German War Guilt for WWI is Misplaced; A Historian Explains How France was Responsible
This is a guest post written by Todd Lewis, who graduated from Malone University with a degree in history and …
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Weekend Insights – Of variants, and hyperbitcoinization
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Of Pilgrims and Communism
As people in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we rightly express gratitude for the divine providence that sustains …
Weekend Insights – Malice, Anarchism, Batman, and much more…
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Weekend Insights – Space, the Final Frontier
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Weekend Insights – Of Rome, Race, and Revelation
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Self-Ownership in Traditional Judaism
This guest post was written by Alan Krinsky. In the fifth chapter of the second book of his Two Treatises …
Weekend Insights – Dogecoin Raps and Coronavirus Cowards
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The Libertarian Aquinas
Jonathan McIntosh (Ph.D., University of Dallas) is a Fellow of Humanities at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, where …
Daniel Wadkins: A Preacher’s Profile
Elder Daniel Wadkins (1818-1883), biracial and born free, was a member of the Nashville Christian Church on Church Street (probably since 1844). Originally a farm laborer, he became a teacher’s assistant in 1833 when the first school for free blacks in Nashville was started. He began his own school in 1839.
Weekend Insights – The End of 2020
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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 Bible describing various kings and leaders as “God’s servants” or “ministers”. Romans 13 can be included as one of these texts. But do such verses justify their actions?
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 suggests that if Romans 13 is the justifying scripture for allowing Christians to participate in bloodshed, then “Nimrod and Abraham, Pharaoh and Moses, Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar, Paul and Nero, stand precisely upon the same footing as approved and accepted subjects [of God].” Of course, he says this is illogical, and we must reject the former premise.
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 …
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 are to “submit quietly” to the government save where submission would require violation of God’s law. Their view, of course, is that joining an army to kill would be a violation of God’s law. Would only Christians today see the wisdom in such a firm belief?
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 New Testaments, Lipscomb now seeks to differentiate the particular spirit of the Church versus the world-powers.
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 name of the first, and in many respects, the head of the world-governments. It is derived from Babel, and means confusion. In the early days of the human family, and even to the present time, among the ruder nations of the world, all names are significant. This is especially so of the Bible names. Adam, means of earth, hence, he that was made of earth was called Adam. So of Babylon, it means confusion, strife; therefore, that which especially introduced confusion and strife into the world, was termed Babylon.
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. Some protestants interpret the “mother of harlots” as the medieval era Roman Catholic Church (Constantine and beyond). Fine, Lipscomb says, but who are the daughters of this harlot? Are they not the protestant churches?
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 kingdom and subjects, and the world-institutions by which they were surrounded. No alliances—no affiliations—no courtesies as equals with the man-governments or their subjects, were never engaged in without receiving a signal mark of God’s displeasure.
The Church of Christ and World-Powers
This article begins a new series of weekly posts authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of …
Does God Take Part in Wars?
The article below was written in January 1866 by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in …
The Glaring Inconsistency
The following article was published by David Lipscomb in The Gospel Advocate on roughly January 30, 1866 — not even a …
We the People are Not Statues
Monuments are mnemonic devices. They help us memorize images that represent a certain historical narrative. If you take a stroll …
Introducing “Good News, Bad News”
We pride ourselves at LCI on providing great “evergreen” content for Christian libertarians across the world. Nonetheless, addressing what is …
Libertarian Principles in Dante’s Inferno
Libertarianism, as many of us know, is often mischaracterized as primarily a selfish ideology that is fundamentally at odds with Christian belief and practice.
Christian Citizenship
I am currently conducting research in the Gospel Advocate, a journal of the Churches of Christ founded in the 1850s, …
Don’t Let the Left (and the Right) Steal “Social Justice”
“There is no sport for the ignoramus like killing a useful word.” –Owen Barfield, World’s Apart, 1963 The meaning of words can …