Philosophy

The Crucifixion Repudiates Earthly Powers

Philosophy

Malcolm Muggeridge was a journalist and contemporary of C.S. Lewis.  I have seen him quoted by Christian writers multiple times in recent days, which is particularly interesting since he is ...

LCC author Doug Douma and Gordon Clark

Announcements

LCC author Doug Douma is now an admin on the Gordon H. Clark Foundation website. Dr. Clark (1902-1985) was a prominent Calvinist philosopher as well as a supporter of libertarian ...

25 Reasons I Could Never Be Elected

Libertarianism

Today, being the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, is election day. Aside from the fact that I don’t vote, and therefore couldn’t even vote for myself, there are ...

Erasmus on the Just War

History

“The most just of wars brings with it a train of evils—if indeed any war can really be called just.” ~ Erasmus In the first of my articles on Erasmus ...

Erasmus on Christianity and War: Christian War Fever

History

“I simply admit that I have written some rather distasteful things for the purpose of frightening Christians away from the insanity of war, for I observed that the largest part ...

Government and Marriage Debate: November 16, 2013

Announcements

I will be participating in a debate this Saturday at 7:00 pm EST (November 16, 2013) at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. The debate is hosted by the Wilberforce ...

Erasmus on the Evils of War

History

“Since we see that there is hardly ever any respite from wars, which normally arise from the ambition or anger of princes and thus are usually fought for the worst ...

Six Ideas to Keep Us Human

Culture

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the November 1972 issue of The Freeman. ...

Christian Philosopher Wins Prestigious Rescher Prize

News

Christian philosopher Alvin C. Plantinga has won the prestigious Rescher Prize for contributions to systematic philosophy. David Theroux of the Independent Institute has a detailed account of Plantinga and the ...

Is there a difference between “libertarian Christianity” and “Christian libertarianism”?

Libertarianism

All-I-Am-Is-Yours asks: I am trying to better understand the intellectual foundations behind the similarities of both libertarianism and christianity, however I came across a Wikipedia entry that suggests a difference ...

Locking Eyes With Culture

Book Reviews

This is part two of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. Each ...

Moral Busybodies

Economics

This is a post originally written for the Prometheus blog, but it no longer appears there so I thought I’d repost it. —- “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for ...

My talk at the Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2010

Media

Last fall I gave a talk at the Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2010 during the Student Panel that touched on a variety of topics: leadership, activism, even some tidbits ...

The Philosophy of Ludwig von Mises

Economics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This article is adapted from a lecture at Grove City College on February ...

Who Owns You? I sure don’t…

Media

I am on the board of The Foundation for a Free Society, and one of our objectives is to put out professional, artistic, catchy videos that communicate the philosophy of ...

What is the best book on the essentials of libertarianism?

Book Reviews

Have you ever wondered what book you ought to give to a person inquiring about libertarianism to you? What do you do? It is actually a somewhat difficult proposition. Great ...

The Lasting Influence of Schleiermacher and Kierkegaard

History

Let us take a brief departure from politics to some theological history, shall we? Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) and Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) had an enormous impact upon the history of theology ...

Anarchy and Christianity

Book Reviews

Anarchy and Christianity is a short work presenting the essentials of Ellul’s political philosophy with respect to Scripture. It reads in a scholarly manner, especially with his references to historical ...

Conscience on the Battlefield

Christian Ethics

Originally authored by Leonard Read, the following dialogue is imagined to have taken place while dying on a battlefield near the 38th Parallel in Korea. You could easily replace Korea ...

The Abrahamic Legacy: The Jewish Ideal of Freedom

Philosophy

A thought-provoking article about historical Judaism being connected to liberty appeared on LewRockwell.com yesterday, and I think it is well worth your time to peruse it. It was written by ...

Edmund Opitz – Minister to Liberty

Philosophy

If a patron saint for the libertarian movement were to be chosen, at the top of the list would be Rev. Edmund A. Opitz, minister and theologian for liberty. He ...

Don’t Tread on Me

Libertarianism

The message “Don’t Tread” communicates in two words what the entire political philosophy of classical liberalism is about: desiring to be free from oppression from whatever quarter. In other words, ...

Why being a candidate can be beneficial for liberty

Economics

Though I think it is misguided to believe that electoral politics is the primary means of effecting change for the cause of liberty (especially at a national level), local activism ...

The Liberating Arts

Philosophy

By Edmund Opitz. —- The recent movie called Out of Africa has acquainted millions of Americans with the name of a Danish Baroness Blixen, whose pen name was Isak Dinesen. ...

Podcast: Live and Let Live Radio Interview

Appearances

Today’s podcast is actually an interview I recorded with Gary Johnson of the Live and Let Live Radio Show on RuleOfLawRadio.com about a week ago. We talked for a full ...

Defending Freedom and the Free Society

History

By Edmund Opitz. Countless generations of men have lived in unfree societies, but many men dreamed of freedom and hoped for the day when their children would be free. Gradually ...

Liberalism Used to Mean Freedom

Culture

Life is not a mere game. Living is a lot more complex than any sport, but life and games are analogous in at least one respect: Neither is possible without ...

Can Christians Be Libertarians?

Christian Ethics

If a stranger told you he’s an evangelical Christian who believes homosexuality is a sin and that the Holy Bible is the inerrant word of God, which political label would ...

“The Fallacy of Intellectual Property”

Announcements

The Ludwig von Mises Institute has featured my good friend Daniel Krawisz (from the Libertarian Longhorns) and his article The Limits of Intellectual Property as a Mises Daily Article. Check ...

Summer Reading – Top 10 books that you should drop everything to read now…

Book Reviews

Looking for some good summer reading, fellow Christian libertarians? I gave this list to a friend in mid-July (a reader of LCC, incidentally) when he asked what 10 books I ...

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