …
Christians, Israel, and a Humble Libertarian
Wes Messamore is a friend of mine and his work is excellent. He recently wrote a superb post on the …
Should I be thanking God that Bin Laden is dead?
After a brutal week of nature-induced devastation in the deep South and continuation of military-induced devastation in Libya, America began …
News of the Week: Egypt throws the blokes out
Recapping the interesting and noteworthy events of the past week. Mubarak quits. That’s the news, folks. I’m not sure anything …
Egypt and U.S. Foreign Policy
Until very recently, the only things many Americans knew about Egypt were its pyramids they read about in their school …
Michael Moore is Right
“Terrorists aren’t trying to kill us because they hate our freedom. They’re killing us because we’re in their countries killing …
Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 2)
My apologies for being late with part 2 of “War, Foreign Policy, and the Church,” but life happens, you know? …
Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 1)
As promised, the weekly podcast is here! In this selection from Christianity and War by Laurence Vance, we cover a …
Obama Orders First Murder
Congratulations are in order for President Barack Obama, who today has successfully completed the common rite of passage of Presidents: …
5 Predictions for 2009
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” ~Niels Bohr I know as well as anyone that the future is …
Christian Thoughts on Israel-Palestine
LibertarianChristians.com is pleased to welcome Scott Ritsema of CivicsNews.com to write our first-ever guest post. Scott is the editor of …