“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” —Thomas Jefferson Lately, I’ve been thinking about why the political discourse seems ...
By Edmund Opitz. —- Is there anything in the basic makeup of the men and women we know, or those we read about in the press, or encounter in the ...
By Edmund Opitz. —- The real American revolution of two hundred years ago took place in the minds of people; it was a philosophical revolution which evolved a new temper ...
One of the more overlooked ways in which Jesus brought God’s ethical ideal into full bloom — or as Matthew 5:17 puts it, one way he “fulfilled” the Old Testament ...
In The Antiquities, Josephus mentions that the first human government was built by Nimrod, the mighty hunter from the book of Genesis. This appears to be consistent with Genesis; no ...
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 ...
From being outraged by the Texas governor removing mask mandates and opening the state and Dr. Seuss books being unpublished to CPAC’s trolling the media with a golden Trump statue, ...
In this episode, we discuss the tragedy of Billie Holiday’s death, the latest milestones of Bitcoin, the problem some libertarians have with political strategy, and the odd necessity of NASA ...
Join the Libertarian Christian Roundtable as they discuss recent news. In this episode, we’re joined by Prax of Gamertarians to discuss all the unifying things about 2021 so far including ...
I’m prompted to write about this because of a blog post I’ve seen passed around my circles on Facebook. It’s written by John Jalsevac, a journalist and digital marketer turned ...
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/kerfluffle (nobody knows what to ...
In the wake of this highly contentious election, it would be useful to issue an early autopsy on the Trump presidency — not so much about why he didn't win, ...
Tim Challies is a reformed pastor and longtime blogger based in Canada. He recently published an article lamenting the quarantine restrictions there. Challies has every reason in the world to ...
When it comes to the contemporary political and cultural landscape, I believe a large segment of American Christians feel completely surrounded with no means of escape, and they are fighting ...
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 ...
“We cannot allow our country to be deprived of the Judeo-Christian values that make it so great.” That is the statement printed on the front of the envelope of a ...
Via our dear friend Jacqueline Isaac, I have recently been made aware of a new documentary produced by American Enterprise Institute’s Initiative on Faith & Public Life called “For Love of ...
This guest post is by Matthew Bellis, a member of LCI’s Advisory Board and co-founder of the ReOpenPA movement. One of the stricter lockdown states in the country has been ...
“You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” — Matthew 7:5 I grew ...
“And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.” — Romans 3:8 In the months leading up to a ...
The article below was written in January 1866 by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in the United States. Learn more about Lipscomb’s background here and ...
The following article was published by David Lipscomb in The Gospel Advocate on roughly January 30, 1866 — not even a year after the surrender of the Confederate States at Appomattox. ...
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 ...
A reader recently reached out to ask us the following hypothetical question: “What if, in an ideal situation, the State acknowledged and confessed Jesus Christ is Lord, is it then ...
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 ...
The murder of George Floyd has proven to be a tipping point in America. Not only are various politicians looking at criminal justice reform, but some police officers are abandoning ...
“Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.” —Psalm 146:3 In 2016, many Christians that I know and respect wrestled mightily ...
There is a powerful spiritual force that makes men obsessed with gaining and maintaining political power by tapping into their fear, hatred, and greed. Men who take a turn down ...
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 ...
Human flourishing requires individuals and communities to cooperate and innovate in order to succeed. In such times where just about everyone is frustrated with how governance is working very poorly, ...
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