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can libertarians be conservatives

Ep 7: Can Libertarians Be Conservatives?

Can Libertarians Be Conservatives? A discussion of the article “Can Conservatives Be Libertarians?” by Gerard Casey. Several mischaracterizations of libertarianism are answered. How Reformed libertarians value tradition and liberty in ...

honest scales and balances

Ep 289: Honest Scales and Balances: Ben Lewis and the Christian View of Bitcoin

Christian Worldview

Honest Scales and Balances: Ben Lewis and the Christian View of Bitcoin Summary Libertarian Christian Ben Lewis joins Doug Stuart to discuss a Christian view of Bitcoin and monetary policy. ...

Ep 267: Should the Government Define Marriage?

Podcast

We decided to react to a debate Dr. Norman Horn participated in with Dr. Allan Carlson back in 2013 on the topic of whether the state should define marriage as ...

Ep 224: The Moral Value of Tipping, with Anthony Gill

Podcast

Is tipping a pastime that should be abandoned? Why do waiters and waitresses prefer a tipping economy to a fixed wage economy? Anthony Gill, who has become world renown for ...

Ep 223: What About Christian Morals and Ethics?

Podcast

Join the co-authors of Faith Seeking Freedom to get a “behind the scenes” look at the the book’s creation and the content of Chapter 6: What About Christian Morals and ...

National Debt And The Cost of Low Integrity

Economics

“You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” — Matthew 7:5 I grew ...

Ep 86: Faith & Cannabis with Jason Rink

Culture

In the summer of 2018 Jason Rink participated in a panel discussion at the Texas Marijuana Policy Conference in Austin, TX. Jason joins us to discuss the conference and share ...

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 ...

Gary North’s Christian Economics: The Ethics of Destruction

Christian Worldview

In my last article, I introduced Gary North and his book, Christian Economics in One Lesson. This book is a spin-off of Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson. North is ...

resident alien

Are You a “Resident Alien” or Have You Gone Native?

Culture

In his book The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, Alan Kreider discusses how the early Christians lived in tension between the indigenizing principle and the pilgrim principle—between being at home ...

Legalizing Medical Marijuana is Pro-Life and Pro-Individual Liberty

Culture

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Masterpiece in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission of the ...

The Ambiguity of Selfishness

Libertarianism

A common criticism of capitalism is that it is inherently immoral. Capitalism is conflated into some type of economic Darwinism – survival of the wealthiest. To be a successful capitalist ...

What I Learned about Christian Love from My Conversation With Black Lives Matter Leader Hawk Newsome

Politics

When Jesus visited his disciples after his execution, they were terrified. They expected him to bring the standard justice of the ancient world: vengeance. Instead, Jesus said, “Shalom.” This greeting ...

Jesus Wants Me to Break the Law

Christian Worldview

Early Christians understood that to proclaim Jesus is Lord and that their citizenship is in Heaven was to make a political statement: Caesar is not lord (or in today’s lingo, ...

Circumcision and the “War on Self-Pollution”

Theology

Disclaimer: LCI posts articles representing a broad range of views from authors who identify as both Christian and libertarian. Of course, not everyone will agree with every article, and not ...

Do you Believe in Natural Rights or Might-Makes-Right?

Libertarianism

The linchpin of liberty, the most critical concept which people seem to have an extraordinarily difficult time understanding, is the concept of natural rights.  It’s exceedingly simple and easily proven. ...

The Idol of National Security

Politics

Exodus 1:8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, Behold, the people of Israel are too many ...

Misshaping Scripture for Political Gain: The Acts 2 Argument

Theology

It’s not uncommon to find Christians defending their political sympathies with isolated Scripture verses.  Jesus can be construed as a Democrat, Republican, anarchist, socialist, communist, or (of course) as a ...

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 ...

The John Baeza Files: Detective Blows Whistle on Drug War, Prison System

Libertarianism

Before he was Ron Paul and Rand Paul’s head of security, John Baeza was a cop’s cop. Coming from a family tradition of public servants, Baeza started his career as ...

Wealth, Welfare and Charity

Economics

There are many divergent views about specific topics within libertarian Christian thought, just as there are within strictly libertarian or strictly Christian thinking. But the overarching theme that unites the ...

We Are All Racists Now

Politics

Race Actually Matters for Believers … Just Not the Way You Think (We Are All Racists Now) by Rev. Jacob Chulsung Kim, Ph.D.   It is likely that everyone who ...

How Should A Christian Politician Behave?

Libertarianism

The following is a response to a recent e-mail received by Norman Horn. (names redacted)   Dear , Thank you for your kind remarks and questions. I’ll attempt to answer ...

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 ...

Theology in the 21st Century

Culture

Speaking at the 2017 John Witherspoon College convocation, Christian Libertarian Review General Editor and Professor Jamin Hübner presented the following talk on theology in the 21st century.

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 ...

Racism, Free Speech, and Censorship

Politics

The past few weeks have been an extraordinary time for western culture amongst an already-extraordinary past two years. Most readers will be familiar with the incidents and arguments on free ...

Ep 20: Religious Freedom and the Marriage Wars with Stephanie Slade

Podcast

One of the most common issues raised by non-libertarian Christians about libertarian thought is marriage licensing. Because the family unit is essential to social order, the argument goes, Christians should ...

Ep 19: Capital Punishment in Christian Ethics with Shane Claiborne

Libertarianism

Today we are joined by Shane Claiborne, an internationally-recognized author, speaker, and activist, and perhaps the leading western Christian voice for the New Monastic movement. While Shane does not identify ...

Liberty Needs Christianity, Not Fascism

Libertarianism

I recently saw a video by a libertarian commentator named TJ Brown, also known as That Guy T, on YouTube making a tongue-in-cheek thought experiment that the liberty movement would ...

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