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Ep 239: Is there more than one way of being pro-life?

Podcast

Abolitionist Nathan Weisser joins Kerry Baldwin and Doug Stuart for a discussion of the different sub-sects of the pro-life movement, their differing strategies, where and why they disagree, and where ...

Ep 238: What About Abortion?

Podcast

Join the co-authors of Faith Seeking Freedom to get a “behind the scenes” look at the the book’s creation and the content of Chapter 11: What About Abortion? Kerry Baldwin ...

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

10 Reasons Christianity and Libertarianism are Compatible

Libertarianism

Last week at the International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington, D.C., Elise Amyx of the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics (TIFWE) organized a panel on libertarianism and Christianity. ...

Ep 231: Pacifism, Prophecy, and Praxis, with Todd Lewis

Podcast

Todd Lewis joins us to discuss pacifism and why libertarian Christians should especially be interested in understanding this position further. Show Notes Hear more of what Todd Lewis has to ...

Ep 226: What About Public Goods and Services?

Podcast

Join the co-authors of Faith Seeking Freedom to get a “behind the scenes” look at the the book’s creation and the content of Chapter 7: What About Public Goods and Services? Dick ...

The Proper Origin of Rights

Philosophy

Libertarianism is founded on the belief that individuals have universal rights – specifically rights to life, liberty, and the possession of property. Despite fairly widespread recognition of these rights, their ...

The Libertarian Aquinas

Libertarianism

Jonathan McIntosh (Ph.D., University of Dallas) is a Fellow of Humanities at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, where he teaches on the history of western political and economic ...

Ep 207: Jesus Politics, with Kurt Willems

Libertarianism

Kurt Willems of the Theology Curator podcast joins us to talk about why Jesus was political, how Jesus did politics, and how the church today can follow in the footsteps ...

Ep 206: Assessing What Happened in D.C. on January 6, 2021

Libertarianism

The Libertarian Christian Roundtable, featuring Jason Rink who was at the Stop the Steal rally in Washington, D.C., discusses the experience of the January 6 protest/riot/insurrection/kerfuffle (nobody knows what to ...

Ep 205: Kerry Baldwin & Dick Clark on Decentralized Revolution

Libertarianism

Kerry Baldwin & Dick Clark recently appeared on the Decentralized Revolution podcast of the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus to discuss LCI’s new book, “Faith Seeking Freedom: Libertarian Christian Answers to ...

Ep 140: Should Christians Care About Competition? with Dr. Art Carden

Christian Worldview

Economists like competition because competitive markets create what the economist Tim Harford calls “a world of truth”: we produce, as he puts it, the right things the right way and in ...

Ep 138: Politically Correct Mythology vs. Gospel Technology

Christian Worldview

David Gornoski uses mimetic theory to explain how the gospel is the antidote to the problems that ail our world, including the myths that prevail in our politically correct ...

Ep 137: What Does the Bible Say About Government? with Jason Hughey

Christian Worldview

Many Christians believe that the Bible establishes human political authority as a means of ensuring social order. Passages such as Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:17, and Christ’s statement to “render ...

Ep 136: Core Values of Christian Libertarians with Dr. Norman Horn

Christian Worldview

Norman discusses the fundamentals of Christian libertarianism in the context of LCI’s recently released mission, vision, and core values, with an additional emphasis on the kind of character we should ...

Does the Reformed Doctrine of Inerrancy Threaten Christian Libertarians?

Christian Worldview

The Libertarian Christian Institute is an ecumenical Christian organization which brings together Christians from a variety of theological backgrounds. Though our theological differences don’t affect libertarianism, sometimes they intersect it. And when ...

For and Against

Christian Worldview

Because there are such common misconceptions about what libertarians believe, we are often pushed into defining ourselves by explaining what libertarianism is not. We are eager to tear down straw ...

Jesus Wasn’t A Libertarian (But He’s Glad I Am!)

Featured

Christianity is Making a “Social Turn” Christian thought and practice is making a turn toward a qualitatively social faith. That is, the good news of Jesus Christ is widely recognized ...

How to start learning about Christian libertarianism

Featured

I recently met with a candidate for public office in Texas who had a number of questions about how to think about the connections between Christianity and libertarianism. We had ...

Abstract: Christian Libertarianism (Hubner)

Academic Journal

Title: Christian Libertarianism: An Introduction and Signposts for the Road Ahead Author: Jamin Hübner Abstract: Explicit discourse about “Christian libertarianism” is a relatively recent phenomenon. While relevant concepts have been ...

David Gornoski Interviews Jason Jones on Catholic Social Teaching

Appearances

Friend of the Libertarian Christian Institute David Gornoski recently interviewed Jason Jones — a Catholic activist and human rights worker — about Catholic social teaching, mimetic theory, and what it ...

Freedom Is the Imitatio Christi

Libertarianism

“The truth shall set you free.” — Jesus Christ The truth, as Jesus demonstrated, is not conceptual but perceptual. That is, it is embodied, not abstract knowledge. The truth can only be ...

Announcing: Christian Libertarian Review

Announcements

As LCI has considered our direction over these past several months, it has become increasingly clear that our greatest value to both the Church and the liberty movement involves content ...

Announcing The Libertarian Christian Podcast

Events

It’s a big day for LCI. Coinciding with our attendance at the 2017 International Students for Liberty Conference, today we launch the inaugural episode of The Libertarian Christian Podcast! A ...

Ep 1: Our Libertarian Christian Journey

Podcast

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Libertarian Christian Podcast! We at LCI are very enthusiastic about this project. Not only have our supporters been asking for it; it’s also ...

Change History: Support LCI in 2017

Events

Why is it that followers of the Prince of Peace are so often the quickest to beat the drums of war? And why do so many think that “love your ...

The Incarnation and Liberty

Libertarianism

As the end of the year approaches, most people are thinking about the cultural and practical aspects of the Christmas season: vacations, presents, decorations, food and the like. Amongst Christians, ...

The Prophetic Voice of Libertarian Christians

Libertarianism

The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States will be a catalyst for various sorts of changes in America. One political adjustment is already ...

The Global Populist Revolt and the Church

History

2016 will go down in the history books as a watershed year for world politics. Between the stunning Brexit vote that rocked the globalist cabal, the rising national populist movements ...

What Libertarianism Is (and Isn’t)

Libertarianism

Recently I was at a gathering of libertarian activists. Most of them were around age 20 and had been involved in the liberty movement for at most a few years. ...

Taxation is Theft. (The Rest of The Story)

Christian Worldview

In my previous post, I raised some questions and pointed out problems with an argument against those who say “taxation is theft.” But my argument was missing one important piece: ...

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