Christ and Compassion
Lawrence Reed (president of the Foundation for Economic Education) speaks of compassion and the State in a new article in …
Christian Worldview
The Idolatry of Statism
This guest post is by LCC reader Paul Maitrejean. Many Christians today are quick to leap to the defense of …
Citizenship and Allegiance
Growing up I was taught to value the greatness and splendor that is The United States of America. For a …
How the Church can reasonably respond to same-sex marriage
Well-known pastor and author Rob Bell recently stated that he now supports same-sex marriage. Odyssey Networks posts a new interview …
Jim Wallis lambastes John McCain for military adventurism, but not Obama?
I am not positive at all toward Jim Wallis’s left-leaning positions on government intervention in the economy and social issues. …
Catholic Theologians Say Prostitution Should Be Legal
This guest article is by Ryan McMaken, and was originally posted at LewRockwell.com. I refer of course to the Catholic …
The Most Ridiculous Arguments and Criticisms I Have Ever Received
I have been writing about the folly and wickedness of war – and especially Christian support for the same – …
Stubborn Facts and Hard Heads
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was …
Dealing with Colossians 3
D. writes to LCC: As Christians and Libertarians, how do we deal with Colossians 3:22? “Slaves, obey in everything those …
Abortion, Religion, and the Presidency
Some Republicans have floated the name of Condoleezza Rice to be the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt …
Bob Murphy on Christians and Anarchism
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 …
Socialism is not Christian
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally …
On the Consistency of Christian Libertarianism
Two weeks ago I wrote an initial post critiquing Joe Carter of the Acton Institute for his ill-conceived criticism of …
Should Christians Support the War on Drugs?
Televangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition Pat Robertson, with whom I have major theological, philosophical, and political differences, recently …
What is the Christian Libertarian position on recreational drug use?
Flip_syde87 asks on the Christian Libertarian FAQ: What is the Christian libertarian position on recreational drug use? Is it possible …
“An Evangelical Social Gospel?” Book Review
While there have always been schisms in the Christian faith, the current theological/political divide between the Christian Left and the …
6 Myths Catholics Tell About Libertarians
Norman’s note: This guest post is by Prof. Ryan McMaken. Even though the article is specifically about Catholic Christians, every …
A Christian Voter’s Guide
This guest post is by Craig White. America is at war, in many faraway lands. By normal definitions, we are …
Should Christians cite the Pledge of Allegiance?
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, …
The Vatican’s Confused Statement on the Marketplace
This past monday, the Vatican’s Justice and Peace Department issued a statement condemning “idolatry of the market” and calling for …
Romans 13 and National Defense
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that …
Are You an Imperial Christian?
The tenets of imperial Christianity include things like blind nationalism, belief in American exceptionalism, willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, …
The Christian and Political Activism
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Are State Lotteries Immoral?
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Christians cannot be nationalists
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …