What You Should Really Know About the Libyan Slave Trade
Christians Serious About Justice Cannot Pretend History Began Yesterday Readers of The Gospel Coalition could hardly be blamed for thinking …
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Start With Jesus As King
American Christians just can’t quit our addiction to power. We have no problem with the notion that a majority should …
We Are All Racists Now
Race Actually Matters for Believers … Just Not the Way You Think (We Are All Racists Now) by Rev. Jacob …
Libertarianism Wins Hands Down (Over Conservatism)
Review of Nathan W. Schlueter and Nikolai G. Wenzel, Selfish Libertarians and Socialist Conservatives? The Foundations of the Libertarian-Conservative Debate …
Freedom Is the Imitatio Christi
“The truth shall set you free.” — Jesus Christ The truth, as Jesus demonstrated, is not conceptual but perceptual. That is, it …
Racism, Free Speech, and Censorship
The past few weeks have been an extraordinary time for western culture amongst an already-extraordinary past two years. Most readers …
How the Government “Works” – A Visual Model
How does the government actually “work?” In conversations about economics or politics, it is only a matter of time before …
A Christian Defense of Capitalism
*Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University. As an economist at Northwood University, I teach the …
Liberty Needs Christianity, Not Fascism
I recently saw a video by a libertarian commentator named TJ Brown, also known as That Guy T, on YouTube …
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 …
The Curious Case of Russell Moore
Most politically-aware Christians are probably at least somewhat-familiar with the recent controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention surrounding Russell Moore, …
A Christian Black Lives Matter Manifesto
“Without violence, nothing is ever accomplished in history.” – Karl Marx “But I tell you not to violently resist an …
Toward a More Augustinian View of Government
The following is an excerpt from Jason Hughey’s chapter in the new book, Called to Freedom. (edited for format) With …
Announcing The Libertarian Christian Podcast
It’s a big day for LCI. Coinciding with our attendance at the 2017 International Students for Liberty Conference, today we …
People, Not Issues
What happens to individuals after issues are won and lost in the political arena? For instance: when immigration bans are …
David Gornoski Interviews Ron Paul
Author and friend of LCI, David Gornoski, recently interviewed Ron Paul on the subject of Christian nonviolence. It’s always great …
The Dying and Desperate Left
The American Left – which never had a sterling record to begin with – is rapidly deteriorating. In one sense …
The Exorcism of Collectivism
Exorcising Collectivism out of Personhood (or, The Exorcism of Collectivism) Have you ever found yourself living out an expected role …
Religious Superstition in the Age of Christianity
Religious superstition characterized the Greco-Roman culture of the first-century. Here is but one snapshot of home life: In addition to …
Phony Anarchists
Reuters is reporting on supposed ‘anarchist groups’ planning to interfere with Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20th. This falls …
Change History: Support LCI in 2017
Why is it that followers of the Prince of Peace are so often the quickest to beat the drums of …
The Flag is a Coffin Veil
“Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. About the ninth hour Jesus …
The Global Populist Revolt and the Church
2016 will go down in the history books as a watershed year for world politics. Between the stunning Brexit vote …
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 …
I Pledge Allegiance to the State?
Theologian Preston Sprinkle wrote a short blog the other day about why he stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Like …
The Gotthard Tunnel Ceremony Reveals the Aesthetic of Statism
A friend recently sent me a video to the Gotthard Tunnel opening ceremony in Switzerland that took place on June …
Victory, Defeat, and Learning About Liberty
“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of …
The System Built on Greed
Guest post by C. Jay Engel of the Reformed Libertarian. The anti-free market proclamations from the left (and even sometimes …
Militarism is the Devil’s Work
Joel Poindexter writes: The Great Commission, as described in the gospel of Matthew, has been perverted by these Right-Wing warmongers. …