Libertarianism

Category: Libertarianism

Six Reasons Christians Should Hate the War on Drugs

Libertarianism

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 ...

Government and Political Authority

Christian Worldview

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 ...

The Capitol Riots: An Open Letter to a Dear Friend

Libertarianism

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 ...

Where Christian Libertarians Part Ways with Ayn Rand

Christian Worldview

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 ...

Ep 211: The Libertarian Basics

Libertarianism

Join the co-authors of Faith Seeking Freedom to get a “behind the scenes” look at the the book’s creation and the content of Chapter 2: The Libertarian Basics. [podcast src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18043304/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/” ...

Ep 210: The Two Things You Shouldn’t Talk About

Appearances

Recently, Doug and Norman joined Josh Murtagh on his podcast, The Two Things You Shouldn’t Talk About, and talked about religion and politics, in particular, what a libertarian Christian perspective ...

Top 10 Websites and Blogs for Libertarian Christians

Libertarianism

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 ...

Jesus Shows Us What a Truly Free Human Looks Like

Christian Worldview

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 ...

Ep 209: Faith Seeking Freedom on Iron Sharpens Iron Radio

Libertarianism

Recently all four authors of Faith Seeking Freedom joined Chris Arnzen on Iron Sharpens Iron Radio to discuss the intersection between faith and politics. They also took listener questions sent ...

Ep 208: Why Should I Care About Politics?

Libertarianism

Join the co-authors of Faith Seeking Freedom to get a “behind the scenes” look at the the book’s creation and the content of Chapter 1: Why Should I Care About ...

Ep 207: Jesus Politics, with Kurt Willems

Libertarianism

Kurt Willems of the Theology Curator podcast joins us to talk about why Jesus was political, how Jesus did politics, and how the church today can follow in the footsteps ...

Ep 206: Assessing What Happened in D.C. on January 6, 2021

Libertarianism

The Libertarian Christian Roundtable, featuring Jason Rink who was at the Stop the Steal rally in Washington, D.C., discusses the experience of the January 6 protest/riot/insurrection/kerfuffle (nobody knows what to ...

Ep 205: Kerry Baldwin & Dick Clark on Decentralized Revolution

Libertarianism

Kerry Baldwin & Dick Clark recently appeared on the Decentralized Revolution podcast of the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus to discuss LCI’s new book, “Faith Seeking Freedom: Libertarian Christian Answers to ...

Ep 199: Mike Maharrey chats with Kerry Baldwin and Doug Stuart about Faith Seeking Freedom

Libertarianism

In this episode, Doug Stuart and Kerry Baldwin are interviewed by Mike Maharrey of the GodArchy Podcast and the Tenth Amendment Center about LCI’s new book, Faith Seeking Freedom: Libertarian ...

Ep 197: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, with Fr. Robert Sirico

Libertarianism

Fr. Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute, joins us today to discuss his journey from Marxist to free marketeer, and how he makes the moral case for a free ...

Ep 196: Trust in a Polarized Age, with Kevin Vallier

Libertarianism

Kevin Vallier is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He works primarily in political philosophy, ethics, Political Economy, and the philosophy of religion. He is the author ...

The Libertarian Christian Roundtable Show

Libertarianism

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 ...

Recovering Christianity’s Lost Habit of Thinking about Politics

Christian Worldview

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 ...

Ep 195: Faith Seeking Freedom

Libertarianism

LCI announces a new book called Faith Seeking Freedom: Libertarian Christian Answers to Tough Questions, a Q&A book designed to help libertarian Christians answer common objections to libertarianism from a ...

Ep 194: A Conversation with Dr. Norman Horn and Mike Maharrey

Libertarianism

In this episode, Dr. Norman Horn is interviewed by Mike Maharrey of the GodArchy Podcast and the Tenth Amendment Center. They discuss how libertarian philosophy meshes with Christian theology, as ...

Doug Wilson is Wrong About Libertarianism

Libertarianism

Does society always and in every case break down to atomistic individuals?

Ep 193: The Use and Abuse of Science in Public Discourse, with Dr. Norman Horn

Libertarianism

Our very own Dr. Norman Horn talks about how Christians and non-Christians alike abuse science. Whether through sloppy thinking or simply being mistaken about the origins of the scientific method, ...

Ep 190: Ending the Death Penalty, with Hannah Cox

Christian Worldview

Why should Christians, conservatives, and libertarians reject the death penalty? Hannah Cox from Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty joins us to talk about why she believes those who believe ...

Jesus is Never on the Ballot! So what?!

Libertarianism

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 ...

Ep 188: How to Parent as a Libertarian Christian

Libertarianism

Can a Christian parent use libertarian principles? Does property rights help us disciple our children better? Does spanking violate the non-aggression principle? In this episode, Doug is joined by Matthew ...

Billionaires in a Free Market

Economics

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 ...

God’s justice is better than man’s justice: A response to Tim Keller

Christian Worldview

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 ...

Ep 181: Grandstanding, with Brandon Warmke and Justin Tosi

Libertarianism

Justin Tosi is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas Tech University. He works on moral, social, political, and legal philosophy. Brandon Warmke is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green ...

Jesus Was Not a Socialist

Christian Worldview

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 ...

No Trust in Judges (the Continuing Debate)

Libertarianism

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 ...

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