The irony of Golden Globe-winning Michelle Williams openly advocating for the religious ritual of human-sacrifice seems to fly over most people’s heads.
The Church Universal is the body of Christ. It has a "corporate" and "individual" component to it, if you will. You might even say this is somewhat laid forth in ...
St. Varus was a highly-decorated soldier who lived in Egypt when the Roman emperor Maximian (c. 286 to 305 A.D.) initiated severe persecution against those who refused to worship the ...
The saddest part of Christian leadership in America is its schizophrenic attitude towards war perpetrated by the state both at home and in foreign soil. It is a bizarre sight ...
We posted a meme recently on our Facebook page that featured a semi-fictional conversation between many American Christians and God. I say “semi-fictional” because the quotes were taken from the ...
With American Catholic membership at an all-time low, it’s time to point out that, while “The gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church” (Matthew 16:18), we should be concerned ...
For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do ...
Walter Block is well-known in libertarian circles. He’s a professor and chair of economics at Loyola University and a senior fellow of the Mises Institute. Block first articulated his position ...
By six o’clock in the evening on the first Good Friday, the world was a different place—although no one knew it at the time. Jesus’s disciples certainly weren’t aware that ...
President Trump’s decision to relocate approximately 50 U.S. troops within Syria set off a firestorm of outrage and disbelief. I am not particularly interested in the responses of the usual ...
One gains a glimpse of the mystery of the number, three; the deity is neither one nor many; its perfection goes beyond the multiplicity of which duality is the root… ...
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!” What advantage does a man have in all his labor In which he toils under the sun? (Ecclesiastes ...
Is our world getting better or getting worse? Should we be optimistic about what lies ahead, or fearful over what’s to come? If you listen to most news outlets and ...
Scottish theologian Stephen Neill was excited and challenged by the story Christianity told about humanity. As a missionary, he spent many years in India before returning to Britain where he ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Is the Bible “pro-government?” Simple answer, no. Yes, we find governments operating throughout the Bible. We even see various governments ruling over God’s chosen people. In fact, we don’t find ...
I am currently conducting research in the Gospel Advocate, a journal of the Churches of Christ founded in the 1850s, for a project involving a reprint of David Lipscomb’s book ...
This guest post is by Dr. Jacob Kim. He received his M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary, M.A. from Seoul National University; he received his Ph.D. from the department of religion at ...
Outrage culture is not new. It wasn’t born with the invention of Twitter. It’s been around as long as human beings have been able to form mobs. The days of ...
CJay Engel at The Reformed Libertarian has begun a series of articles that address the rising concern that libertarian Christians often have regarding the social/political shift to the left of pastors, ...
Why do the nations rage? I don’t know. Maybe because they’re out of ammo culturally. As Joe Quirk, president of The Seasteading Institute calls them, “the 193 monopolies on government ...
Recently, a psychology professor by the name of Erik Sprankle stated that the Virgin Mary may not have given ‘consent’ when the angel Gabriel told her that she would give ...
Sometimes I don’t understand why Southern Baptists are so threatened by Christian libertarianism. We just don’t like violence – at all, even if you’re wearing government uniforms. (Is that so ...
The Libertarian Christian Institute is an ecumenical Christian organization which brings together Christians from a variety of theological backgrounds. Though our theological differences don’t affect libertarianism, sometimes they intersect it. And when ...
This guest post is by Tyler Boyd, and was originally published on The Christian Exile website. Tyler is from Olive Branch, Mississippi. It is my conviction that since the fourth century ...
The Book of Genesis begins with creation. God creates the heavens and the earth. He creates light to illuminate the heavens and the earth. He creates the waters and the ...
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