The abortion issue has held a prominent position in legislative policy this year. From New York passing up-to-birth abortion and New Mexico nearly criminalizing doctors who don’t perform abortions, (the bill ultimately failed) to Alabama and Ohio successfully passing heart-beat bill bans on abortion. Mainstream news is (finally) reporting the necessity ...
All of the book reviews for CLR 2 have now been published. As scheduled, the full volume with all content should be published on July 1, 2019. Enjoy!
When you think about Christianity’s influence in American politics, you probably first think of the Evangelical right. Christians are conservatives, not free-wheeling libertarians who support drug legalization. A lot of people assume Christianity and libertarianism are at odds with each other, and any libertarian Christian knows this well. Whether the ...
Title: Origen’s Interpretation of Violence in the Book of Joshua Author: Mark Chenoweth Abstract: If libertarians advocate for a highly restricted use of violence in society, it is incumbent upon Christian libertarians to offer a hermeneutic approach to scripture that is at least compatible with this ethic. Origen of Alexandria’s exegetical ...
Nothing created by God is evil. It is not food that is evil but gluttony, not the begetting of children but unchastity, not material things but avarice, not esteem but self-esteem. It is only the misuse of things that is evil, not the things themselves. —St. Maximos the Confessor How ...
Bloodshed Leads to More Bloodshed Whatever happened to the rifleman? I’ve got a job for the rifleman. He really knew how to settle the score When mercy knocked on the Devil’s When I pray for peace and revel in war. – Steve Hindalong I thought of these lyrics this morning ...
As I’m writing this, I’m nearly halfway through my second pregnancy (not counting two anembryonic pregnancies). I’ve been lucky, having experienced hardly any nausea compared to some women. Up to 85% of pregnant women suffer from some degree of nausea and vomiting (NVP), while up to 2.3% suffer from a ...
Our culture is addicted to violence. That includes most Christians. A few months ago, I went to a men’s conference at a large evangelical church. During the very first session, the pastor leading the event talked about how much he loved Rambo movies. He talked about how awesome it felt ...
In 2003, a nation was still reeling from the effects of a deadly terrorist attack that cost thousands of lives. Like any crises, a scapegoat was needed to appease a stunned and angry nation, and it came in the form of Iraq. It was a time for unanimity; an unholy ...
If God doesn’t use force and violence to bend us to his will, why do we insist on using force and violence to bend other people to our will? Shouldn’t we follow the lead of our Heavenly Father? The world’s entire societal structure – statism – rests on a foundation ...
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