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Ep 246: Wicked Shepards and Lost Sheep: Luke 15, Jeremiah 23, and Ezekiel 34

Podcast

In this episode I explore the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15:1-7 in which Jesus, directly responding to his critics, explains how his audience would leave ninety-nine sheep ...

Ep 244: Mark 10 Wrecks Modern Economic and Political Assumptions

Economics

In this episode I explore the economic and political consequences of two passages in Mark 10. I explain how modern progressive and conservative Christians implicitly assume the nineteenth-century nation state ...

‘Jesus Would Support’ Student Debt Forgiveness? Not so Fast

Economics

Those who think the Lord’s Prayer and Jubilees support their political goal of blanket debt forgiveness should take a closer look at the Bible and Jewish history. Two authors of ...

Can Christians Serve Two Masters?

Christian Worldview

“No man can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24). The fine print at the bottom of the website where I signed up to receive some religious newsletters read: “From time to ...

The Things That Make For Peace

War and Peace

I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war. – Psalm 120:7 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and ...

When Christians Love Political Power More Than People

Christian Worldview

… the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. “I will give it all ...

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 ...

Is Jesus killing America? No, Jesus is life.

Christian Worldview

Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them; and their people in high position exercise ...

Ep 216: The Drug War and Immigration

Podcast

Doug Stuart and Dr. Norman Horn discuss two of the biggest issues non-libertarian Christians should repent and embrace a libertarian view on: the drug war and free movement of people. ...

One of the more overlooked ways in which Jesus brought God’s ethical ideal into full bloom — or as Matthew 5:17 puts it, one way he “fulfilled” the Old Testament law and prophets — was by reorganizing God’s followers from a nation into a church. He denationalized them, transforming them from a typical earthly kingdom into the transnational, interethnic, nongovernmental, nonviolent, geographically dispersed organization we call the universal church. For these reasons, Jesus was an anti-nationalist which makes Christian Nationalism antithetical to the Christian faith.

Jesus was an Anti-Nationalist

Christian Worldview

One of the more overlooked ways in which Jesus brought God’s ethical ideal into full bloom — or as Matthew 5:17 puts it, one way he “fulfilled” the Old Testament ...

Ep 215: Echoing Hope, with Kurt Willems

Podcast

The humanity of Jesus is an important doctrine to Christians, and recognizing its importance has real significance to our daily lives. Kurt Willems joins us to talk about his new ...

Can a Christian Join the Military?

War and Peace

This guest post is by Steve Wilder. Steve is an electrical engineer and homeschooling father of four. There are three views Christians hold about war: (1) Some believe Jesus taught ...

Ep 190: Ending the Death Penalty, with Hannah Cox

Christian Worldview

Why should Christians, conservatives, and libertarians reject the death penalty? Hannah Cox from Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty joins us to talk about why she believes those who believe ...

Ep 189: Love Matters More, with Jared Byas

Christian Worldview

Jared Byas of the popular podcast The Bible for Normal People joins us to talk about his new book, Love Matters More: How Fighting to be Right Keeps us from ...

Ep 182: Was Jesus a Socialist? with Lawrence Reed

Podcast

On today’s episode, Doug is joined by Lawrence Reed, president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education and the author of many fantastic books, to discuss his newest book, “Was ...

Jesus Was Not a Socialist

Christian Worldview

Our dear friend Larry Reed, an advisor to LCI and former President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), recently released his book Was Jesus A Socialist? and it follows on ...

We Pray for Peace as we Revel in War

Christian Worldview

Bloodshed Leads to More Bloodshed Whatever happened to the rifleman? I’ve got a job for the rifleman. He really knew how to settle the score When mercy knocked on the ...

Transcending Identity Politics

Libertarianism

We sometimes hear conversations which contain claims like, “Jews are so sneaky,” or “Christians are so intolerant,” or “Asians are so smart,” or “Blacks are so violent.” Imagine this type ...

Was Jesus a Socialist?

Libertarianism

Was Jesus a socialist? Was he revolting against wealth and money itself? Or was he actually challenging people who use the violence of the state to prosper? I have my ...

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 ...

Political Correctness Hallucinates Immigrants as Animals

Politics

This week, the Political Correctness religion mass hallucinated that Trump called illegal immigrants animals because many of its members feel that way and deeply want to atone for it. Media ...

An Alternative View on Taxes

Politics

The centuries immediately before and after the 100s CE in the Greco-Roman world were increasingly violent. There were frequent uprisings, attempted coups, assassinations of political leaders, reform efforts and massacres ...

Truly He Taught Us to Love One Another

Want to “Do Something?” Embody the Kingdom of God

Christian Worldview

The subject of the kingdom of God is worth returning to again and again because a biblically-informed understanding of the kingdom emboldens the people of God for Spirit-filled kingdom demonstration. ...

Christ vs the Crowd: My Interview with Jordan B Peterson

Media

Coinciding with the release of his new book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sat down with me earlier this week in New York ...

Ep 46: A Very Murphy Christmas with Bob Murphy

Podcast

As we celebrate the Advent, economist and friend of LCI Bob Murphy returns to the show to tell us about his Christian testimony. Once a staunch atheist who planned to ...

Ep 45: The Christmas Stories as Anti-Imperial Good News

Podcast

Doug and Norman talk about the birth stories of Christ and how Matthew and Luke both use language and employ storytelling techniques that provide a clear anti-Roman and anti-empire story. ...

Ep 44: Economics and the Parables of Jesus with Jeffrey Tucker

Podcast

Parabolic interpretation has been seen through many lenses throughout Christian history. While the deepest theological meaning of the parables carry the greatest importance, there are also important lessons which can ...

Start With Jesus As King

Politics

American Christians just can’t quit our addiction to power. We have no problem with the notion that a majority should be able to use the coercive power of the State ...

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 ...

The Teacher of Galilee: A Seer Who Really Did See

Libertarianism

* Today’s guest post is by anthropologist Spencer H. MacCallum.   A Wakeup Call for Christian Libertarians The Teacher of Galilee: A Seer Who Really Did See “How tantalizing,” economist ...

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