I started taking my faith seriously when I was 15, and, in a stereotypically Lutheran fashion, immediately began reading my Bible. It became obvious to me after one reading of the New Testament that Christians were obligated to take care of the poor and should be extremely charitable. It was ...
On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. He was immediately mocked by Washington insiders. The mainstream media treated his campaign as a ridiculous human interest story, much like a frog wearing a straw hat or a chihuahua that dances to Lady Gaga songs. Of this late ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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