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 ...
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 ...
“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” Lev. 19:15 It doesn’t take much time to notice that ...
Jonathan McIntosh (Ph.D., University of Dallas) is a Fellow of Humanities at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, where he teaches on the history of western political and economic ...
The War on Drugs was instigated by the U.S. federal government in 1970, but the policy of drug prohibition has been around since about 1920. It is also arguably the ...
In my experience, many Christians fail to carefully define their terms when talking about government and political authority—and this leads to a lot of arbitrary reasoning. I shall seek to ...
Editor’s Note: This very long post, perhaps the longest single piece we have ever published, was written by an LCI supporter who will remain anonymous in response to one of ...
Christian theology begins with a creative process, which God himself executes and deems good. From there, filling and subduing his creation with the beneficial and the beautiful, particularly to bring ...
Christians are becoming ever more aware of the corruption and deceit of their respective political leaders, but finding good material on the internet about libertarianism (especially from a distinctly Christian ...
Scottish theologian Stephen Neill was excited and challenged by the story Christianity told about humanity. As a missionary, he spent many years in India before returning to Britain where he ...
LCI has been creating great evergreen content for years, but we wanted to regularly bring you commentary on what’s happening in the world, so we started the Libertarian Christian Roundtable ...
The human heart has a natural orientation toward liberty. We are built this way, regardless of our religion or ethnicity; indeed, all men are endowed with liberty and a deep ...
Does society always and in every case break down to atomistic individuals?
This guest post is by Kollin Fields. Kollin is a Ph.D student in American intellectual history and political philosophy. His essays have appeared at the Libertarian Christian Institute, the Foundation ...
Someone else having a billion dollars does no harm to you. It very likely makes their life harder – not materially, but emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically – but it does ...
Tim Keller recently published an article entitled, “A Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory.” His article is a sort of apologia for his conception of “biblical justice” and ...
Our dear friend Larry Reed, an advisor to LCI and former President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), recently released his book Was Jesus A Socialist? and it follows on ...
The main point of Austin Rogers’ “Christians, Put Not Your Trust in Judges” is both spot-on and biblically accurate. Christians would do well to remember Psalm 146:3 which introduces the ...
This article was originally published on AIER.org I share a lot of the concerns and goals of those who describe themselves as “socialists.” More health care and housing for poor ...
We pride ourselves at LCI on providing great “evergreen” content for Christian libertarians across the world. Nonetheless, addressing what is happening in the world right now is important as well, and ...
This guest post is by John Deangelo of antiwarwarvet.com Fellow Americans, we live in a magnificent country. 3.8 million square miles smack in the middle of North America spangled in ...
Civility is needed in America. Recently I went to the sanctuary of church during the week, and the homily’s theme was to be guided by God’s will when choosing one’s ...
“Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.” — Psalm 37:8 “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down ...
I think centralizing power is always a net loss for liberty. So did the founding generation. This is why the framers of the Constitution emphatically rejected a proposal to give ...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 has sparked political discussion about everything from environmentalism to the relationship between church and state. As we anticipate the end of lockdowns and a vaccine ...
This guest post is authored by Rev. Jim Fitzgerald, a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and a staff member of Equipping Pastors International. Community is so important that even ...
We’ve all seen them! The posts on social media from people on our friends list who are condemning, deriding, and even belittling anyone objecting to the economic shutdown of America. ...
This article is comprised of essays containing our reflections and perspectives on COVID-19. It’s been over a month since many state governors have ordered citizens to stay-at-home in their respective ...
The US federal government does a bunch of things that mystify me. They cannot discriminate in conferring benefits based on race, oh, unless it is affirmative action. Government agents cannot ...
I just saw an article by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen called “It’s Time to Build.” I’m both encouraged and troubled by it. I’m encouraged to see anything promoting and celebrating ...
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