Category: Libertarianism

Libertarianism

Anarchist Anabaptist: Cody Cook’s Journey to Faith and Libertarianism

My journey to faith and my journey to libertarianism ran on parallel tracks. My mother’s family was nominally Christian, but ...

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Libertarianism

“I Have Had Enough!” Rhesa Browning’s Libertarian Christian Origin Story

Series Introduction Not everyone is born a libertarian, and even those who were must come to it on their own ...

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Libertarianism

No, Christians shouldn’t give unconditional support to Israel

The actions of October 7th, 2023, brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into the cultural zeitgeist in a way that it hasn’t ...

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Announcements

Starting 2025 Strong with LCI

Thank You for Helping Us Exceed Our $15,000 Matching Challenge! As we step into 2025 with excitement and purpose, we ...

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Libertarianism

Balancing Liberty: Purity vs. Pragmatism

This recent election has stoked the fires of libertarian discourse to new highs. One side of the movement thinks the ...

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Christian Worldview

Christ’s Kingship in a Politically Divided World

Author Note: The following article is copied, with slight modifications, from an article I wrote for my church blog. I ...

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Culture

Privacy for Sale

Edward Snowden’s name will always be associated with one defining act—blowing the whistle on the United States government’s mass surveillance ...

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Libertarianism

Democracy Inevitably Leads to Totalitarianism

America, the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, was on its way to self-destruction the moment it ...

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Christian Worldview

Submit to the Authorities? What 1 Peter 2:13-17 Claims About Political Power

The Problem with Romans 13 Romans 13:1-7 is one of the most difficult passages in the New Testament. For starters, ...

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Libertarianism

No, The New Testament Does Not Teach Socialism

I started taking my faith seriously when I was 15, and, in a stereotypically Lutheran fashion, immediately began reading my ...

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History

Stuck Between Iraq and a Dumb Place

On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president. He was immediately mocked by Washington insiders. The mainstream ...

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Libertarianism

Neither Jew Nor Greek: Why Ethnic Identitarianism Isn’t Libertarian or Christian

A History of Libertarian Toleration of Intolerance In 2008, when the Ron Paul Revolution was heating up and libertarian ideas ...

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Libertarianism

This Precarious Life

In the wake of the near assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, a large number of ...

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Economics

Public Opinion is a Transaction Cost

Transaction costs are a rather nebulous concept in economics — they have many definitions and there is no single settled ...

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Christian Worldview

Do Most Americans Truly Believe in God?

Do most Americans still believe in God? Though polls continue to show most of us say we do, they also ...

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Christian Worldview

Individualist Libertarians, Collectivist Bibles: the Challenge of Being Libertarian and Christian

Libertarians are known for their embrace of the philosophy of individualism. We support merit-based selection over group identity as the ...

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History

Common Sense is Not So Common Anymore

Common sense isn’t so common anymore. A friend pointed this out to me. We discussed the concept at length, but ...

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Libertarianism

The Limits of Libertarianism

Libertarian Christians tend to spend a lot of time thinking about how to persuade other Christians to become libertarians. We ...

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Culture

God, Pigs, and Private Property

Introduction The Judaic prohibition on pigs has puzzled scholars for centuries — so much so that certain atheist writers, such ...

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Libertarianism

Five Things Christians Can Learn from Objectivists

I’m not an Objectivist, because I’m a Christian and those labels ultimately conflict. However, Ayn Rand’s critique of Christianity is ...

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Libertarianism

An Economic Analysis of Romans 13

The Text of Romans 13:1-7 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except ...

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American History

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

After a deep study of the early church’s beliefs and practices, David Bercot joined the Anabaptist movement. The Anabaptists have ...

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Christian Worldview

Christian Nationalists Think God Wants to Keep Ethnicities Separate, But Does He?

The following is an excerpt from Cody Cook’s new book, Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Response. It addresses one of the ...

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Economics

Friedrich Hayek & the Decentralized Canon

It is not unusual for one discipline to borrow a concept from another. For example, after Darwin’s theory revolutionized biology, ...

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Academic Journal

Call For Papers for 2024 Volume of CLR

The Christian Libertarian Review (CLR) is now accepting submissions for its 2024 volume. This open-access academic publication was founded in ...

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Economics

The Prophetic Imagination: A Libertarian Christian Review

Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination was the selection for the Libertarian Christian Institute’s first book club discussion. Register for future ...

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Libertarianism

Why the Rise of Jew Hatred and the Support for Hamas Terrorists?

A lot of folks are shocked and mystified by all the recent open displays of hatred and even violence toward ...

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Libertarianism

What Is a Human?

One of the most memorable scenes in Monty Python’s irreverent 1979 film Life of Brian is a conversation among first-century ...

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Libertarianism

Argentina: Endless Talent in Search for Institutions

Javier Milei & how libertarians are providing real answers for Argentina’s problems “For libertarians, Milei’s presidential victory in Argentina can ...

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Appearances

Spreading Liberty One Interview at a Time

When we’re not busy recording our own shows and interviewing amazing guests, sometimes we are asked to join another podcast ...

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