Guest Contributor

Slavery and Submission in the Bible: A Case for an Update

Libertarianism

This guest post was written by our friend Kollin Fields. Readers should remember that guest posts are not considered official positions of LCI. Christian libertarians are probably the last people ...

Does Romans 13 Teach That Christians Have Permission to Kill For Their Government?

Christian Worldview

This guest post is by Tyler Boyd, and was originally published on The Christian Exile website. Tyler is from Olive Branch, Mississippi.  It is my conviction that since the fourth century ...

Syria: This Is How Domestic Policy Influences Foreign Policy

Politics

Legendary foreign correspondent Robert Fisk gave an informed account from the ground on the Syrian (likely non-) gas attack. You can read his account via the UK Independent here. It is ...

College and Government Do-goodery

Libertarianism

This guest post is by Jeremy Mack, and was originally posted on The Evangelical Libertarian. I read an article this morning about how colleges in America are starting to die. ...

A Little Conserva-tive

Libertarianism

By Albert Jay Nock. Originally published in Atlantic Monthly, October 1936. I often think it’s comical How Nature always does contrive That every boy and every gal That’s born into ...

Going Back Toward a Durable Society

Economics

This guest post was written by Paul LaScola.  If complete slavery is defined as full forceful control over one’s actions by another person or persons, then taxation is a lesser ...

Creating Jobs

Economics

Today’s guest post is by Paul LaScola. People or companies that require production assistance and are able to pay for it, create jobs. What is a job anyway? A job ...

All States Violate Liberty

Libertarianism

Today’s guest post is by Paul LaScola. Consider the proposition that a condition of individual liberty exists if all individuals are in full control of their own property: one’s life, ...

Jesus, Natural Law, and Economics

Economics

Today’s guest post is by writer/commentator Paul LaScola.   The sense of God and commerce have both been with mankind throughout history. These two characteristics of man — one spiritual, ...

Christianity and Government Considered

History

Today’s guest post is by writer/commentator Paul LaScola. In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he writes to the Christian followers of Jesus’ nascent Church that they should honor the Roman ...

Rendering to God

Theology

This guest post is by Daniel Shorthouse. Daniel is a political theory and economics nerd, an obsessive reader of theology, and the Director of Worship at an Anglican church in the ...

The Teacher of Galilee: A Seer Who Really Did See

Libertarianism

* Today’s guest post is by anthropologist Spencer H. MacCallum.   A Wakeup Call for Christian Libertarians The Teacher of Galilee: A Seer Who Really Did See “How tantalizing,” economist ...

Racism, Free Speech, and Censorship

Politics

The past few weeks have been an extraordinary time for western culture amongst an already-extraordinary past two years. Most readers will be familiar with the incidents and arguments on free ...

What’s Next For Liberty?

Economics

* Today’s guest post comes from Justin Nguyen, founder and Director of Nguyen Solutions, a Christian libertarian-owned startup currently crowdfunding a campaign to recycle food using the black soldier fly. ...

America’s Christian Libertarian Roots

History

* Today’s guest post comes from author Samuel Smith. The United States of America were blessed to be founded on documents that reflect the biblically-informed libertarian worldview of many of ...

A Christian Defense of Capitalism

Libertarianism

*Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University. As an economist at Northwood University, I teach the history and philosophy of various economic systems. In fact, humanity ...

A Shining City on a Hill


Culture

Today’s guest post comes from Robert Maynard and was originally posted at Fifth Estate. ********** The notion of establishing a “City on a Hill” as an experiment in ordered liberty, ...

Called to Freedom

Toward a More Augustinian View of Government

History

The following is an excerpt from Jason Hughey’s chapter in the new book, Called to Freedom. (edited for format) With a new understanding of Romans 13, First Peter 2, and ...

The Dying and Desperate Left

Culture

The American Left – which never had a sterling record to begin with – is rapidly deteriorating. In one sense it may seem surprising how expediently the Left has turned ...

What Libertarianism Is (and Isn’t)

Libertarianism

Recently I was at a gathering of libertarian activists. Most of them were around age 20 and had been involved in the liberty movement for at most a few years. ...

Stones Cry Out: How Jesus Ends the State

Culture

This guest post is from Christians For Liberty 2016 Conference speaker David Gornoski, and originally appeared on FEE.org. Warning: The following is an anthropological account of the origins of the ...

Al Mohler Misunderstands Libertarians

Politics

This article is by CJay Engel and originally appeared at The Reformed Libertarian. A reader of this site called my attention to a “Wretched” episode in which Al Mohler discusses ...

John Oliver Swings and Misses at Injustice

Media

John Oliver’s HBO program “Last Week Tonight” has certainly made a name for itself the last couple of years, exposing the inconvenient truth with respect to a wide variety of ...

Conservatism, liberalism, or non-aggression?

Politics

There is a distant friend of mine who is a conservative, political activist who regularly insults and belittles ideological opponents on Facebook. A few weeks ago in one of ...

God and the freedom to choose

Libertarianism

This guest post is by Irene Ketegwe from Dar es salaam-Tanzania. She is currently an intern doctor at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China. African Christians for ...

Takeaways from the Christians For Liberty 2015 Conference

Announcements

This guest contribution is a recap of the Christians for Liberty 2015 Conference by Akeem Robinson, vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Georgia. You can find the original post ...

The Separation of Marriage and State

Culture

This guest post is by Jeremy Mack of The Evangelical Libertarian. Though I do not necessarily agree with everything in the post, it is especially timely given the current political ...

The Israel of God and American Foreign Policy

Christian Worldview

I want to address something that concerns me much more than momentary arguments over foreign policy. I would like to address Christians, specifically from the Bible, on two separate, but ...

Should Christians rethink capital punishment?

Libertarianism

Especially for death penalty proponents, Romans 13:4 has come to occupy a central role in debates on capital punishment. There Paul writes: “f you do what is wrong, you should ...

Tearing Out Your Eye and Quitting Your Job

Christian Ethics

In this guest post LCC welcomes Matthew Gilliland, libertarian writer and speaker. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law. Jesus presents a considerable challenge to ...

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