Patriotic Services
For the past two weeks, the sign in front of a church near my house has advertised a “patriotic service” …
War and Peace
Twelve False Assumptions Behind Mainstream Politics
1. That the world’s problems can be solved by passing more laws. The more rules there are, the less freedom …
The Saud Squad
Holding an anti-terrorism conference in Saudi Arabia is so absurd that it defies comprehension. Everyone who knows most anything about …
America’s Choice: Splitting Our Baby in Half
Human desire is a magnetic force. Whenever a person desires something, the desire takes hold of their whole being. Another …
Mr. Trump Gets Neoconned
It didn’t take long. With the recent bombing of Syria on the 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into World War …
Saying What Needs to Be Said About the Military
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) Someone …
The Conservative Christian Lie about Obama and the Military
That the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama was an “obomination” there is no question. During his presidency I wrote of …
Drop the Scapegoat! The Pragmatic Case for Christian Nonviolence
Our culture is engaged in a cinematic Mexican standoff, but the weapons we point at each other are real only …
The West’s Deadly Speech Pathology
In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was God. Go to any …
Ending Wars, Once and For All
“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” ~ Albert Einstein “Older men declare war. But it is the …
Old Testament Christians
There is, of course, no such thing as an Old Testament Christian, since the disciples of Jesus Christ were “called …
Pro-Life At Home But Not Abroad
Christians Need To Broaden Their Pro-Life Horizons Conventional wisdom says that a Republican candidate for President will almost certainly not …
The Prince of Peace, or the God of War?
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his …
Getting to the Root of ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
A Response to Russell Moore’s “Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Donald Trump’s Muslim Remarks”. The least courageous act in …
Look out for Christian Jihadists
Christian jihadist—now there is an oxymoron for you. This sounds even stranger than constitutional conservative or libertarian Republican. Nevertheless, there …
Paris and What Should Be Done
The horrific attacks in Paris on Friday have, predictably, led to much over-reaction and demands that we do more of …
Ben Carson the Welfare and Warfare Statist
It happens every four years. Candidates for president issue books to sucker people to vote for them using the written …
Reader questions on war, violence, and overturning tables
I always enjoy getting interesting questions from readers via our Contact Page, and when I’m really on top of things …
Things that Make for Peace: Gospel Against Empire
This post is a modified form of the talk I gave at Christians for Liberty 2015. The purpose of the …
Ye Shall Be As Gods
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And …
Joseph Judson Taylor, Man of Peace
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 like high-profile Baptist leader Jerry Falwell writing a defense of the Iraq war titled “God Is Pro-War” …
The Israel of God and American Foreign Policy
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 inter-connected questions. The first question I would like to attempt to answer is whether or not the current nation state known as Israel today is “the Israel of God”. In other words, is the current geographic nation-state that was established in the early 1950’s the same entity as the Biblical Israel?
Sniper Theology
There came out of the woodwork after George W. Bush’s immoral, unjust, and unnecessary invasion, occupation, and destruction of Iraq …
Tearing Out Your Eye and Quitting Your Job
In this guest post LCC welcomes Matthew Gilliland, libertarian writer and speaker. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central …
The Christmas Truce, Then and Now
Today, Christmas Eve 2014, marks the 100th anniversary of the Christmas during World War 1. On that remarkable day, soilders …