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Discover the Origins of Freedom and How to Attain it

Discover the Origins of Freedom and How to Attain it

Christian Worldview

The foundation of individualism and personal freedom is found in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. God shows His people that He relates to each person individually ...

Good News, Bad News Oct 30, 2021: Biden Mocks Freedom, A Billionaire Tax, Facebook Goes Meta

Media

Join the Libertarian Christian Roundtable as we discuss our disgust as President Biden mocks those who want freedom, explore the asinine concept of an unrealized capital gain tax, and the ...

Justice, Power, and Boundaries

Culture

“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” Lev. 19:15 It doesn’t take much time to notice that ...

The Freedom to Move

Culture

This classic essay was originally written by Oscar Cooley and Paul Poirot, and is excerpted from a pamphlet originally published by FEE in 1951. Can we hope to explain the ...

God’s justice is better than man’s justice: A response to Tim Keller

Christian Worldview

Tim Keller recently published an article entitled, “A Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory.” His article is a sort of apologia for his conception of “biblical justice” and ...

LCI Hot Takes: Levels of Liberty

Media

Wherein, I discuss a few aspects of liberty as presented in the Bible at a high level (not super-detailed), and how you should respond if someone objects to a Christian ...

The Creation Story, Part II: the Responsibility of Adam and Eve

Libertarianism

In The Creation Story, Part I, we discussed the Hebrew term ha-adam. God creates ha-adam out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo), and thus man is created free. The creation of ...

creation of humanity responsibility of man and woman

The Creation of Humanity & the Responsibility of Man and Woman

Christian Worldview

The Book of Genesis begins with creation. God creates the heavens and the earth. He creates light to illuminate the heavens and the earth. He creates the waters and the ...

And You Thought You Lived in a Free Society

Libertarianism

Because they can vote for Tweedledum or Tweedledee, the red team or the blue team, or the welfare statist or the warfare statist, Americans think they live in a free ...

Do I Respect My Free Will?

Theology

God has gifted us with free will. We can choose between right and wrong, good and evil. We are free to follow Him or walk away. The gift of free ...

New Research: Government is Killing Us

Libertarianism

Here in rural Indiana, as in much of the Midwest, it’s difficult to escape the visual reminder of the ubiquity of corn and soybeans in the American diet. Every morning ...

How Freedom Depends on Easter

Libertarianism

Some people may think that Resurrection Sunday is unrelated to the important themes we discuss regularly on LibertarianChristians.com, The Libertarian Christian Podcast, Christian Libertarian Review, or in other LCI materials. ...

Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Legality v. Morality

History

Being born into a nation-state, all of us are trained to equate “illegal” with “bad,” and “legal” with “OK.” And because many times there is, in fact, a direct correspondence ...

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 ...

Why I’m Triggered by Knee-Jerk Reactions

Politics

After a tragic event like the one brought on by a white terrorist in Las Vegas, predicting the ensuing social media conversation is easy. Gun control is too lax! say ...

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 ...

Americans Are Quadruple Taxed

Economics

It has often been pointed out that corporate profits are double taxed when a corporation pays income tax on its profit and then shareholders pay income tax on that same ...

A Christian Defense of Capitalism

Libertarianism

*Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University. As an economist at Northwood University, I teach the history and philosophy of various economic systems. In fact, humanity ...

Would Jesus Celebrate Memorial Day?

Politics

Memorial Day, as we all know, is not just the official beginning of the summer vacation season. It is a federal holiday that commemorates U.S. soldiers who died in military ...

A Christian Black Lives Matter Manifesto

Politics

“Without violence, nothing is ever accomplished in history.” – Karl Marx “But I tell you not to violently resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, ...

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 ...

The Dying and Desperate Left

Culture

The American Left – which never had a sterling record to begin with – is rapidly deteriorating. In one sense it may seem surprising how expediently the Left has turned ...

Called to Freedom

Called to Freedom: Launching On February 1st!

Announcements

LCI is pleased to announce that Called to Freedom will be released on February 1st! Called to Freedom is a book written by six libertarian Christians from various backgrounds exploring ...

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 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 ...

The Jesus and Socialism Debate

Announcements

I was recently informed that Lawrence Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), will be on the Up For Debate Radio Program on the Moody Radio Network this ...

Do Americans Live in a Free Society?

Politics

Whenever I hear someone say that U.S. troops fighting overseas somewhere, anywhere—it doesn’t matter where—are defending our freedoms, it makes me want to vomit, and for two reasons. The troops ...

Gospel Against Empire

Media

During a breakout session at Christians for Liberty 2015, I talked about what it means to be both Christian and libertarian. If you’d like to read the talk, you can read ...

What if You Weren’t Allowed to Vote?

Libertarianism

I want to do a brief thought experiment. Despite the implausibility of this scenario, I think it might explain why libertarians should be less pessimistic about the future. So here ...

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