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.

Become a Knowledgeable Libertarian in 30 Days

Libertarianism

Robert Wenzel at the Economic Policy Journal has put together an excellent list of articles that can help anyone interested in libertarianism become proficient in the basics in just 30 ...

Obamacare upheld today, CJ Roberts deciding vote, Conservatives heads explode?

News

Obamacare was upheld today. As a tax. Which is ironic, because of what the dear leader once said: “For us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to ...

Evangelicals for Peace

Christian Ethics

Billy Sunday was the most famous evangelist in America during the first two decades of the 20th century. Without the aid of loudspeakers, TV or radio, Sunday preached to over ...

give to caesar bible verses about government

What denomination do you attend?

President's Blog

Sometimes we forget that while denominations have a way of dividing Christendom, they also allow all of us Christians to have unity on essentials but be different in many doctrinal ...

News of the Week: Obama the Warrior

News

It has been a few weeks since I have done a “News” post like this, and for good reason. I’ve driven across the country, moved from a condo to a ...

Full Body Scanners are a Full Body Menace

Appearances

Last week, I had the opportunity to be on the InfoWars Nightly News to talk about the TSA’s full body scanners and our efforts in Texas to stop the TSA’s ...

Make Everything Voluntary

Book Reviews

God created a remarkable world, a world where if you follow good ethics and work hard then the results are win-win for everyone. Whereas aggression always involves pillaging one person ...

News of the Week: Today is Tax Day

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week (and a half). I was so busy last Saturday with the anti-war rally put on by the Austin Alliance for ...

The Tax Man Cometh

President's Blog

A few years ago I wrote a series of articles called “10 Things I Hate About Taxes.” Considering that we all have about one day left to pay Caesar’s demands, ...

News of the Week: Let’s Do a Little Lifehacking

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. I am a big fan of Lifehacker.com for its useful tips and tricks with technology and life in general. Recently ...

On the Consistency of Christian Libertarianism

Christian Worldview

Two weeks ago I wrote an initial post critiquing Joe Carter of the Acton Institute for his ill-conceived criticism of libertarianism, and specifically the idea of libertarianism from a Christian ...

News of the Week: You Call this a War?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Anthony Gregory asks, “You call this a war? I’ll show you a war.” He contends that we are prone to ...

News of the Week: The Government Wants Your Internets!

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. RawStory reports that ISPs based in the United States will begin reporting your internet usage to the Feds as early ...

Debating Christian Libertarianism

Libertarianism

I have historically been a fan of the Acton Institute. Their site has been on LCC’s blogroll for quite a long time. Yet they (or at least one particular blogger) ...

News of the Week: Did Pat Robertson just spurn the drug war?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. From the “Did this just happen?” Department: televangelist and 700 Club leader Pat Robertson now says that marijuana should be ...

Say No to Kony 2012

Media

Almost anyone with a connection to Facebook in the last 48 hours has probably heard of this “Kony 2012” thing making the rounds of the Internet. But what exactly is ...

Christian Pacifism, 30th Anniversary Edition–Free on Kindle

President's Blog

I have said many times that I am not a pacifist, but that I have genuine respect for those who are. I also believe it is important to understand the ...

“It is Dangerous to be Right when the Government is Wrong” Book Review

Book Reviews

Review of Andrew Napolitano, It is Dangerous to be Right When the Government is Wrong: The Case for Personal Freedom (Thomas Nelson, 2011), 320 pp. Hardcover: $24.99 ($16.49 on Amazon.com). ...

News of the Week

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. From the nanny-state department… The Feds have now mandated that all new cars must be built with rear-view cameras by ...

News of the Week: The Great Gibson Guitar Raid

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Last week I mentioned that I would be defending my PhD Thesis in Chemical Engineering. Well, I passed! The DOCTOR ...

News of the Week: Fiat Money Proves Useful After All

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Needy in Hungary? (Pun intended.) How about burning your fiat currency to stay warm? I just knew there had to ...

What is the Christian Libertarian position on recreational drug use?

Christian Ethics

Flip_syde87 asks on the Christian Libertarian FAQ: What is the Christian libertarian position on recreational drug use? Is it possible to support individual rights without being condemned as a pot ...

News of the Week: Iran concerned about United States obtaining its 8500th Nuke

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Tom Woods posted a fun article this week concerning 26 Things Non-Paul Voters are Basically Saying. Sadly, Judge Andrew Napolitano’s ...

News of the Week: War, books, and Romans

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Economist, Mises Institute scholar, and friend Bob Murphy gives his perspective on Romans 13, pehaps the first of several posts ...

News of the Week: On Secular Theocracy and Sentencing.

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. David Theroux at the Independent Institute has written an excellent article called Secular Theocracy. You will see many references to ...

News of the Week, January 15-21, 2012

News

Today we restart the traditional News of the Week posts, where we highlight a few significant, interesting, and amusing stories each week. David Neff at Christianity Today wonders if an ...

Weighing Political Planks and the Obama Dilemma

Politics

I have heard it said numerous times in the past month alone, by Christians nonetheless, that the important thing about the next election is “getting rid of Obama.” Such sentiment, ...

A Bad Way to Argue Against Being a Christian Libertarian

Theology

A few days after the Washington Post published my article on Christianity, libertarianism, and Ron Paul, one Dana Loesch, a former talk-show radio host and leader in the St. Louis, ...

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: A Book Review

Book Reviews

Let’s take a stroll today through something other than politics today. I recently read a book by Douglas Sean O’Donnell called The Beginning and End of Wisdom, and I thought ...

Stanley Hauerwas on Romans 13

Media

Check out this 5 minute video of Stanley Hauerwas speaking about Romans 13. He is clearly participating in a panel, I suppose on Christians and the state, and he reminds ...

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