Announcing the Creative Common Law Project
Libertarians are regularly critical of governments and nation-states. This is because nation-states not only fail in their purposes, but because …
Category: Libertarianism
Does Drug Testing Violate Libertarian Principles?
Is testing all potential and current employees for drug use a dumb idea? I think so. But your moral—and in …
New Research: Government is Killing Us
Here in rural Indiana, as in much of the Midwest, it’s difficult to escape the visual reminder of the ubiquity …
Republicans Still Don’t Get It on Gun Control
As night follows day, so cries for more gun control follow another deadly shooting. But once again, it is not …
All States Violate Liberty
Today’s guest post is by Paul LaScola. Consider the proposition that a condition of individual liberty exists if all individuals …
Why Do We Hate Taxes?
Tax returns are due soon, and what better way to get into the involuntary spirit than to commiserate together as …
Economics, Hierarchy, and the Question of the State’s Inevitability
Among Christian libertarians, as with other libertarians, there are differing views concerning the legitimacy, necessity, and inevitability of the state. For …
How Freedom Depends on Easter
Some people may think that Resurrection Sunday is unrelated to the important themes we discuss regularly on LibertarianChristians.com, The Libertarian …
Think You Live in a Free Society?
Introduction to Laurence M. Vance, The Free Society (Vance Publications, 2018), xii + 468 pgs., paperback, $19.95. Most Americans think …
Sinful Nature and the Question of the State’s Necessity
Among Christian libertarians, as with other libertarians, there are differing views concerning the legitimacy, necessity, and inevitability of the state. For …
Do you Believe in Natural Rights or Might-Makes-Right?
The linchpin of liberty, the most critical concept which people seem to have an extraordinarily difficult time understanding, is the …
Jordan Peterson, Free Speech, and Missing the Bigger Point
The outspoken psychologist and Toronto University professor, Jordan Peterson, has become a popular icon of political conservativism, political incorrectness, and …
Can the Federal Government Ban Anything?
Even though it is true that the government currently bans all kinds of things, I am asking a serious question. …
Christianity and Government Considered
Today’s guest post is by writer/commentator Paul LaScola. In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he writes to the Christian followers …
Jesus Wasn’t A Libertarian (But He’s Glad I Am!)
Christianity is Making a “Social Turn” Christian thought and practice is making a turn toward a qualitatively social faith. That …
Christianity and Self-Ownership
Is the libertarian idea of self-ownership contrary to the authority of God? Not all libertarians believe in self-ownership Before discussing …
The John Baeza Files: Detective Blows Whistle on Drug War, Prison System
Before he was Ron Paul and Rand Paul’s head of security, John Baeza was a cop’s cop. Coming from a …
Women’s Rights? A Libertarian Evaluation
Women’s rights movements have centered on the fact that in some societies women have been perceived as property or a …
How to start learning about Christian libertarianism
I recently met with a candidate for public office in Texas who had a number of questions about how to …
Desiderius Erasmus: The Forgotten Christian Libertarian
2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door in …
How Should A Christian Politician Behave?
The following is a response to a recent e-mail received by Norman Horn. (names redacted) Dear [redacted], Thank you …
Libertarianism Wins Hands Down (Over Conservatism)
Review of Nathan W. Schlueter and Nikolai G. Wenzel, Selfish Libertarians and Socialist Conservatives? The Foundations of the Libertarian-Conservative Debate …
Freedom Is the Imitatio Christi
“The truth shall set you free.” — Jesus Christ The truth, as Jesus demonstrated, is not conceptual but perceptual. That is, it …
The Teacher of Galilee: A Seer Who Really Did See
* Today’s guest post is by anthropologist Spencer H. MacCallum. A Wakeup Call for Christian Libertarians The Teacher of …
Patriotic Services
For the past two weeks, the sign in front of a church near my house has advertised a “patriotic service” …
America’s Christian Libertarian Roots
* Today’s guest post comes from author Samuel Smith. The United States of America were blessed to be founded on …
A Christian Defense of Capitalism
*Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University. As an economist at Northwood University, I teach the …
Twelve False Assumptions Behind Mainstream Politics
1. That the world’s problems can be solved by passing more laws. The more rules there are, the less freedom …
Liberty Needs Christianity, Not Fascism
I recently saw a video by a libertarian commentator named TJ Brown, also known as That Guy T, on YouTube …
Jamin Hübner on How State Accreditation Hinders Education
Jamin Hübner, General Editor of LCI’s new research journal, Christian Libertarian Review, recently published an academic piece in The Journal …