War and Peace

Mr. Trump Gets Neoconned

Politics

It didn’t take long. With the recent bombing of Syria on the 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into World War I, Mr. Trump has pushed us all a little bit ...

dying senselessly

Dying Senselessly: Saying What Needs to Be Said About the Military

War and Peace

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) Dying Senselessly: Saying What Needs to Be Said About the Military ...

The Conservative Christian Lie about Obama and the Military

Politics

That the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama was an “obomination” there is no question. During his presidency I wrote of his radical associations, his life spent in the service of ...

Drop the Scapegoat! The Pragmatic Case for Christian Nonviolence

Christian Worldview

Our culture is engaged in a cinematic Mexican standoff, but the weapons we point at each other are real only as long as we believe they are. If we broke ...

The West’s Deadly Speech Pathology

Culture

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was God. Go to any western liberal arts university class and you’ll hear the choir ...

Ending Wars, Once and For All

War and Peace

“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” ~ Albert Einstein “Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.” ~ Herbert Hoover “I’m ...

Old Testament Christians

American History

There is, of course, no such thing as an Old Testament Christian, since the disciples of Jesus Christ were “called Christians first at Antioch” (Acts 11:26), well into the first ...

Pro-Life At Home But Not Abroad

Christian Worldview

Christians Need To Broaden Their Pro-Life Horizons Conventional wisdom says that a Republican candidate for President will almost certainly not win the nomination unless they are sufficiently pro-life. Mitt Romney ...

The Prince of Peace, or the God of War?

Christian Worldview

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The ...

Getting to the Root of ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

War and Peace

A Response to Russell Moore’s “Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Donald Trump’s Muslim Remarks”. The least courageous act in American politics right now has got to be denouncing Donald ...

Look out for Christian Jihadists

Christian Worldview

Christian jihadist—now there is an oxymoron for you. This sounds even stranger than constitutional conservative or libertarian Republican. Nevertheless, there are certain Christian military apologists and warmongers whom the term ...

Paris and What Should Be Done

Politics

The horrific attacks in Paris on Friday have, predictably, led to much over-reaction and demands that we do more of the exact things that radicalize people and make them want ...

Ben Carson the Welfare and Warfare Statist

Politics

It happens every four years. Candidates for president issue books to sucker people to vote for them using the written word just like they sucker people every day to vote ...

Reader questions on war, violence, and overturning tables

Libertarianism

I always enjoy getting interesting questions from readers via our Contact Page, and when I’m really on top of things I actually get to answer them! Here are a few ...

Things that Make for Peace: Gospel Against Empire

Libertarianism

This post is a modified form of the talk I gave at Christians for Liberty 2015. The purpose of the talk was to explore why valuing peace is a critical ...

Ye Shall Be As Gods

Theology

  Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, “Yea, hath God said, Ye ...

Joseph Judson Taylor, Man of Peace

Theology

Since the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, two words that have rarely been seen together are “Baptist” and “pacifist.” We have instead been subject to things ...

The Israel of God and American Foreign Policy

Christian Worldview

I want to address something that concerns me much more than momentary arguments over foreign policy. I would like to address Christians, specifically from the Bible, on two separate, but ...

Sniper Theology

Christian Worldview

There came out of the woodwork after George W. Bush’s immoral, unjust, and unnecessary invasion, occupation, and destruction of Iraq certain groups of Christians—many of whom wear cross and flag ...

Tearing Out Your Eye and Quitting Your Job

Christian Ethics

In this guest post LCC welcomes Matthew Gilliland, libertarian writer and speaker. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law. Jesus presents a considerable challenge to ...

The Christmas Truce, Then and Now

History

Today, Christmas Eve 2014, marks the 100th anniversary of the Christmas during World War 1. On that remarkable day, soilders from all sides of the war – French, British, Scottish, ...

When Horror Took a Holiday: Remembering the 100th Anniversary of the Christmas Truce

History

This Christmas Eve marks the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce, when French, British, Scottish, and German soldiers unexpectedly laid down their arms and celebrated Christmas together. It was a ...

Militarism in American Churches

Christian Worldview

Since the United States launched the unnecessary, immoral, unjust, and senseless war in Iraq in 2003, the Christian blasphemy occurring in churches has increased ten-fold. Even as the many lies ...

The Great and (Un)Holy War

History

One would think that if there is any group of people that would be opposed to war it would be Christians. After all, they claim to worship the Prince of ...

Nuclear Christians

History

In a recent article of mine about Christians apologists for the state, its military, and its wars, I mentioned, for the first time I believe, the term “nuclear Christian.” I ...

Invading Iraq was wrong, and it’s wrong to do it again

History

This guest post is by Jeremy Mack of The Evangelical Libertarian. For guest post opportunities, please see the Contact page. The Insanity of Interventionism If insanity can be defined as ...

Christians in Iraq at risk from ISIS

News

Under Saddam Hussein, Christians in Iraq were not well-loved but they were tolerated. However, following the military adventurist campaigns of the United States and its allies, the situation for Iraqi ...

Kevin Vallier on Christian Pacifism and Libertarianism

War and Peace

I have often wondered why my liberal or progressive Christian friends who are also pacifists give nearly zero credibility to libertarianism, even though non-aggression is its foundational principle! Over at Bleeding Heart Libertarians, ...

Militarism and Easter

American History

On this Good Friday, Christians are focused on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as a propitiation for the sins of the world. But on every other day of the year ...

The Antidote to Military Exceptionalism

American History

This talk was given at the Authors Forum at the 2014 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute. I would like to thank Joe Salerno, Mark Thornton, and the ...

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