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Christians & Nations & Their Relations

Christians are having a lively debate discussing what kind of relationship they should have with the state or with the nations in which they live. On one side you have those who claim that the only nation a Christian belongs to is their spiritual nation, the universal church. They minimize ...

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Three Ways Economics Teaches Christians to Follow the Spirit, Not the Letter (Because Loving Others is Not Simple)

“Only a believer in the economic way of thinking can safely explore moral reflection in economics.” – Alex Salter INTRODUCTION Paul tells us, in 2 Corinthians 3:6, that “the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life,” (NIV). This summarizes an important teaching of Jesus Christ, according to Whom “The Sabbath ...

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Neither Jew Nor Greek: Why Ethnic Identitarianism Isn’t Libertarian or Christian

A History of Libertarian Toleration of Intolerance In 2008, when the Ron Paul Revolution was heating up and libertarian ideas were getting the widest hearing they had received since perhaps the presidency of Calvin Coolidge, back issues of the Ron Paul Report newsletter came to mainstream attention. Some of these ...

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Is Football Worth All its Health Problems?

Football season has arrived in the U.S. But do fans who financially support the sport bear any responsibility for the fearsome health toll endured by far too many of the young men who play professional, college, and even high school football? The Journal of the American Medical Association revealed a ...

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This Precarious Life

In the wake of the near assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, a large number of Americans have wondered if he survived solely “by the grace of God.” Indeed, many believe that the Almighty Himself must have altered the direction of the assassin’s bullet so that ...

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Public Opinion is a Transaction Cost

Transaction costs are a rather nebulous concept in economics — they have many definitions and there is no single settled meaning. From a high level, transaction costs are simply barriers to completing mutually beneficial exchange. That is to say, transaction costs are those things that get in the way. If ...

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We Don’t Need No Stinking Kings! Or, Do We?

Ancient Israel functioned without a monarchy from the time of the Exodus to the anointing of Saul as her first God-chosen king. Depending upon the much-debated date of the Exodus, this is a period of at least one hundred seventy-five years and perhaps more than four centuries. Saul did not ...

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Why You Needn’t Be a Pacifist to Oppose the Military

Every year Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, our national day of independence, and a few weeks before that Memorial Day, set aside for the recognition of American servicemen who lost their lives on behalf of the American government, was also recognized. Both of these holidays focus on olden patriotic ...

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Pacifism and Patriotism in the Churches of Christ: An Historical Evaluation

The Churches of Christ began as a pacifistic, anti-establishment collection of believers. Their initial founders, Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone formed this Anabaptist community intending to remove all creeds and doctrines and unite all believers. They sought answers to all of life’s decisions through the Word of God. Their ...

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Do Most Americans Truly Believe in God?

Do most Americans still believe in God? Though polls continue to show most of us say we do, they also reveal far fewer claim to than ever before, and substantially less than even a few decades ago, especially among the young who may just be the most honest since they ...

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