ethics

Abortion and the Idolatry of Law

Culture

After Roe v. Wade, something amazing happened.  New organizations, care centers, adoption services, and support networks for pregnant mothers popped up all across the country.  There’s a powerful lesson here ...

Is it Okay to Kill?

War and Peace

Is it okay to kill? I don’t mean a bug in your house, a snake in your garage, or a deer in the woods. Deer tastes good; you may not ...

Decriminalization, Legalization, or Freedom?

Culture

In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused. Drug prohibition is the criminalization of the production, distribution, and possession of drugs as currently exists ...

The Rand Paul Filibuster in 2 Minutes

Media

Anthony Gregory explains the significance of the Rand Paul Filibuster in two minutes: This is an exciting time for liberty, so major props to Rand Paul for taking this stand ...

What Every Libertarian Needs To Know About Two Books on the Drug War

Book Reviews

Review of Mark A. R. Kleiman, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Angela Hawken, Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), xxi + 234 pgs., ...

Jim Wallis lambastes John McCain for military adventurism, but not Obama?

Christian Worldview

I am not positive at all toward Jim Wallis’s left-leaning positions on government intervention in the economy and social issues. Nonetheless, he is completely correct in his criticism of John ...

War in the forest

Militarism is the Devil’s Work

President's Blog

Joel Poindexter writes: The Great Commission, as described in the gospel of Matthew, has been perverted by these Right-Wing warmongers. It’s gone from a mission to “go and make disciples ...

News of the Week, Sept. 9th, 2012 Edition: Anarchism and Christianity?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Bob Murphy reconciles anarcho-capitalism with Christianity. Doug Newman asks if Christians should ever vote for the lesser of ...

Instinct and Ethics

Culture

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was originally published in the December 1969 issue of The Freeman, ...

A Bad Way to Argue Against Being a Christian Libertarian

Theology

A few days after the Washington Post published my article on Christianity, libertarianism, and Ron Paul, one Dana Loesch, a former talk-show radio host and leader in the St. Louis, ...

6 Myths Catholics Tell About Libertarians

Christian Worldview

Norman’s note: This guest post is by Prof. Ryan McMaken. Even though the article is specifically about Catholic Christians, every major point could be applied to Protestants as well. Many ...

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. ...

What would the Twelve Apostles say about modern government?

History

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

Government vs. The State

Politics

John Cobin, author of the great books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy, has graciously agreed to let me post his public policy course essays on LCC, ...

Thoughts on the word “We”

Christian Worldview

Progressive Christians deride libertarian individualism as contrary to the value system of the Kingdom of God. In their minds, to start with society, rather than the individual, is a morally ...

“The Ethics of Martin Luther” Book Review

Book Reviews

Book review of The Ethics of Martin Luther by Paul Althaus, translated by Robert C. Schultz. Augsberg Fortress Press, 1972. Retail: $18.00. —- Most of literature I have read on ...

Who Owns You? I sure don’t…

Media

I am on the board of The Foundation for a Free Society, and one of our objectives is to put out professional, artistic, catchy videos that communicate the philosophy of ...

The Market Economy and Its Life-Support System

Economics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The World we live in is divided. The major division, the division ...

With or Without a God: Natural Law and Property Rights

History

[Excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, Economic Thought Before Adam Smith (1995). An MP3 audio file of this article, read by Jeff Riggenbach. ...

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 ...

New Jersey proposes legislation to restrict TSA pat-downs and scanners

News

New Jersey State Senator Mike Doherty (R-23) introduced three pieces of legislation that will limit the power of the TSA in New Jersey airports. The first bill makes pat-downs of ...

Defending Freedom and the Free Society

History

Originally by Edmund Opitz, published in the January 1993 edition of The Freeman. —- Countless generations of men have lived in unfree societies, but many men dreamed of freedom and ...

Biblical Roots of American Liberty

Theology

Originally by Edmund Opitz in the July 1991 (41) edition of The Freeman. —- The First Amendment to the Constitution forbids Congress to set up an official church; there was ...

Narnians Hate the State Too!

Christian Worldview

David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute, President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California, and friend of LibertarianChristians.com has recently published a three-part series on the political ...

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 ...

New Copyright Rules Released

News

Intellectual property, especially copyright and patents, is purely fictitious, a construction of the State. Stephan Kinsella has definitively proved such in his paper Against Intellectual Property. Nevertheless, the US government ...

Theological Traditions

Theology

Many people do not like the word “tradition.” It holds connotations of oldness or stinginess, and in our modern way we like new, different, novel, unique. But our traditions are ...

Mission Accomplished, Obama-Style

News

On January 23, 2009 a two-day-inaugurated President Obama ordered his first murder of Iraqis with Predator drones. Now, exactly sixteen months past his inauguration, Barack Obama has failed to live ...

Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 2)

Appearances

My apologies for being late with part 2 of “War, Foreign Policy, and the Church,” but life happens, you know? This is the exciting conclusion to one of Laurence Vance’s ...

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