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.

John’s Revelation and World-Powers

Christian Worldview

Lipscomb now addresses the symbols in Revelation in greater detail, ultimately to level a scathing indictment of the 19th-century church. Some protestants interpret the "mother of harlots" as the medieval ...

God’s Kingdom and the World’s Kingdoms are Separate

Christian Worldview

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the 1800s. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here ...

Jesus’ Temptations and World-Powers

Christian Worldview

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the 1800s. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here ...

The Church of God Among the Nations

Christian Worldview

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the 1800s. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here ...

The Old Testament Kings and God’s Justice

Christian Worldview

In our investigations we have found that God, at all times, kept a wide gulf of separation between his Jewish kingdom and subjects, and the world-institutions by which they were ...

Biblical Origins of Human Government

Christian Worldview

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the 1800s. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here ...

God’s Provisions of Authority

Christian Worldview

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the 1800s. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here ...

The Church of Christ and World-Powers

Christian Worldview

This article begins a new series of weekly posts authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the United States. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background ...

Does God Take Part in Wars?

Christian Worldview

The article below was written in January 1866 by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the United States. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here and ...

The Glaring Inconsistency

Christian Worldview

The following article was published by David Lipscomb in The Gospel Advocate on roughly January 30, 1866 — not even a year after the surrender of the Confederate States at Appomattox. ...

Jesus Was Not a Socialist

Christian Worldview

Our dear friend Larry Reed, an advisor to LCI and former President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), recently released his book Was Jesus A Socialist? and it follows on ...

Introducing “Good News, Bad News”

Libertarianism

We pride ourselves at LCI on providing great “evergreen” content for Christian libertarians across the world. Nonetheless, addressing what is happening in the world right now is important as well, and ...

War in the forest

Contagious Violence (and a whole lot more)

Appearances

A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of being on David Gornoski's excellent A Neighbor's Choice radio show to discuss contagious violence, capitalism, Christianity, and some of science ...

N.T. Wright on Caesar and Christ

Christian Worldview

Doctor Wright points to how the early church revolutionized the way we think about our fellow human beings by caring for the poor and downtrodden and how those actions must ...

Can a Christian Be a Libertarian?

Christian Worldview

This article was written in December 2011 for the Washington Post, and it became one of the most widely disseminated pieces of Christian libertarian literature in existence today. Christians in ...

Mailbag: Should we separate from the church?

Christian Worldview

The Church Universal is the body of Christ. It has a "corporate" and "individual" component to it, if you will. You might even say this is somewhat laid forth in ...

Big Government Catholics are Destroying the Church

Christian Worldview

With American Catholic membership at an all-time low, it’s time to point out that, while “The gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church” (Matthew 16:18), we should be concerned ...

The Anti-Capitalist Religious Doctrine

Libertarianism

A while back, I noted an amusing tweet from Caitlin Johnstone, also highlighted by in his regular newsletter. The trouble is, of course, that this is the completely wrongheaded way of ...

The Frankensteinish Outcome of the Iraq War

Libertarianism

America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 had a Frankensteinish effect. It created a monster.

The March of History – Mises vs. Marx

Economics

AIER just released an incredible video about the ongoing war of ideas of socialism versus capitalism, exemplified in the persons of Karl Marx and Ludwig von Mises. You definitely do ...

Christian Citizenship

Christian Worldview

I am currently conducting research in the Gospel Advocate, a journal of the Churches of Christ founded in the 1850s, for a project involving a reprint of David Lipscomb’s book ...

LCI Hot Takes: Levels of Liberty

Media

Wherein, I discuss a few aspects of liberty as presented in the Bible at a high level (not super-detailed), and how you should respond if someone objects to a Christian ...

LCI Hot Takes: THE WALL

Economics

Let’s talk about walls, immigration, prohibition, etc. Notes: I mentioned this article in Chemical and Engineering News. The articles on Reason.org don’t typically go up online for a few weeks. Sorry! ...

LCI Hot Takes: The Green New Deal

Media

Today I share some thoughts on the absurd Green New Deal and national emergencies! Some additional links: “A Green New Deal” Tom Woods podcast about the Green New Deal Jonah ...

LCI Hot Takes: Scapegoating Everywhere!

Media

In the first LCI Hot Takes video of 2019, I review some January events and the relevance of mimetic theory and scapegoating to them in brief. We need to get ...

LCI Hot Takes: 2018 Christmas Edition

Media

Enjoy my latest “Hot Takes” video with some commentary on Christmas, hymns, a Syria pullout, and a few other weird political things. Merry Christmas! For further edification, look back to ...

Norman Horn on the Bob Murphy Show!

Media

As I mentioned yesterday in my second “Hot Takes” video, I recently had the distinct honor of being on the Bob Murphy Show! From Bob’s description: and Bob have ...

LCI Hot Takes: December 17, 2018

Media

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 ...

New Series: Hot Takes

Media

Today we try something a little weird and different. I’m going to record short videos upon occasion where I just riff on whatever is on my mind and happening in ...

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