Category: Culture

Culture

Is Progress Possible?

This essay by C.S. Lewis was originally published in The Observer in 1958. It was subsequently printed in the book ...

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Culture

Abortion and the Idolatry of Law

After Roe v. Wade, something amazing happened.  New organizations, care centers, adoption services, and support networks for pregnant mothers popped ...

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Culture

You might be guilty of military idolatry if…

This past Memorial Day brought forth the usual military idolatry. What makes it worse, though, is that this military idolatry ...

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Culture

C.S. Lewis on Christian Marriage (in brief)

C.S. Lewis had some wise words regarding marriage in Mere Christianity: “I should like to distinguish two things which are ...

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Culture

Decriminalization, Legalization, or Freedom?

In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused. Drug prohibition is the criminalization of ...

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Culture

Our Disordered Lives

By Rev. Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay ...

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Culture

Six Ideas to Keep Us Human

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was ...

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Book Reviews

Locking Eyes With Culture

This is part two of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the ...

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Culture

Instinct and Ethics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was ...

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Culture

Who is to blame?

This guest post is by Cam Rea, frequent reader of LCC and member of the Christian Libertarian Facebook Group. Many ...

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Culture

Is There a Libertarian Position on Same-Sex Marriage?

The subjects of abortion and same-sex marriage are not just points of contention between liberals and conservatives and Democrats and ...

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Culture

Should Libertarians be Conservative?

In a recent article for the online journal Public Discourse, conservative Jay Richards asks the question: “Should Libertarians Be Conservatives?: ...

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Culture

Humane Values and the Free Economy

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally ...

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Culture

Thinking About Economics: It’s more than just money.

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article originally ...

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Christian Ethics

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 ...

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Culture

The Problem with Public Education

In the wake of the shootings in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this year, a bill was proposed in the Arizona legislature ...

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Christian Ethics

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 ...

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Christian Worldview

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, ...

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Culture

What’s Wrong with Social Justice?

What does “social justice” mean?  To the extent that it is about justice  – outputs being aligned with inputs; effect ...

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Christian Worldview

Christians cannot be nationalists

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government ...

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Christian Worldview

The United States: Not a Biblical Nation

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government ...

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Culture

Equality, Envy and Idolatry

My latest post over at the Common Sense Concept: The poor in the US are doing very well compared to ...

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Christian Worldview

Reconciling Rand and Jesus

There have been a number of articles lately about the apparent contradictions among small-government supporters who claim Ayn Rand as ...

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Book Reviews

“Christians and the Common Good” Book Review

Review of Christians and the Common Good, by Charles Gutenson (Brazos Press, 2011). 192 pages, $19.99. —- Christians and non-Christians ...

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Culture

Dumbing Down the Church

This guest post is by Doug Newman, and was originally published on Strike-The-Root on January 20, 2005. But as you ...

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Culture

Bad Arguments Against Immigration

This was originally posted on the Shotgun Blog —- The Economic Argument Arguments against immigration on economic grounds basically boil ...

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Culture

Which kind of Equality?

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The eighteenth ...

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Culture

Our Men and Women in Uniform

Our men and women in uniform have stood in the forefront of the war on terror since soon after 9/11. ...

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Christian Worldview

Thoughts on the word “We”

Progressive Christians deride libertarian individualism as contrary to the value system of the Kingdom of God. In their minds, to ...

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Culture

Don’t Watch The News

I rarely follow the news and almost never get it direct from news sources. What news I’m up on tends ...

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