Category: Theology

Theology

Ed Opitz, RIP

Edmund Opitz [OWEpitz] was for 37 years one of the senior staff members at the Foundation for Economic Education. He died on February 13, four days before his colleague at FEE, Paul Poirot, also died. Opitz was 92. Poirot was 90. Opitz was FEE’s resident theologian. He was an ordained Congregational minister. Earlier, he had been a Unitarian minister, but as he grew older, he grew more conservative.

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Announcements

Christian Libertarian Blog Carnival – August 2009 Edition

I am regular contributor to the Christian Libertarian Blog Carnival, a monthly webzine of submissions from a variety of Christian …

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Theology

Can Christians Be Libertarians?

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 you ascribe to him? Odds are good you’d assume he’s a conservative, because, well, those seem like the calling cards of a right-winger…

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Theology

How can we have such a skewed perspective on sin?

It’s one thing to consider homosexuality a sin, it is entirely another to consider outlawing the practice of homosexuality. Homosexual individuals have just as much a right to behave in non-coercive ways as heterosexuals. And why? Because they are human beings.

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Announcements

Christianity and War Audiobook Roundup #1

Every once in a while, I will post a quick roundup of the latest podcasts so you can catch up …

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Appearances

Podcast: The President’s Prayer

This is the *tenth* installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. TEN podcasts may seem like …

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Appearances

Podcast: The Wicked Bible and the Wicked War

This is the ninth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Thanks for being patient over …

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Book Reviews

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

Looking for some good summer reading, fellow Christian libertarians? I gave this list to a friend in mid-July (a reader …

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Appearances

Podcast: The Warmonger’s Beatitudes and Humpty Dumpty Religion

This is the eighth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today I have two essays …

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Appearances

Podcast: The Early Christian Attitude to War

This is the seventh installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. I am particularly excited about …

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Appearances

Podcast: Vicesimus Knox, Minister of Peace

This is the sixth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today’s reading is the essay …

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Appearances

Podcast: Are You a Christian Warmonger?

This is the fifth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today’s podcast covers the essay/quiz …

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History

Virtually unknown pub "Faith & Freedom" now available on Mises.org

Hardly anyone has ever heard the old circular Faith & Freedom, originally published in the 1950s by the early libertarians …

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Appearances

Podcast: Spurgeon on Christian War Fever

This is the fourth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today’s essay is one of …

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Media

New Testament Theology of the State (Video)

I finally managed to play around with the video of my presentation of the New Testament Theology of the State …

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Appearances

Podcast: Gott Mit Uns

This is the third installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Today’s essay is entitled “Gott …

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Appearances

Podcast: Falwell’s Folly

This is the second installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, covering the essay entitled “Falwell’s Folly.” https://libertarianchristians.com/audio/lcc_vance_02.mp3 Right …

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Appearances

Podcast: Christianity and War Part 1

Today marks the release of the first installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast. As many of you know, …

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Announcements

Special Announcement: Audiobook of Vance’s "Christianity and War" Releases Today!

If you listened to the most recent LCC Podcast, you already have heard the big news. But, for those who …

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News

Obama’s New Theocracy

David Theroux has two excellent blog posts at The Beacon that I want to commend to you. In the first, …

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Book Reviews

“The Libertarian Theology of Freedom” Book Review

Book Information: The Libertarian Theology of Freedom. Opitz, Edmund A. Tampa, FL: Hallberg Publishing Corporation, 1999. 160 pages. Only recently …

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Media

My interview with MotorHome Diaries

About a month ago I had the great pleasure of meeting Pete Eyre, Jason Talley, and Adam Mueller of the …

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News

Links for this Memorial Day

Laurence Vance and Bob Murphy report how the church has gone wacko in worship of the State rather than God: …

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History

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?

Yesterday was Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday. Happy birthday, our heroic anti-war American muse. Here are some other articles of libertarian …

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Economics

10 Things I Hate About Taxes: The Full Series

This entry is part 11 of 12 in the series Ten Things I Hate About Taxes

Ah taxation, how we despise thee. You make some richer, but most poorer. You daily remind us that we live …

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Appearances

Podcast: Response to Comments on Josephus Article

Today I have a special treat for everyone: the first ever LibertarianChristians.com Podcast! I have been wanting for some time …

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Libertarianism

Christian Libertarian vs. Libertarian Christian – Is there a difference?

If you were to believe the Wikipedia entry on libertarian Christianity, you might think that there is truly a significant difference between those who say they are “Christian libertarians” and others who say they are “libertarian Christians.”

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Book Reviews

“Economics in Christian Perspective” Book Review

LibertarianChristians.com is pleased to welcome Michael Douma as our next guest poster, reviewing “Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy, and Life Choices” by Victor Claar and Robin Klay.

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Media

Speedlinking Friday

First off, congrats to Baroness_Fel for writing the 100th comment on LCC (and on the 50th post, no less), in …

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Book Reviews

How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative

I was first introduced to Roger Olson through his book Who Needs Theology?, which I read for one of my …

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