Title: Christian Libertarianism: An Introduction and Signposts for the Road Ahead Author: Jamin Hübner Abstract: Explicit discourse about “Christian libertarianism” is a relatively recent phenomenon. While relevant concepts have been ...
2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg on October 31st, 1517, and the world was never ...
The following is a response to a recent e-mail received by Norman Horn. (names redacted) Dear , Thank you for your kind remarks and questions. I’ll attempt to answer ...
Review of Nathan W. Schlueter and Nikolai G. Wenzel, Selfish Libertarians and Socialist Conservatives? The Foundations of the Libertarian-Conservative Debate (Stanford Economic and Finance, 2017), xii + 215 pgs., paperback. ...
“The truth shall set you free.” — Jesus Christ The truth, as Jesus demonstrated, is not conceptual but perceptual. That is, it is embodied, not abstract knowledge. The truth can only be ...
* Today’s guest post is by anthropologist Spencer H. MacCallum. A Wakeup Call for Christian Libertarians The Teacher of Galilee: A Seer Who Really Did See “How tantalizing,” economist ...
For the past two weeks, the sign in front of a church near my house has advertised a “patriotic service” for Sunday, July 2. Other churches around town undoubtedly held ...
* Today’s guest post comes from author Samuel Smith. The United States of America were blessed to be founded on documents that reflect the biblically-informed libertarian worldview of many of ...
*Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University. As an economist at Northwood University, I teach the history and philosophy of various economic systems. In fact, humanity ...
1. That the world’s problems can be solved by passing more laws. The more rules there are, the less freedom we have. There are now more criminal laws in the ...
I recently saw a video by a libertarian commentator named TJ Brown, also known as That Guy T, on YouTube making a tongue-in-cheek thought experiment that the liberty movement would ...
Jamin Hübner, General Editor of LCI’s new research journal, Christian Libertarian Review, recently published an academic piece in The Journal of Religious Leadership on the bureaucratic roadblocks to accreditation caused ...
Each Easter, countless people from around the world look forward to spending time with friends and family, or perhaps just an extra day off. But for those of us who ...
As LCI has considered our direction over these past several months, it has become increasingly clear that our greatest value to both the Church and the liberty movement involves content ...
Recently I received a question via email from a fellow Christian. Editing for clarity, he asked: “Do libertarians want to get rid of regulation? It’s an honest question. This is ...
Exorcising Collectivism out of Personhood (or, The Exorcism of Collectivism) Have you ever found yourself living out an expected role scripted by those around you? Whether it’s a family member, ...
Reuters is reporting on supposed ‘anarchist groups’ planning to interfere with Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20th. This falls in line with the popularly-accepted (and completely wrong) definition of ...
“Christianity and Politics: The Attempted Seduction of the Bride of Christ” by Christopher R. Petruzzi. Wipf and Stock Resource Publications, 2016. “Politics,” says Christopher Petruzzi, “is the process through which ...
As the end of the year approaches, most people are thinking about the cultural and practical aspects of the Christmas season: vacations, presents, decorations, food and the like. Amongst Christians, ...
The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States will be a catalyst for various sorts of changes in America. One political adjustment is already ...
Dr. Jamin Hübner recently participated in a discussion at the University of Mississippi pertaining to distributive justice. Those on the left (including the Christian left) are often quick to use ...
Recently I was at a gathering of libertarian activists. Most of them were around age 20 and had been involved in the liberty movement for at most a few years. ...
Ron Paul is the only major presidential candidate Christians could hire without sinning against Jesus in my lifetime. What I mean by “sin” is doing that which is against the ...
I recently attended our city council’s monthly public meeting. My daughter needed to sit in and take notes for a school assignment so I went with her. The meeting was ...
The Acton Institute’s excellent Powerblog recently published a piece by Jordan Ballor entitled “Is Taxation Theft?” Ballor’s answer is essentially “no in principle, but it can be.” His short argument ...
Ever reach that long sought after job promotion, dream vacation, new smartphone, sports car, public recognition, or desired weight only to feel a kind of emptiness, a dread that the ...
Americans of all political persuasions want something from the government, including libertarians. But what libertarians want from the government is quite different from what liberals and conservatives want. Liberals want ...
Many libertarian Christians, like me, were once conservatives. Many of our friends and family, likewise, are conservative Christians. Often I hear, through comments on social media or personal conversations, that ...
Does Christian history and theology shun libertarian ideas? Of course not. In fact, Jamin Hubner argues that we can find libertarian impulses even among early Christians. Listen in to this ...
“The problem with American conservatism is that it hates the left more than the state, loves the past more than liberty, feels a greater attachment to nationalism than to the ...
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