All Articles by Laurence Vance

Libertarianism

Christianity, War, and Ron Paul

This talk was given on August 20 at the Florida Liberty Summit 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Thank you Campaign for …

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Politics

Stay Home, Gabby, Stay Home

The vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday night to raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion was …

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History

Nuke ‘em and God Will Bless You

“My God, what have we done?” — Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay Americans love anniversaries, and especially of …

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War and Peace

The Warmonger’s Lexicon

Defenders of U.S. wars and military interventions look like the majority of Americans. They also dress like them, eat like …

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War and Peace

The Warmonger’s Fruit of the Spirit

It seems sensible and logical that followers of someone called the Prince of Peace would not act like they are …

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Book Reviews

Oxymoronic, or just moronic?

Review of Carl Trueman’s Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative (P & R Publishing, 2010), xxvii + 110 pgs, paperback, …

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Christian Worldview

Signs of the Times

The Sunday before Memorial Day is not one of my favorites. The “patriotic” things that go on in churches in …

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Appearances

Religion and Libertarianism at ASC 2011

In this week’s podcast we get to hear from Laurence Vance on Religion and Libertarianism, the subject of his talk …

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Christian Worldview

The Criminality of War

Even without the WikiLeaks revelations that U.S. helicopter pilots gunned down twelve Iraqi civilians, that U.S. soldiers ignored brutal torture …

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Christian Worldview

Can a Christian Kill for His Government?

This is a serious and controversial question to ask anytime, but especially in the midst of a war. But that …

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Culture

Our Men and Women in Uniform

Our men and women in uniform have stood in the forefront of the war on terror since soon after 9/11. …

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Theology

Is Libertarianism Compatible With Religion?

This talk was given at the 2011 Austrian Scholars Conference at the Mises Institute. —- I never met Murray Rothbard. …

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War and Peace

What If Iraq Had Weapons of Mass Destruction?

It Was All a Lie… The recent revelation that the man most responsible for the myth that Iraq had weapons …

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Politics

Egypt and U.S. Foreign Policy

Until very recently, the only things many Americans knew about Egypt were its pyramids they read about in their school …

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Theology

The Greatest Christian Warmonger of All Time

I had never heard of Ellis Washington until I saw his recent WorldNetDaily article titled “Nation-building? No, Christian-building” and did …

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Christian Worldview

Pro-Lifers for Mass Murder

“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a …

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Economics

Noah’s Ark and the Sanctity of Private Property

The subject of a proposed religious theme park in Kentucky brings up an issue near and dear to the heart …

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War and Peace

Michael Moore is Right

“Terrorists aren’t trying to kill us because they hate our freedom. They’re killing us because we’re in their countries killing …

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