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 ...
Libertarian Christians tend to spend a lot of time thinking about how to persuade other Christians to become libertarians. We see people in our churches and families overcome by an ...
Introduction The Judaic prohibition on pigs has puzzled scholars for centuries — so much so that certain atheist writers, such as Christopher Hitchens, have used this prohibition as evidence against ...
I’m not an Objectivist, because I’m a Christian and those labels ultimately conflict. However, Ayn Rand’s critique of Christianity is clarifying and taking it seriously has changed my life and ...
The Text of Romans 13:1-7 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by ...
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 ...
The following is an excerpt from Cody Cook’s new book, Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Response. It addresses one of the dangerous assumptions of Christian Nationalism–that God wants to keep distinct ...
It is not unusual for one discipline to borrow a concept from another. For example, after Darwin’s theory revolutionized biology, specialists in economics, psychology, and even biblical studies looked for ...
The Christian Libertarian Review (CLR) is now accepting submissions for its 2024 volume. This open-access academic publication was founded in 2017 by the Libertarian Christian Institute, a nonprofit organization that ...
Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination was the selection for the Libertarian Christian Institute’s first book club discussion. Register for future book club discussions here: https://libertarianchristians.com/bookclub/ Walter Brueggemann’s 1978 book The ...
A lot of folks are shocked and mystified by all the recent open displays of hatred and even violence toward Jews on many elite American university campuses and the streets ...
One of the most memorable scenes in Monty Python’s irreverent 1979 film Life of Brian is a conversation among first-century Jewish zealots about identity. As these ineffectual rebels debate their ...
Javier Milei & how libertarians are providing real answers for Argentina’s problems “For libertarians, Milei’s presidential victory in Argentina can only be compared in prominence to the fall of the ...
When we’re not busy recording our own shows and interviewing amazing guests, sometimes we are asked to join another podcast to share our views about Christianity, liberty, peace, and human ...
An entrepreneurial person identified a problem – people were wasting the blown glass beads worn on popular bracelets when the bracelet itself broke. In some cases, the glass was broken ...
The Israel-Palestine vortex of human suffering that has flooded eyes on social media over the last weeks has been stupefying. As a result, many people have been rendered numb to ...
When our Christians for Liberty Network hosts are not busy planning episodes and being hosts, sometimes they use their time to be the guest on a show. Every so often ...
This session was recorded at FreedomFest in Memphis, TN, on July 15, 2023 and was sponsored by the Libertarian Christian Institute. The panel was moderated by Reason’s Nick Gillespie, the ...
We’re back from our second year at FreedomFest, this time in Memphis, TN, an appropriate location for an event headlined as “The Soul of Liberty.” I want to share with ...
The Pledge of Allegiance has a short history of involvement in American civic education. While it may instill pride in the United States, it also presses the question as to ...
The foundation of individualism and personal freedom is found in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. God shows His people that He relates to each person individually ...
New to Volume 4 of the Christian Libertarian Review: a book review of Taxation is Slavery by Nick Watts. Many thanks to Taylor Drummond for this excellent review. Summary Intro: In ...
Comedienne and libertarian commentator Kat Timpf’s first book is a serious examination of comedy that challenges many well-intentioned but mistaken myths about social taboos. A regular on TV’s Gutfeld! and ...
Tucked away in one of Jesus’ short, unassuming parables is a hidden subversive message that pronounces coming judgment upon mankind’s systems of power. It all starts with a little mustard ...
The Christian Libertarian Review (CLR) is now accepting submissions for its 2023 volume. This open-access academic publication was founded in 2017 by the Libertarian Christian Institute, a nonprofit organization that ...
There has been a tendency in post-Enlightenment Biblical interpretation to assume that the scriptures provide us with automatic, obvious answers to modern questions. The consequence of this assumption about the ...
The Kingdom of God is at war with the State. The increase of one necessitates the diminution of the other. So it has always been. Jesus proclaimed the good news ...
There’s an antebellum African-American spiritual song called “Down by the Riverside.” The song reflects upon being baptized and what it means for the one who receives the sacrament. Lines like ...
Pro-lifers contend that life begins at conception, and so the fetus has natural rights. Pro-choicers contend it cannot be known when a person(’s life) begins, and so the fetus has ...
“Dear Christian, we are neither individualist nor collectivist. This is a false choice. We are individuals living in community. You cannot deny one to affirm the other. You can’t hold ...
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