LCI Hot Takes: December 17, 2018

By Dr. Norman Horn
December 19, 2018
Categories: Media
Topics: Christianity

Enjoy the next installment of our experimental “LCI Hot Takes” series, and don’t forget to check out the Bob Murphy Show today where I have an awesome discussion with Bob about Christianity and liberty. (It should go up today at www.bobmurphyshow.com!)

Dr. Norman Horn

Norman is the founder and President of the Libertarian Christian Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Theological Studies from Lipscomb University. He has been widely published in multiple fields and has written for the Washington Post, Relevant Magazine, Young American Revolution, the Journal of Research of NIST, and UV Solutions Magazine.

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God has ordained civil governance, but that doesn't mean everyone who claims governmental authority have been ordained by God to rule.

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Whatever is listed in the Bill of Rights or US Constitution.

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Civilly, individuals are prohibited from intiating aggression against others. Non-aggressive immorality may be addressed by non-civil entities such as the church.

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Christians can seek profit so long as they donate all their excesses to charity.

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Christians can seek profit, but must be willing to pay higher taxes for government programs that help the poor.

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Christians aren't disobeying 1 Tim 6:10 so long as they aren't pursuing money as an end in itself. It's the love of money that's prohibited, not the mere accumulation of it.

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The legality of a behavior doesn't make it a moral behavior.

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Decrminalizing prostitution makes it easier for women to leave it. We endorse that.

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Without government, who would build the roads?

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No one! You will have dirt roads, and you'll be happy.

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Business interested in making it easier to get to their businesses. It would be a cost of doing business.

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Businesses who specialize in the service of building roads and charge tolls.

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We understand that this is a complicated issue and people on both sides hold good faith positions, so we leave it up to individuals to decide.

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Historically libertarians have not been settled on the abortion issue, and we argue that abortion is a violation of the non-aggression principle and therefore anti-libertarian.

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God has provided people the tools that we need to face these challenges, starting with the first garments he fashioned for Adam and Eve from animal skins (Gen. 3:21)

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God told Adam then that life after sin would require hard work (Gen. 3:17–19, 23)

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As we use the resources that God has seen fit to grant us, we should use them as mindful stewards of a divine blessing (Matt. 25:14–30).

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The righteous take care to leave something of value for future generations (Prov. 13:22).

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