Tag: Bible

Discover the Origins of Freedom and How to Attain it
Christian Worldview

Discover the Origins of Freedom and How to Attain it

The foundation of individualism and personal freedom is found in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. God ...

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is heaven communist
Christian Worldview

Is Heaven Communist?

Christianity has to deal with a lot of misconceptions. From the idea that Christianity was created by Paul to the ...

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Christian Worldview

The Commands of God versus the State

A more baseless assumption, one more in direct conflict with God’s teaching, was never made by man, than the idea ...

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Libertarianism

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 as an Ancient Limitation on Political Authority

Deuteronomy is a puzzling book. It’s a marvelous ‘farewell sermon’ by Moses before Joshua takes up command, but the literary ...

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Christian Worldview

The real Christian Nation

This guest post is by Rev. Donald Ehrke. He is a Libertarian, a former GOP campaign manager, and ordained minister ...

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Christian Worldview

Is Jesus killing America? No, Jesus is life.

Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles ...

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One of the more overlooked ways in which Jesus brought God’s ethical ideal into full bloom — or as Matthew 5:17 puts it, one way he “fulfilled” the Old Testament law and prophets — was by reorganizing God’s followers from a nation into a church. He denationalized them, transforming them from a typical earthly kingdom into the transnational, interethnic, nongovernmental, nonviolent, geographically dispersed organization we call the universal church. For these reasons, Jesus was an anti-nationalist which makes Christian Nationalism antithetical to the Christian faith.
Christian Worldview

Jesus was an Anti-Nationalist

One of the more overlooked ways in which Jesus brought God’s ethical ideal into full bloom — or as Matthew ...

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Christian Worldview

Violence Will Not Save Us

As I have previously written, the early Christian virtue of patience (and therefore non-violence) and the libertarian Non-Aggression Principle are ...

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Weekend Insights – Craig Cesal released!

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking ...

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Christian Worldview

Ministers, Submission, and Partisanship

"There is not a word of intimation in the Sacred Scriptures that indicate that it is the duty of any ...

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Christian Worldview

“Give Us a King”

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Seen and Unseen Kingdoms

In this entry, Lipscomb continues his thesis that ordinances of God are not all intended to be carried out by ...

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Christian Worldview

Are States the Ministers of God?

A common objection to the idea that the state is founded in rebellion against God is the language of the ...

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Christian Worldview

Does Romans 13 Justify Nero, Pharoah, or Nimrod?

Lipscomb approaches the issue with a new tact this time around, and brings up Romans 13 in the process. He ...

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Christian Worldview

David Lipscomb Against Union Conscription

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

David Lipscomb Against Confederate Conscription Acts

Notable in this piece is the way in which Lipscomb and his co-authors argue for their firm non-violent stance. They ...

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Libertarianism

Doug Wilson is Wrong About Libertarianism

Does society always and in every case break down to atomistic individuals?

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Christian Worldview

The Spirit of the Church and of the World-Powers

Having stridently argued for the position that the kingdoms of the world are not of God through both Old and ...

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Christian Worldview

Babylon: The Archetype of the State

We wish to call attention to the biblical use of the term Babylon. It is given in Scripture as the ...

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Christian Worldview

John’s Revelation and World-Powers

Lipscomb now addresses the symbols in Revelation in greater detail, ultimately to level a scathing indictment of the 19th-century church. ...

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Christian Worldview

God’s Kingdom and the World’s Kingdoms are Separate

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

Jesus’ Temptations and World-Powers

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Church of God Among the Nations

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Old Testament Kings and God’s Justice

In our investigations we have found that God, at all times, kept a wide gulf of separation between his Jewish ...

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Christian Worldview

Biblical Origins of Human Government

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Glaring Inconsistency

The following article was published by David Lipscomb in The Gospel Advocate on roughly January 30, 1866 — not even a ...

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Christian Worldview

Jesus Was Not a Socialist

Our dear friend Larry Reed, an advisor to LCI and former President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), recently ...

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Christian Worldview

Is the Bible “pro-government?”

Is the Bible “pro-government?” Simple answer, no. Yes, we find governments operating throughout the Bible. We even see various governments ...

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LCI Hot Takes: Levels of Liberty

Wherein, I discuss a few aspects of liberty as presented in the Bible at a high level (not super-detailed), and ...

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Christian Worldview

Does the Reformed Doctrine of Inerrancy Threaten Christian Libertarians?

The Libertarian Christian Institute is an ecumenical Christian organization which brings together Christians from a variety of theological backgrounds. Though ...

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