War and Peace

Category: War and Peace

Rand Paul may have prevented conflict with Russia, but what does it mean?

Libertarianism

I do not want to overstate the event, but there has been some very interesting stuff going on in the Senate these past few days. Jack Hunter reports in the ...

How to Reduce Military Suicides

Politics

Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I have been quite vocal in my opposition to most of what is done by the U.S. military in the name of defending ...

Murder Inc.

Politics

Murder Inc. was the nickname of organized crime groups in the 1930s that murdered for the Mafia. Although many of the organization’s killers ended up dead or in prison, their ...

Nuremberg, Eichmann, and Extra-Judicial Murder

History

Nazi Germany – the totalitarian rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933-1945 – is infamously remembered for two things: World War II and the Holocaust. After pulling ...

There are no more Churches in Afghanistan

News

If I were to tell you that the condition of the Body of Christ in Afghanistan is dire, would you believe me? If I told you that the United States ...

Romans 13 and National Defense

Christian Ethics

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, ...

Cursed Be Unconditional Obedience

History

“Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders ...

Just war or pacifism? Neither?

Christian Ethics

For the time being, I’m going to be continuing “Q&A Week” until I have caught up with all of the FAQ submissions… Dave asks: For a libertarian Christian, is there ...

Christianity, War, and Ron Paul

American History

This talk was given on August 20 at the Florida Liberty Summit 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Thank you Campaign for Liberty for the opportunity to speak about a subject I ...

Stay Home, Gabby, Stay Home

Politics

The vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday night to raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion was significant in more ways than one. S. 365, which passed ...

The Warmonger’s Lexicon

War and Peace

Defenders of U.S. wars and military interventions look like the majority of Americans. They also dress like them, eat like them, work like them, play like them, and talk like ...

The Warmonger’s Fruit of the Spirit

War and Peace

It seems sensible and logical that followers of someone called the Prince of Peace would not act like they are following Mars, the Roman god of war. As I have ...

Is John Stossel becoming anti-war?

Media

I was pleased to see the following clip of Stossel on the O’Reilly Factor, where Stossel defends Ron Paul and begins to sound pretty good on issues of foreign policy. ...

Signs of the Times

Christian Ethics

The Sunday before Memorial Day is not one of my favorites. The “patriotic” things that go on in churches in celebration or acknowledgment of Memorial Day are downright sickening. Churches ...

Christians, Israel, and a Humble Libertarian

Christian Worldview

Wes Messamore is a friend of mine and his work is excellent. He recently wrote a superb post on the United States’ relationship with Israel, with a particular bent toward ...

The Evil Nature of the State

History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the great books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- The ...

The Criminality of War

Christian Ethics

Even without the WikiLeaks revelations that U.S. helicopter pilots gunned down twelve Iraqi civilians, that U.S. soldiers ignored brutal torture carried out by Iraqi security forces, that the U.S. military ...

War is Mass Murder

Media

I just watched two video clips from the Stossel Show recorded at the Students for Liberty International Conference. Stossel’s guest is David Boaz from the Cato Institute. During the first ...

What If Iraq Had Weapons of Mass Destruction?

War and Peace

It Was All a Lie… The recent revelation that the man most responsible for the myth that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction — Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, a.k.a “Curveball” ...

Egypt and U.S. Foreign Policy

Politics

Until very recently, the only things many Americans knew about Egypt were its pyramids they read about in their school history texts, its mummies they saw on display at U.S. ...

reformed view of civil governance romans 13

The Greatest Christian Warmonger of All Time

Christian Ethics

I had never heard of Ellis Washington until I saw his recent WorldNetDaily article titled “Nation-building? No, Christian-building” and did some digging. Besides being a weekend commentator for WorldNetDaily, Washington ...

Pro-Lifers for Mass Murder

Christian Worldview

“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and ...

Michael Moore is Right

War and Peace

“Terrorists aren’t trying to kill us because they hate our freedom. They’re killing us because we’re in their countries killing them.”  – Michael Moore In his new book Decision Points, ...

A Declaration of Peace for the New Year

War and Peace

This article was released by the Wrights 2012 Campaign, for which I am currently the webmaster. —- “Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and ...

News of the Week: November 21 to 27, 2010

History

Recapping interesting things in the news and on the net in the past week. LRC reminds us that the war of our dear “Christian” president George W. Bush has resulted ...

He can’t do it alone!

President's Blog

Everything goes back to Woodrow Wilson

History

Have you ever reflected upon history and realized the immense consequences of singular terrible men? I consider two U.S. Presidents, for instance, to have a profound influence in history for ...

The Doctrine of a Christian Warmonger

Appearances

Today we continue the podcast series of the Christianity and War Audiobook, by Laurence Vance, with the essay “The Doctrine of the Christian Warmonger.” https://libertarianchristians.com/audio/lcc_vance_18.mp3 Right click here to download ...

How to Promote Peace in Your Church

Theology

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but it is for a good reason. I’ve been carefully writing this article and I really hope you benefit from it. If you ...

Everything you need to know about the Wikileaks Afghanistan Leak

News

In April, Wikileaks.org released a suppressed video of US soldiers killing civilians in Baghdad, and the world was shocked at what it saw. The boldness of Wikileaks to expose this ...

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