Christian Pacifism, 30th Anniversary Edition–Free on Kindle
I have said many times that I am not a pacifist, but that I have genuine respect for those who …
Tag: war
“War is the health of the state,” says Randolph Bourne.
Christians should be against war in all but the rarest of circumstances (even then we should double-check!).
“War is the health of the state,” says Randolph Bourne.
Christians should be against war in all but the rarest of circumstances (even then we should double-check!).
Ron Paul is Right About United States Overseas Military Bases
“We don’t need to pay all this money to keep troops all over the country, 130 countries, 900 bases. But …
The Real Reason Guantanamo Should Be Closed
It has been ten years now since the first “terrorists” arrived at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. …
News of the Week: War, books, and Romans
Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Economist, Mises Institute scholar, and friend Bob Murphy gives his …
News of the Week, January 15-21, 2012
Today we restart the traditional News of the Week posts, where we highlight a few significant, interesting, and amusing stories …
Idols of the Heart: Baptizing the War Prayer
Since the bombs began to fall on Baghdad in March of 2003, churches, Christian leaders, religious organizations, and individual Christians …
A Bad Way to Argue Against Being a Christian Libertarian
A few days after the Washington Post published my article on Christianity, libertarianism, and Ron Paul, one Dana Loesch, a …
Rand Paul may have prevented conflict with Russia, but what does it mean?
I do not want to overstate the event, but there has been some very interesting stuff going on in the …
Romans 13 and National Defense
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that …
Are You an Imperial Christian?
The tenets of imperial Christianity include things like blind nationalism, belief in American exceptionalism, willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, …
Five Lies of the Religious Right About Ron Paul
Although I am a theological and cultural Christian conservative, I am not a member of the Religious Right and never …
Freakonomics on the Ten Commandments of The American Religion, and more.
More from the “blog posts you should read” department… The gentlemen at the Freakonomics blog had some excellent things to …
“Why do the nations rage?” and more on Biblical nations
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Torture isn’t Christian (Part 2)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Torture is not Christian (Part 1)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Can a Christian fight?
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
How to have an ethical war
Thanks, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, for this enlightening comic. Down with war!
Our Men and Women in Uniform
Our men and women in uniform have stood in the forefront of the war on terror since soon after 9/11. …
Another war?
Jon Stewart tells it like it is. Pardon the colorful language (it is bleeped out), but this is great.
Pro-Lifers for Mass Murder
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a …
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 …
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. …
A Declaration of Peace for the New Year
This article was released by the Wrights 2012 Campaign, for which I am currently the webmaster. —- “Be always at …
Wikileaks releases embarrassing diplomatic cables, governments unsurprisingly continue to hate them.
The whistleblowing organization Wikileaks has released their latest expose on the unseemly activities of governments around the world. And surprise …
News of the Week: November 21 to 27, 2010
Recapping interesting things in the news and on the net in the past week. LRC reminds us that the war …
News of the Week: November 7-13, 2010
Recapping interesting things in the news and on the net in the past week. The internet is going crazy right …
Jesus and Soldiers
My good friend Stephan Kinsella, who is not a Christian, recently attended an event with great relevance to our time …
The Doctrine of a Christian Warmonger
Today we continue the podcast series of the Christianity and War Audiobook, by Laurence Vance, with the essay “The Doctrine …
How to Promote Peace in Your Church
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but it is for a good reason. I’ve been carefully writing this article …