Kingdom of God

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The Astonishing Power of a Faithful Mustard Seed Revolution

Libertarianism

Tucked away in one of Jesus’ short, unassuming parables is a hidden subversive message that pronounces coming judgment upon mankind’s systems of power. It all starts with a little mustard ...

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Resist The New American Culture War Vortex

Culture

As much as sensible libertarians would like to be discussing and debating substantive issues like the national budget, economic freedom, and sensible immigration policy, these topics garner vanishingly little conversation ...

Weekend Insights – Of Games, Math, and Politics?

News

Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI "President's Corner" of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I'm thinking about...

Work and Worship (Book Review)

Book Reviews

Overview In Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy, authors Matthew Kaemingk and Cory B. Willson set out to reform the Christian view of our daily labor and Sunday ...

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 ...

The Glaring Inconsistency

Christian Worldview

The following article was published by David Lipscomb in The Gospel Advocate on roughly January 30, 1866 — not even a year after the surrender of the Confederate States at Appomattox. ...

What if the State Confessed that Jesus is Lord?

Christian Worldview

A reader recently reached out to ask us the following hypothetical question: “What if, in an ideal situation, the State acknowledged and confessed Jesus Christ is Lord, is it then ...

Avoiding Idolatry In Difficult Times

Christian Worldview

“There is no such thing as not worshiping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship … If you worship money and things, … then you will ...

Elucidating Ellul #3: Statism

Libertarianism

What used to be a utopian view of society, with the state playing the role of the brain, not only has been ideologically accepted in the present time but also ...

Join the Kingdom Conspiracy

Book Reviews

The term ‘Kingdom’ has become a Christian buzzword. This seems suitable; most commentators agree that the Kingdom of God was a major emphasis (if not the primary theme) of Jesus’ ...

Politics as Spiritual Formation

Politics

Political engagement shapes us. It forms us. Politics affect, not just our thoughts, but the inclinations of our heart. Political engagement is a type of spiritual formation. I mean “politics” in ...

Is Wealth a Sin?

Theology

Whenever statistics about inequality and the so-called “control of wealth” get published, the Progressive blogosphere goes wild and their social media statuses light up with indignant calls for concern for ...

Christian Anti-Capitalism

Book Reviews

Review of Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World (Baker Academic, 2012), 224 pgs., paperback. This is the sixth volume in the ...

Citizenship and Allegiance

Christian Worldview

Growing up I was taught to value the greatness and splendor that is The United States of America. For a variety of reasons, The United States was the greatest and ...

Speak Up!

Book Reviews

(This is part six of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, my post on the first chapter here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. ...

Locking Eyes With Culture

Book Reviews

This is part two of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. Each ...

Being Public Christians

Book Reviews

This is the first in a series posts liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. Most people tend to believe that faith is only a private matter. Christians in America tend ...

Responding to Tim Suttle

Book Reviews

Author Tim Suttle responded to my review of his book, An Evangelical Social Gospel?, by engaging in the one major critique I addressed in his book. In my review I ...

“An Evangelical Social Gospel?” Book Review

Book Reviews

While there have always been schisms in the Christian faith, the current theological/political divide between the Christian Left and the Christian Right is a culmination of the past 100+ years ...

Private Charity Isn’t Enough

Economics

“The idea that churches can tackle national poverty, take care of those who are ill, and rebuild communities after natural disasters requires a spoonful of bad moral theology and a ...

No Man Can Serve Two Masters

Christian Ethics

“Why is it that we see men willing to sacrifice property, the comforts of home, the sweets of the domestic and family relationship, undergo privations and sorrows, suffer hunger, and ...

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