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Ep 217: Ancient Slavery and the New Testament with Christy Cobb and Katherine Shaner

History

In this episode I talk with Dr. Christy Cobb and Dr. Katherine Shaner about the new book they coedited entitled Ancient Slavery and Its New Testament Contexts, out now on Eerdmans. ...

Ep 419: Christian Anarchism at FreedomFest, with Cody Cook

History

In this Freedom Fest 2025 presentation, The Anarchist Anabaptist author Cody Cook explores the historical and philosophical alignment between Christian principles and libertarian anarchism. Rooted in the early church’s and ...

Ep 411 – Prehistoric Anarchist Societies? with Dr. Charles Stanish

History

Dr. Charles Stanish was our guest to talk about his archaeological work and what it tells us about the evolution of human cooperation and complex societies–and particularly the surprising existence ...

Episode 394: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality, with Glen Scrivener

Christian Ethics

How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality, with Glen Scrivener Host Cody Cook is joined by Glen Scrivener, an ordained Church of England minister and ...

Episode 392: The CIA’s Search for Mind Control, with Stephen Kinzer

History

The CIA’s Search for Mind Control, with Stephen Kinzer Host Cody Cook sits down with esteemed journalist and author Stephen Kinzer to delve into the shadowy world of CIA’s former ...

Stuck Between Iraq and a Dumb Place

History

On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. He was immediately mocked by Washington insiders. The mainstream media treated his campaign as a ridiculous human interest story, ...

Common Sense is Not So Common Anymore

History

Common sense isn’t so common anymore. A friend pointed this out to me. We discussed the concept at length, but we could not come to an agreement. I kept thinking ...

Separation of God and Culture

History

“Be this as it may, every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, & mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the ...

Race Mythology Redux

Culture

Have you ever heard any bizarre stories or conspiracy theories about race? I have a relative who believes that modern day Jews are only pretenders and that the “real” Jews–the ...

The Antidote to Antisemitism

History

In the 2005 documentary film Protocols of Zion, filmmaker Marc Levin explored the growth of antisemitic conspiracy theories after September 11th, such as the false (so patently false as to ...

Was the American Revolution Sinful? – A Review of David Bercot’s In God We Don’t Trust

American History

After a deep study of the early church’s beliefs and practices, David Bercot joined the Anabaptist movement. The Anabaptists have historically taken a strong stance on Christian separation from government ...

Does Political Representation Make Sense?, with Gerard Casey An interview with Dr. Gerard Casey about his article "The Indefensibility of Political Representation." Dr. Casey introduces himself and recounts how he became a libertarian anarchist. He speaks about the idea of legitimate command and various options proposed to justify the state's supposed authority. He summarizes some of his examination of political representation from his article. He also talks about what real democracy was like, and closes with a reflection on caring for the poor in a free society.

Ep 14: Does Political Representation Make Sense?, with Gerard Casey

History

Summary – Does Political Representation Make Sense?, with Gerard Casey An interview with Dr. Gerard Casey about his article “The Indefensibility of Political Representation.” Dr. Casey introduces himself and recounts ...

The Truth About The Great Depression with Lawrence W Reed

Ep 11: The Truth About The Great Depression with Lawrence W Reed

Economics

Summary – The Truth About The Great Depression with Lawrence W Reed An interview with Lawrence W. Reed, President emeritus of The Foundation for Economic Education, about his booklet Great ...

God and Human Governments

God And Human Governments

Christian Worldview

Originally written by David Lipscomb God and Human Governments. We have received a pamphlet from the author, E.R. Craven, entitled, “Religious Defect of the Constitution of the United States.” The ...

HISTORY AND RELATIONSHIP OF EARLY CHRISTIANS TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT

History and Relationship of Early Christians to Civil Government

Christian Worldview

This article was originally written by David Lipscomb for the Gospel Advocate in two parts in 1867 and 1868. While notable for its overview of early Church history, it is ...

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 ...

german war guilt

German War Guilt for WWI is Misplaced; A Historian Explains How France was Responsible

History

This is a guest post written by Todd Lewis, who graduated from Malone University with a degree in history and philosophy. He has extensive knowledge of history, theology, philosophy, and ...

Religious Roots of Liberty

History

This article by Rev. Edmund Opitz (who wrote The Libertarian Theology of Freedom) is reprinted from the Mises Daily Article Archive, August 26, 2009. It was originally published as “Religious ...

Of Pilgrims and Communism

Christian Worldview

As people in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we rightly express gratitude for the divine providence that sustains all of us. The iconography of this American holiday is ...

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 ...

Do you still have a 9-11 Mentality?

History

My good friend Anthony Gregory has written a spectacular retrospective of 9-11 at the Independent Institute blog. It encapsulates how I feel about the event so much that I absolutely ...

Is America the Last, Best Hope of the World?

American History

The idea that America is the last, best hope of the world is the spirit that animates a great deal of political activity in our country. The “last, best hope” ...

ISIS, the Crusades, and Religious Violence

History

With the savage violence being reported daily from the Middle East, and with news of the recent Christian martyrs in Libya, what to do and how to respond has been ...

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 ...

Work and Worship (Book Review)

Book Reviews

Overview In Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy, authors Matthew Kaemingk and Cory B. Willson set out to reform the Christian view of our daily labor and Sunday ...

Protection, Defense, Retaliation, and Self-Ownership

History

This is a guest post written by Todd Lewis, who graduated from Malone University with a degree in history and philosophy. He has extensive knowledge of history, theology, philosophy, and ...

Self-Ownership in Traditional Judaism

History

This guest post was written by Alan Krinsky. In the fifth chapter of the second book of his Two Treatises of Government, the British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) declared simply ...

Human Nature and the Free Society

Economics

By Edmund Opitz. —- Is there anything in the basic makeup of the men and women we know, or those we read about in the press, or encounter in the ...

Josephus on the Origin of the State

Essential Reading

In The Antiquities, Josephus mentions that the first human government was built by Nimrod, the mighty hunter from the book of Genesis. This appears to be consistent with Genesis; no ...

Daniel Wadkins: A Preacher’s Profile

History

Elder Daniel Wadkins (1818-1883), biracial and born free, was a member of the Nashville Christian Church on Church Street (probably since 1844). Originally a farm laborer, he became a teacher's ...

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