The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 1)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
Tag: statism
News of the Week: Saved from Doom!!!
Highlighting the interesting and notable events of the past week… I love this post by my dear friend Anthony Gregory …
Why Everyone Needs “Bourbon for Breakfast” Book Review
It’s no secret to libertarians that the state has influenced the way we live in both obvious and subliminal ways. …
“Nullifation: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century” Book Review
Book review of Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century by Thomas Woods. Regnery Publishing, Inc.: Washington …
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 …
Noah’s Ark and the Sanctity of Private Property
The subject of a proposed religious theme park in Kentucky brings up an issue near and dear to the heart …
Laurence Vance joins LCC Contributors
I am very happy to announce that Laurence Vance will be joining LCC as a guest contributor and syndicated columnist. …
Why Are So Many Protestants Capitalists But Not Libertarians?
Protestant Christians (with the exception of some “emerging church” types) overwhelmingly support free-markets and fiscal prudence on the part of …
Lessons in Liberty: Christian Libertarianism
Blayne Bennett from Students for Liberty asked me to write a short article describing what it means to be a …
Narnians Hate the State Too!
David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute, President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California, and friend of LibertarianChristians.com has recently published a three-part series on the political philosophy of C.S. Lewis entitled “C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and Statism.” I highly recommend these articles for your reading (see the links following my synopsis).
Lewis, of course, is well-respected among Christians for his excellent stories and compelling explication of theology. Turns out he also favored liberty as a defining characteristic of civilized society. He reaches this conclusion through a consistent application of natural law.
Stop Statism
Statists are anti-progress. Statists claim their policies are for the common good. For some this claim is just a front to get more power, but for others it is a genuine goal. Nevertheless, even the most well-intentioned statists, who believe that granting government the power to control individual actions will result in a better outcome, violate rights and cause harm.
Stop Rent-seeking
This article is #17 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Austrian Scholars Conference 2010 – Day 1
The first day of the Austrian Scholars Conference 2010 was marked by greeting old friends, making new friends, and meeting …
Obama’s New Theocracy
David Theroux has two excellent blog posts at The Beacon that I want to commend to you. In the first, …
GW’s Presidential Review
Over at The Humble Libertarian, Sir Messamore has put together an excellent post-mortem of the last eight years of accomplishments …