Protection, Defense, Retaliation, and Self-Ownership
This is a guest post written by Todd Lewis, who graduated from Malone University with a degree in history and …
Tag: pacifism perspective
The Things That Make For Peace
I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war. – Psalm 120:7 As he approached …
If God Doesn’t Use Force to Impose His Will, How Can We?
If God doesn’t use force and violence to bend us to his will, why do we insist on using force …
Jesus’ Way Beyond Anger and Contempt
Sometimes you read an article and it strikes you as extremely important for your walk with Christ – what follows …
Tearing Out Your Eye and Quitting Your Job
In this guest post LCC welcomes Matthew Gilliland, libertarian writer and speaker. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central …
A Farewell to Mars
I cannot overstate my excitement to promote Brian Zahnd’s latest book, A Farewell to Mars. I am passionate about the message …
Kevin Vallier on Christian Pacifism and Libertarianism
I have often wondered why my liberal or progressive Christian friends who are also pacifists give nearly zero credibility to libertarianism, even though …
Are Christian Libertarians also Pacifists?
I have been called many things since I began writing in 2003 about the immoral, unjust invasions of Iraq and …
Alexander Campbell, Tolbert Fanning, David Lipscomb: A Nineteenth-Century Anti-War Triumvirate
A shorter version of this essay was presented at the 2013 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute. Alexander …
Evangelicals for Peace
Billy Sunday was the most famous evangelist in America during the first two decades of the 20th century. Without the …
The Way of Peace
All libertarians seek the path of non-violence. Even those with anarchist leanings will concede the possibility that the State has …
Just war or pacifism? Neither?
For the time being, I’m going to be continuing “Q&A Week” until I have caught up with all of the …
Can a Christian fight?
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
Do Christians have the right to defend themselves? (Even from the state?)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …