Doug Stuart

Doug Stuart holds an MDiv from Missio Seminary and currently lives with his family in Lancaster, PA, where he operates website design and video production companies.

Meet the CFL Speakers: Doug Stuart

Events

Regular LCC readers know Doug Stuart well, and I know all attendees will be thrilled to meet him in person at this year’s Christians for Liberty Conference. Doug Stuart holds ...

Interview with Brian Zahnd

Politics

Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is the author of several books, most recently A Farewell to Mars ...

A Farewell to Mars

American History

I cannot overstate my excitement to promote Brian Zahnd’s latest book, A Farewell to Mars. I am passionate about the message of Jesus as it addresses all of life, including politics. ...

Kevin Vallier on Christian Pacifism and Libertarianism

War and Peace

I have often wondered why my liberal or progressive Christian friends who are also pacifists give nearly zero credibility to libertarianism, even though non-aggression is its foundational principle! Over at Bleeding Heart Libertarians, ...

Libertarians, Inerrancy, and the Problem of Romans 13

Theology

Romans 13 and Inerrancy Theology, liberty, and economics are my favorite topics to study, debate, or teach, especially when they happen to intersect with each other. When my former professor ...

That Gay Bill in Arizona

Culture

The Internet has no lack of passionate writers opining about the Arizona bill that would have allow businesses to deny service to gay people based on the religious beliefs of the ...

Is Wealth a Sin?

Theology

Whenever statistics about inequality and the so-called “control of wealth” get published, the Progressive blogosphere goes wild and their social media statuses light up with indignant calls for concern for ...

Looking Forward by Looking Backward (My Personal 2013 Recap)

Book Reviews

Adult maturity is partly evidenced by how well we allow our past to influence our vision and hope for the future. No matter how bleak our past experiences might be, ...

A Response to Stoker

Christian Ethics

This article was jointly written by Doug Stuart and Jessica Hooker. “…libertarianism is a values system of its own, and it’s an alternative, not a complement, to the values system ...

Elizabeth Stoker has called our bluff – LCC is shutting down (NOT!)

Media

Blogger Elizabeth Stoker is attempting to convince her readers that libertarianism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. From the subsequent articles it appears as though this is a new hobby horse ...

Let’s Throw Out “Capitalism”?

Economics

It’s probably no stretch for me to say that I share a common frustration with other libertarians when I hear capitalism take the blame for all of the world’s economic ...

Review: A Bible Based View of Liberty and Free Governments

Book Reviews

It is often said that libertarians arrive at their views from different routes. Some by Ron Paul (a conservative Christian), others by Ayn Rand (a devout atheist), others still through ...

Christian Political Life

Book Reviews

(This post concludes the live blogging of Tim Suttle’s book Public Jesus. You can read the other posts here.) Tim Suttle doesn’t like to simplify the complex. While both of ...

Citizenship and Allegiance

Christian Worldview

Growing up I was taught to value the greatness and splendor that is The United States of America. For a variety of reasons, The United States was the greatest and ...

How will education be handled in a free market?

Economics

G.T. asks a great question on the Christian Libertarian FAQ: It’s one thing for adults to be left to make their own choices and live with the consequences, but when ...

Guns? Let’s Talk about Logs! (or, Luke 6:42 for President Obama)

Politics

I usually avoid making comments about tragic events, mostly because there are many astute authors who produce more profound thoughts than I have (here). I really have nothing new to ...

Speak Up!

Book Reviews

(This is part six of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, my post on the first chapter here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. ...

Becoming the Body of Christ

Book Reviews

(This is part five of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, my post on the first chapter here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. ...

Give It a Rest, Already!

Book Reviews

(This is part four of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, my post on the first chapter here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. ...

Work: Toil or Worship?

Book Reviews

This is part three of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, my post on the first chapter here, and a discussion on ...

Locking Eyes With Culture

Book Reviews

This is part two of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. Each ...

Being Public Christians

Book Reviews

This is the first in a series posts liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. Most people tend to believe that faith is only a private matter. Christians in America tend ...

Liveblogging “Public Jesus”

Book Reviews

Tim Suttle, whose first book I reviewed here, recently published his second work, Public Jesus. The copy the publisher sent came with an accompanying DVD and discussion guide, though these ...

Bob Murphy on Christians and Anarchism

Christian Worldview

When Bob Murphy isn’t posing as a Progressive interviewer of allegedly neo-confederate authors, he’s busy writing his own books and articles. Murphy, a Christian and Austrian economist, blogged recently on his website, Free ...

Politics, Left and Right

Politics

Tim Suttle, author of An Evangelical Social Gospel? (which I reviewed here) recently posted an article in the Huffington Post Religion section titled, “What is the Chief Political Concern of ...

News of the Week (coup edition)

President's Blog

Norman’s away this week in Las Vegas as a Libertarian Party delegate at their national convention, and is leaving it up to me to do News of the Week. Incidentally, Norman has ...

The Way of Peace

War and Peace

All libertarians seek the path of non-violence. Even those with anarchist leanings will concede the possibility that the State has a legitimate, albeit minor, role in society (we usually call ...

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 ...

Don’t Tread On Who?

Libertarianism

Critics of libertarianism often charge that it is a “selfish ideology,” or that any explanation of self-interest is just a warmed-over excuse for selfish behavior. While it is indeed possible ...

“Hijacked: Responding to the Partisan Church Divide” Book Review

Book Reviews

It is certainly true that the Church has divided severely over issues throughout its 2,000-year history, but the last few decades have witnessed unparalleled division in recent memory. You’ll hardly ...

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