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.

Where is the Religious Right Wrong?

Book Reviews

When I first heard of this book, the title alone was enough to make me sympathetic to the author’s case. Since gaining steam in the 1970s, the Religious Right has ...

Christians in Iraq at risk from ISIS

News

Under Saddam Hussein, Christians in Iraq were not well-loved but they were tolerated. However, following the military adventurist campaigns of the United States and its allies, the situation for Iraqi ...

Econ, econ, everywhere!

Media

I love a good movie, and I love good economics. As we have mentioned before, the EconPop show is a great show to get your fix of both: “the show ...

Online Christian libertarianism seminar at Liberty.me on June 12

Announcements

If you are a member of Liberty.me, then join me this Thursday, June 12, 2014 at 8:30 EST (7:30 CST) for a presentation on Christianity and libertarianism. We will have ...

What the Bible says about Immigrants

Politics

Many conservative and liberal Christians in America look upon immigrants very negatively. Despite the irrefutable evidence that immigrants – even illegal immigrants – do not “steal” American jobs, do not ...

Can Ayn Rand and Christianity hold a civil conversation? A review of “The Soul of Atlas”

Book Reviews

Book review of The Soul of Atlas by Mark Henderson. 2013 Reason Publishing, 246 pages. http://soulofatlas.com Although libertarians have been known to say that it usually begins with Ayn Rand, ...

LCC interviewed about homeschooling at Liberty.me

Appearances

My wife and I joined Manuel Lora of Liberty.me Odds and Ends Podcast and author Lucy Steigerwald for a discussion about our experiences as homeschoolers and how the state messes ...

WATCH: Saving the Children and the Story of Nicholas Winton

History

I was first told the story of Sir Nicholas Winton a few years ago by Lawrence Reed of the Foundation for Economic Education. Winton was a stock broker in England ...

WATCH: Liberty Defined with Ron Paul

Media

The Independent Institute recently hosted a special seminar with Dr. Ron Paul to talk about the future of freedom in America. He spoke of America’s “increasingly dysfunctional political system” and ...

Anarcho-capitalism, explained by a Christian

Economics

My friend Anand Venigalla is a young Christian man with a great desire to learn about and explain Christian libertarian ideas. He now runs a website called Letter of Liberty ...

Norman Horn on the Tom Woods Show

Announcements

This week I had the privilege of being on the Tom Woods Show to talk about Christian libertarianism, economics, ethics, a little theology, and the Christians for Liberty Conference 2014. ...

Hope for the Dead, Hope for the Living

Christian Worldview

Two articles came to my attention today that are well worth reading. The first comes from Judge Andrew Napolitano as an Easter reflection called Hope for the Dead. He suggests ...

The Libertarian Position on Hobby Lobby

Culture

In September 2012, the privately held retail store Hobby Lobby filed a lawsuit against the US federal government regarding new regulations in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requiring that employer ...

J. Gresham Machen on National Parks

Economics

The great 20th century theologian J. Gresham Machen was not much a fan of the “National Park” system. “A great system of National Parks has been built up. It might ...

Norman Horn on Reddit for a Christian Libertarian AMA Tonight

Announcements

Tonight (Sunday, March 9, 2014) at 6 pm CST I will be doing an “Ask Me Anything” session on the Anarcho-Capitalism Reddit board (or “Sub-Reddit” for regular users). I will ...

The Economics of Dallas Buyers Club

Economics

From EconStories, the makers of the “Fear the Boom and Bust” and “Fight of the Century”, comes a new web show all about economic in popular culture. Hence the title: ...

The Conversation: A Short Film about Social Principles

Media

Enjoy this great video from the Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity on the basic social principles of human flourishing. While not explicitly Christian, it is easy to see how it ...

Friday Challenge: Spot the theological problem

Media

It’s Friday, let’s play a game! Today’s challenge is to spot the theological problem in this song: Okay, I’ll give you the lyrics just to help out… Praise the Lord ...

Habeas Corpus in America

Book Reviews

Review of The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King’s Prerogative to the War on Terror by Anthony Gregory. Cambridge University Press and the Independent Institute, 2013. Anthony ...

For to Us a Child is Born: Reflections on Isaiah 9:6-7

Theology

Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV 1984): 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be ...

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Theology

Christians carry around much of their theology within the songs that we sing. That is why the content of our church music is so important. You may forget that sermon ...

Top 10 Libertarian (and Christian) Books for 2013

Book Reviews

Every year, I try to highlight some of the best recent and classic books about Christianity, libertarianism, and the books addressing both at the same time. Last year I was ...

Government and the Definition of Marriage

Appearances

Two weeks have passed since I traveled to Virginia to debate at Patrick Henry College. I think it is about time to give you an account of what happened! First, ...

How the State Contributes to Child Abuse

Culture

LCC reader Andrew recently asked me, “Norman, in your opinion, how would child abuse like the recent incident where a baby was found nearly starved by his lazy parents be ...

Government and Marriage Debate: November 16, 2013

Announcements

I will be participating in a debate this Saturday at 7:00 pm EST (November 16, 2013) at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. The debate is hosted by the Wilberforce ...

How critical is a Christian Worldview to Libertarianism?

Christian Worldview

Today I received an email from the Christian Post to comment on a recent speech by Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics scholar Jay Richards. Apparently, Mr. Richards argues that ...

Sticking to Your Principles (and other life lessons)

Christian Ethics

LCC reader Ron emailed me recently about my post: “Should we hold all things in common?” He writes: I share your opinion about Social Security. I was ordained into ministry ...

Libertarianism, the Church, and the Millennial Generation

Appearances

Will the millennial generation make a difference in the church? Will the older generation partner with us and encourage us to be bold and courageous, and to speak truth to ...

give to caesar bible verses about government

Ministers make a difference

President's Blog

A friend relayed to me a remarkable quote from a recent sermon at his congregation: “And if I thought that you could substantially change human behavior by laws then I ...

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