Christian Ethics

Is J. D. Vance Right about “Ordered Loves?”

Christian Ethics

“I didn’t have the VP tweeting ‘ordo amoris’ on my bingo card. We are so back.” That was Christian Nationalist influencer Eric Conn on X referring to a Fox News interview (and the fallout ...

Immigration Policy Should Not Be Tied to Identity Politics – Lessons from a Coverup

Christian Ethics

Editorial note: This article contains discussions of sensitive topics related to sexual abuse, which some readers may find upsetting. Please read with discretion. After spending days defending the H-1B visa recipients ...

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

Christian Ethics

“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 ...

Rabbi Hillel the Elder, the Credit Crunch, and the Bailout

Christian Ethics

It’s not too difficult to give a Christian argument against government bailouts of any form, but have you ever heard a Jewish argument against it? Here’s an article from the ...

Discussion of Christian Charity

Christian Ethics

On April 10, 2009, I posted an article called Caesar’s Benevolence in the 10 Things I Hate About Taxes series. I criticized the supposed “charity” that the government “provides” through ...

On Rand and Altruism: A Defense of Christian Self-Interest

Christian Ethics

Ayn Rand, the founder and sole source of the philosophy called Objectivism, taught an ethical system based on the principle of “rational self-interest” - defined as aiming at the fulfillment ...

Slavery in the Old Testament

Christian Ethics

It was remarked to me recently that the Bible (specifically, the Old Testament) says very little about slavery, with the implication that it is one of those “silent issues” that ...

Caesar and God in Context

Christian Ethics

LibertarianChristians.com is pleased to welcome Christopher Bevis in our next guest post, originally published on LewRockwell.com, entitled “Caesar and God in Context.” Christopher Bevis is a newly licensed Reader in ...

Good News, Bad News Oct 17, 2021: Trillion Dollar coins, Horton defeats Kristol, & Self-ownership

Christian Ethics

This episode of the Libertarian Christian Roundtable discusses how a trillion dollar coin works, an analysis of the Scott Horton debate with neo-conservative warhawk Bill Kristol, and whether or not ...

Libertarianism Changes the Abortion Debate

Libertarianism Changes the Abortion Debate

Christian Ethics

Americans haven’t changed much in their approach to abortion over the past fifty years. Since Roe v Wade, conventional arguments on both sides have traversed various fields of philosophy. At ...

The Deadly Cost of Interventionism

Christian Ethics

For many years, Christians all across America have sincerely believed that the Federal Government and the military need to "promote freedom" through active aggression against other nations - this is ...

Self-Sufficiency: A Practice of Fellowship, Stewardship, and Liberation.

Christian Ethics

For the majority of human history, self-sufficiency was the main way of life. A family, or a group of families, would harvest their sustenance from God’s creation. Either they foraged ...

“Eco Bible: An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus” Book Review

Book Reviews

Eco Bible: An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus. Rabbi Yonatan Neril & Rabbi Leo Dee. The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, 2020. 176 pages. The authors of Eco Bible: ...

Christian Views on Voting: Why Vote at All?

Christian Ethics

Today we begin a new series of posts considering views on voting from different Christian perspectives. We hope you’ll think about these issues carefully, regardless of what you decide. Historically ...

Should Christians Call on the State to End Gun Violence?

Christian Ethics

This is a guest post by Kollin Fields. Kollin is an Adjunct Professor of History, and a Ph.D. candidate in American intellectual history and political philosophy. His essays have appeared ...

Turning the other cheek

Appreciating Jesus’ Teaching on the Benefits of Turning the Other Cheek

Christian Ethics

The Gospel of Matthew was probably written in the last decades of the 1st century A.D. after the fall of Jerusalem. The traditional author Matthew, also called Levi, was a ...

Google Meets Corinth: Comparing Software That Kills to Meat Sacrificed to Idols

Christian Ethics

It seems in life, that every blessing eventually turns into a curse. The house you’ve always wanted now requires $20,000 in maintenance. The child you’ve always wanted turns into massive ...

Should Christians Support Laws Against Prostitution?

Christian Ethics

Poor Jimmy Carter. It must be tough for a life-long liberal Democrat to almost sound like a conservative Republican. In a recent Washington Post op-ed, the former president argues that to curb ...

Christianity, Libertarianism, and the Drug War (Video)

Christian Ethics

Dr. Laurence Vance was our first keynote speaker of the day at the Christians For Liberty 2015 Conference. In his presentation, Dr. Vance speaks about why Christians should categorically oppose ...

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Jesus’ Way Beyond Anger and Contempt

Christian Ethics

Sometimes you read an article and it strikes you as extremely important for your walk with Christ – what follows is one of those. This essay was written by my ...

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 ...

The Defective Faith-Based Foreign Policy of Woodrow Wilson

Book Reviews

George W. Bush was not the first president to have a “faith-based” foreign policy. Most people know that Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was the U.S. president from 1913 to 1921. Some ...

What’s in a name? A question of LCC’s labeling.

Christian Ethics

LCC reader Will asks via email: Is there a difference between Christian Libertarians and Libertarian Christians? I am more inclined to state my theology first and my philosophy second, but ...

The Bible Tells Me So

Book Reviews

I will never forget my Bible college professor’s comment a month before I graduated: “Don’t forget: reading the Bible can really ruin your theology.” He intended to remind me that ...

A Response to Stoker

Christian Ethics

This article was jointly written by Doug Stuart and Jessica Hooker. “…libertarianism is a values system of its own, and it’s an alternative, not a complement, to the values system ...

Sticking to Your Principles (and other life lessons)

Christian Ethics

LCC reader Ron emailed me recently about my post: “Should we hold all things in common?” He writes: I share your opinion about Social Security. I was ordained into ministry ...

Pulling Down Strongholds

Christian Ethics

I have a confession to make. I have been accused of writing with an agenda. I hereby plead guilty. For those who are new to LewRockwell.com or to my writings ...

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If I were a pastor

American History

I am not a pastor. I am not a minister. I am not a preacher. I am not a priest. I am not an evangelist. I am not an elder. ...

Shall We Smite With the Sword?

Christian Ethics

Philip Mauro (1859-1952) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Columbian University in the nation’s capital, now known as George Washington University. He was a member of the ...

Christian Political Life

Book Reviews

(This post concludes the live blogging of Tim Suttle’s book Public Jesus. You can read the other posts here.) Tim Suttle doesn’t like to simplify the complex. While both of ...

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