Christian Worldview

Category: Christian Worldview

Christians and Guns: A Libertarian Christian Perspective

Christian Worldview

After some controversial remarks made by Liberty University’s Jerry Falwell, Jr. during a chapel service last month, John Piper was compelled to respond with an article asking if Christians should ...

The Prince of Peace, or the God of War?

Christian Worldview

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The ...

Look out for Christian Jihadists

Christian Worldview

Christian jihadist—now there is an oxymoron for you. This sounds even stranger than constitutional conservative or libertarian Republican. Nevertheless, there are certain Christian military apologists and warmongers whom the term ...

Conservatism Laid Bare

Christian Worldview

“Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It’s the only one. It’s based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about the conservative philosophy. It’s a liberating ...

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 ...

Christian Faith and Social Justice: Five Views

Book Reviews

Since publishing this review, contributor Jason Jewell joined us for the Libertarian Christian Podcast. Listen to the interview here. If you enjoy reading as much as I do, the stack of ...

The Israel of God and American Foreign Policy

Christian Worldview

I want to address something that concerns me much more than momentary arguments over foreign policy. I would like to address Christians, specifically from the Bible, on two separate, but ...

Sniper Theology

Christian Worldview

There came out of the woodwork after George W. Bush’s immoral, unjust, and unnecessary invasion, occupation, and destruction of Iraq certain groups of Christians—many of whom wear cross and flag ...

Notes on Liberty and Christian Faith

Christian Worldview

During a breakout session at the 2015 International Students for Liberty Conference, I was part of a panel with Norman Horn, Jason Rink, and Chris Wolske. In brief comments before ...

Militarism in American Churches

Christian Worldview

Since the United States launched the unnecessary, immoral, unjust, and senseless war in Iraq in 2003, the Christian blasphemy occurring in churches has increased ten-fold. Even as the many lies ...

American Idol: How the State Attempts to Replace God

Christian Worldview

The Christians for Liberty 2014 Conference has come and gone, but now we get to post the videos from the conference for everyone to see. Is statism a form of ...

The Biblical Foundations of Christian Libertarianism

Christian Worldview

The Christians for Liberty 2014 Conference has come and gone, but now we get to post the videos from the conference for everyone to see. Now, enjoy my presentation on ...

Where is the Religious Right Wrong?

Book Reviews

When I first heard of this book, the title alone was enough to make me sympathetic to the author’s case. Since gaining steam in the 1970s, the Religious Right has ...

Codependency, Christian Love, and Liberty

Christian Worldview

This guest post is by Rev. Donald Ehrke. He is a Libertarian, a former GOP campaign manager, and ordained minister living in Alexandria, Virginia. Many thanks to Donald for his ...

Hope for the Dead, Hope for the Living

Christian Worldview

Two articles came to my attention today that are well worth reading. The first comes from Judge Andrew Napolitano as an Easter reflection called Hope for the Dead. He suggests ...

How critical is a Christian Worldview to Libertarianism?

Christian Worldview

Today I received an email from the Christian Post to comment on a recent speech by Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics scholar Jay Richards. Apparently, Mr. Richards argues that ...

Are Christian Libertarians also Pacifists?

Christian Worldview

I have been called many things since I began writing in 2003 about the immoral, unjust invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the menacing warfare state, the U.S. evil empire of ...

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Christ and Compassion

Christian Worldview

Lawrence Reed (president of the Foundation for Economic Education) speaks of compassion and the State in a new article in The Freeman. In every election campaign, we hear the word ...

The Idolatry of Statism

Christian Ethics

This guest post is by LCC reader Paul Maitrejean. Many Christians today are quick to leap to the defense of the current American regime. They will go to any length ...

Citizenship and Allegiance

Christian Worldview

Growing up I was taught to value the greatness and splendor that is The United States of America. For a variety of reasons, The United States was the greatest and ...

How the Church can reasonably respond to same-sex marriage

Christian Ethics

Well-known pastor and author Rob Bell recently stated that he now supports same-sex marriage. Odyssey Networks posts a new interview of him explaining this new viewpoint: “What we’re seeing right ...

Jim Wallis lambastes John McCain for military adventurism, but not Obama?

Christian Worldview

I am not positive at all toward Jim Wallis’s left-leaning positions on government intervention in the economy and social issues. Nonetheless, he is completely correct in his criticism of John ...

Catholic Theologians Say Prostitution Should Be Legal

Christian Worldview

This guest article is by Ryan McMaken, and was originally posted at LewRockwell.com. I refer of course to the Catholic theologians known as Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Augustine, both ...

The Most Ridiculous Arguments and Criticisms I Have Ever Received

Christian Worldview

I have been writing about the folly and wickedness of war – and especially Christian support for the same – since soon after George W. Bush invaded Iraq back in ...

Stubborn Facts and Hard Heads

Christian Worldview

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the May 1973 issue of The Freeman. ...

Dealing with Colossians 3

Christian Ethics

D. writes to LCC: As Christians and Libertarians, how do we deal with Colossians 3:22? “Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not be way of eye-service, ...

Abortion, Religion, and the Presidency

Christian Ethics

Some Republicans have floated the name of Condoleezza Rice to be the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Rice was a professor at Stanford before serving as ...

Bob Murphy on Christians and Anarchism

Christian Worldview

When Bob Murphy isn’t posing as a Progressive interviewer of allegedly neo-confederate authors, he’s busy writing his own books and articles. Murphy, a Christian and Austrian economist, blogged recently on his website, Free ...

Socialism is not Christian

Christian Ethics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally appeared in the March 1974 issue of The Freeman. The ...

On the Consistency of Christian Libertarianism

Christian Worldview

Two weeks ago I wrote an initial post critiquing Joe Carter of the Acton Institute for his ill-conceived criticism of libertarianism, and specifically the idea of libertarianism from a Christian ...

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