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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News of the Week, October 6, 2012 Edition: Libertarianism is not just for Protestants

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Our Catholic brethren have a new resource: Free is Beautiful: Why Catholics should be libertarian by Randy England. ...

News of the Week, September 29, 2012 Edition: A Libertarian in London?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. This past week, I was in London for a conference on membrane science and technology giving a presentation ...

Where should Christians side?

Christian Ethics

Here are some very interesting quotes from Jacques Ellul in the book In Season, Out of Season. (HT Scott B. from the Christarchy Facebook Group.) “The anarchist milieu is the ...

Is there a difference between “libertarian Christianity” and “Christian libertarianism”?

Libertarianism

All-I-Am-Is-Yours asks: I am trying to better understand the intellectual foundations behind the similarities of both libertarianism and christianity, however I came across a Wikipedia entry that suggests a difference ...

News of the Week, Sept. 22, 2012 Edition: End the Drug War!

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. American Christians should be concerned about drugs not because the drugs themselves harm (some do, and some not ...

Dealing with Colossians 3

Christian Ethics

D. writes to LCC: As Christians and Libertarians, how do we deal with Colossians 3:22? “Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not be way of eye-service, ...

News of the Week, Sept. 9th, 2012 Edition: Anarchism and Christianity?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Bob Murphy reconciles anarcho-capitalism with Christianity. Doug Newman asks if Christians should ever vote for the lesser of ...

News of the Week, Aug. 26, 2012 Edition: Crucifixion Hoaxes?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. A hoax has been traversing the net recently about Muslim fundamentalists crucifying Christians in Egypt. Aaron Taylor of ...

Happy 50th Birthday to Laurence Vance

Announcements

Today marks the 50th birthday of one of my favorite Christian libertarians alive – Dr. Laurence Vance. He has spent countless hours writing in opposition to war and militarism, and ...

Todd Akin’s rape comments and the absurdity of right-wing pro-lifers

News

Missouri Representative Todd Akin* made some smashingly terrible comments the other day regarding the incidence of pregnancy following rape: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors, (pregnancy from ...

News of the Week: Remembering the Horrors of War

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Today marks the sixty-seventh anniversary of the completely indefensible bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. May we never forget ...

News of the Week: “You Didn’t Build That”

News

Recapping the interesting and significant events of the past week. This week, President Barack Obama told a crowd that if you have a business, “You didn’t build that.” Congratulations to ...

News of the Week: Moral Frauds and Economic Prosperity

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Walter Block, a good friend of mine and an atheist, defends Christian libertarians publicly. Thomas DiLorenzo gives us ...

Douglas Wilson tells Idaho to embrace Nullification

History

Via Tom Woods, we find Pastor Douglas Wilson giving a sermon to the Idaho governor and legislature on nullification! He even references Tom Woods’s book at around minute 18. ...

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 ...

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