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.

Author: Dr. Norman Horn

Weekend Insights – The First Stone and much more

News

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking about...

Does Romans 13 Justify Nero, Pharoah, or Nimrod?

Christian Worldview

Lipscomb approaches the issue with a new tact this time around, and brings up Romans 13 in the process. He suggests that if Romans 13 is the justifying scripture for ...

Weekend Insights – Post-Election Conversations

News

First, a few noteworthy items and then some insights from a conversation I recently had… Show I’m watching: The Mandalorian Season 2 is here! BABY YODA IS BACK! ;-) Book ...

David Lipscomb Against Union Conscription

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 ...

David Lipscomb Against Confederate Conscription Acts

Christian Worldview

Notable in this piece is the way in which Lipscomb and his co-authors argue for their firm non-violent stance. They are to "submit quietly" to the government save where submission ...

Weekend Insights – Why Read?

News

I’m wanting to get back to posting about news and views that I’ve read and pondered over the week. I hesitate to say I’ll do this every week, but I’m going ...

The Spirit of the Church and of the World-Powers

Christian Worldview

Having stridently argued for the position that the kingdoms of the world are not of God through both Old and New Testaments, Lipscomb now seeks to differentiate the particular spirit ...

Babylon: The Archetype of the State

Christian Worldview

We wish to call attention to the biblical use of the term Babylon. It is given in Scripture as the name of the first, and in many respects, the head ...

For Love of Neighbor

Culture

Via our dear friend Jacqueline Isaac, I have recently been made aware of a new documentary produced by American Enterprise Institute’s Initiative on Faith & Public Life called “For Love of ...

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 ...

Contact

Social Media You can connect with LCI via Social Media at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Guest Article Submissions LCI does accept guest submissions. If you have an article you’d like to ...

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 ...

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