Category: Theology

Libertarianism

No, The New Testament Does Not Teach Socialism

I started taking my faith seriously when I was 15, and, in a stereotypically Lutheran fashion, immediately began reading my ...

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Christian Worldview

Christians & Nations & Their Relations

Christians are having a lively debate discussing what kind of relationship they should have with the state or with the ...

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Theology

We Don’t Need No Stinking Kings! Or, Do We?

Ancient Israel functioned without a monarchy from the time of the Exodus to the anointing of Saul as her first ...

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Theology

Pacifism and Patriotism in the Churches of Christ: An Historical Evaluation

The Churches of Christ began as a pacifistic, anti-establishment collection of believers. Their initial founders, Alexander Campbell and Barton W. ...

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Christian Worldview

Individualist Libertarians, Collectivist Bibles: the Challenge of Being Libertarian and Christian

Libertarians are known for their embrace of the philosophy of individualism. We support merit-based selection over group identity as the ...

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Economics

God’s Monetary Policy In The Bible

This article will cover what the Bible says about two overlapping subjects, money and trade.  I define trade as two ...

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Libertarianism

The Limits of Libertarianism

Libertarian Christians tend to spend a lot of time thinking about how to persuade other Christians to become libertarians. We ...

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Theology

Israel’s Private Property System In The Bible

One of the major themes in the Bible is God’s redemption of the nation of Israel. God made a promise ...

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Jesus and the Powers, by N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird

In Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies, New Testament scholars ...

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History

The Antidote to Antisemitism

In the 2005 documentary film Protocols of Zion, filmmaker Marc Levin explored the growth of antisemitic conspiracy theories after September ...

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Culture

God, Pigs, and Private Property

Introduction The Judaic prohibition on pigs has puzzled scholars for centuries — so much so that certain atheist writers, such ...

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Libertarianism

Five Things Christians Can Learn from Objectivists

I’m not an Objectivist, because I’m a Christian and those labels ultimately conflict. However, Ayn Rand’s critique of Christianity is ...

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Libertarianism

An Economic Analysis of Romans 13

The Text of Romans 13:1-7 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except ...

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Economics

What Would Jesus Do?

Emmanuel (God with us), Jesus looked into the hearts of religious and politically powerful men and then bluntly told them ...

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Book Reviews

Wrestling the Culture Wars: A Book Review of Tyrus’s Nuff Said

Nuff Said is the second book by Tyrus (George Murdoch), the professional wrestler, actor, and witty regular on the Gutfeld! ...

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Economics

The Prophetic Imagination: A Libertarian Christian Review

Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination was the selection for the Libertarian Christian Institute’s first book club discussion. Register for future ...

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Christian Worldview

The Beast in Revelation

The Beast in Revelation’s Wide Influence The book of Revelation has captured the imagination of Christians for a long time. ...

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Culture

The Haunting of Christ in the Holy Land

The Israel-Palestine vortex of human suffering that has flooded eyes on social media over the last weeks has been stupefying. ...

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Christian Worldview

Progressive Christian Nationalism: The Contemporary Christian Left and Right Are Both Authoritarian

Progressive Christians are critical of Christian nationalism, often attributing the label to anyone who happens to be an evangelical and ...

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Theology

Progressive Movement in The Law of Moses and the United States Constitution

There’s an interesting parallel between how Jesus and the apostles saw the Law of Moses and the debates among 19th ...

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Libertarianism

The Astonishing Power of a Faithful Mustard Seed Revolution

Tucked away in one of Jesus’ short, unassuming parables is a hidden subversive message that pronounces coming judgment upon mankind’s ...

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Christian Worldview

Voting for Immoral Candidates Isn’t Licensed by Romans 13

Is it justifiable to vote for an immoral candidate from a scriptural perspective? Does Romans 13 give you a way ...

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President's Blog

Proof-texting Political Authority and Romans 13

There’s a problem with proof-texting political authority and Romans 13. This article follows from my last post addressing the Russia-Ukraine ...

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Christian Worldview

May Christians Ignore Unjust Laws?

May Christians ignore unjust laws? When you ask a Christian what the relationship between the Christian and the government is ...

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Politics

Abortion is Not Loving Your Neighbor, Governor Newsom

If you are looking for signals of the degradation of civil society, you cannot do much better than observe California ...

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President's Blog

Fear the President, or Fear the Lord?

Today we look at a Christian Post “Voices” article from March 2022, following Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, titled "Fearing ...

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Economics

‘Jesus Would Support’ Student Debt Forgiveness? Not so Fast

Those who think the Lord’s Prayer and Jubilees support their political goal of blanket debt forgiveness should take a closer ...

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Christian Worldview

Conflicting Beliefs on Romans 13: Why We Still Disagree

If anyone wasn’t already aware how heated the ongoing debate is over conflicting beliefs on Romans 13, 2021 certainly highlighted ...

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History

Religious Roots of Liberty

This article by Rev. Edmund Opitz (who wrote The Libertarian Theology of Freedom) is reprinted from the Mises Daily Article ...

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Christian Ethics

Discussion of Christian Charity

On April 10, 2009, I posted an article called Caesar’s Benevolence in the 10 Things I Hate About Taxes series. ...

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