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Ep 155: Could Not Voting Improve the World? with Chris Freiman

Christian Worldview

What if you just stayed home on voting day? Why would this be a better moral choice? Is there anything lost personally or societally if you choose not to vote? ...

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 ...

Does the Reformed Doctrine of Inerrancy Threaten Christian Libertarians?

Christian Worldview

The Libertarian Christian Institute is an ecumenical Christian organization which brings together Christians from a variety of theological backgrounds. Though our theological differences don’t affect libertarianism, sometimes they intersect it. And when ...

Romans 13 for Dummies

Featured

“It is very biblical to enforce the law.” – Sarah Sanders Romans 13 is in the news, and is being abused by the White House to enforce an unjust law. ...

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 ...

A Little Conserva-tive

Libertarianism

By Albert Jay Nock. Originally published in Atlantic Monthly, October 1936. I often think it’s comical How Nature always does contrive That every boy and every gal That’s born into ...

Ep 62: Conscious Capitalism with Alexander McCobin

Libertarianism

The left frequently criticizes free market capitalism with inaccurate caricatures and economic fallacies. However, in recent years, many business leaders and academics have been revisiting the philosophical foundations of capitalism ...

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. ...

Ep 61: Reaching Kids with the Message of Liberty with Connor Boyack

Libertarianism

Connor Boyack is president of Libertas Institute, a free market think tank in Utah. He is the author of the popular libertarian book series for children, The Tuttle Twins, as ...

Ep 60: Busting Myths about the State with Zack Rofer

Libertarianism

Tired of hearing bad arguments about why the state is good, but need a better way to respond? Author Zack Rofer (pseudonym) has you covered with his free e-book, Busting ...

Ep 59: The Way Back with Jonathan Bock

Podcast

Regardless of your denomination, many American Christians have the sense that something is wrong in the Church today. Have we forgotten our mission and values, and if so, what can ...

Ep 58: Entrepreneurship and Human Flourishing with Chris Horst

Podcast

Chris Horst is the vice president of development at HOPE International, where he employs his passion for advancing initiatives at the intersection of faith and work. Chris also serves on ...

Jordan Peterson, Free Speech, and Missing the Bigger Point

Culture

The outspoken psychologist and Toronto University professor, Jordan Peterson, has become a popular icon of political conservativism, political incorrectness, and a bastion of free speech. His followers on Youtube are ...

Ep 57: Getting Control of the Gun Debate with Trevor Burrus

Podcast

The gun control debate in the United States has raged on for decades, and in many ways has escalated in recent years. Every time there is a mass shooting, calls ...

Ep 56: Libertarian Christian Q&R, Round 2

Podcast

Join us for our second episode where we answer questions you have submitted, as well as popular topics from our Facebook group. We talk about cannabis, whether libertarianism can become ...

Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Voting

Politics

“Have you voted today?” I remember uttering these words when calling up random, local people on the phone hours before the end of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election. Somehow I ...

Ep 55: Social Justice and Libertarianism with Jason Jewell

Podcast

Concern for social justice has become one of the most effective ways for Christians to signal that they care about the world’s poor, yet below the surface of this virtue ...

Monday Morning Matrix Meme: Democracy

Politics

Democracy is one of the great gods of Western civilization. “We are part of something providential,” said John McCain in his August 2000 speech in support of George W. Bush. ...

Power Politics in the Name of Love

Politics

Christians in America continue to wrestle with the challenge of how best to engage politically following the corrosive aftermath of the 2016 Presidential election. Some evangelicals spent the first year ...

Ep 48: Working in the Liberty Movement with Aaron Day

Libertarianism

Most people, including most libertarians, have a very negative perception of lobbyists, often because lobbyists seem to represent those who loot the rest of us on behalf of special interests. ...

Ep 41: Russ Roberts on Having Meaningful Conversations

Libertarianism

It seems that people are no longer able to have a decent conversation with each other about politics or other controversial topics. Social media exacerbates our tribal tendencies and often ...

Ep 35: The Drug War, with Raeford Davis

Libertarianism

The War on Drugs is one of the most frequently-cited policy issues in modern politics, and it also serves as a clear foil of libertarianism. Whether or not one supports ...

Why I’m Triggered by Knee-Jerk Reactions

Politics

After a tragic event like the one brought on by a white terrorist in Las Vegas, predicting the ensuing social media conversation is easy. Gun control is too lax! say ...

Ep 34: Mimetic Theory, with David Gornoski

Libertarianism

Sociology, psychology and anthropology can bring us many important insights into our theology, and 20th century scholar René Girard is a testament to that fact. Diving deep into the root ...

How the Government “Works” – A Visual Model

Politics

How does the government actually “work?” In conversations about economics or politics, it is only a matter of time before this issue comes up. I’m not referring to the typical ...

Americans Are Quadruple Taxed

Economics

It has often been pointed out that corporate profits are double taxed when a corporation pays income tax on its profit and then shareholders pay income tax on that same ...

Twelve False Assumptions Behind Mainstream Politics

History

1. That the world’s problems can be solved by passing more laws. The more rules there are, the less freedom we have. There are now more criminal laws in the ...

The Curious Case of Russell Moore

History

Most politically-aware Christians are probably at least somewhat-familiar with the recent controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention surrounding Russell Moore, who is presently head of the public policy arm of ...

A Shining City on a Hill


Culture

Today’s guest post comes from Robert Maynard and was originally posted at Fifth Estate. ********** The notion of establishing a “City on a Hill” as an experiment in ordered liberty, ...

The Conservative Christian Lie about Obama and the Military

Politics

That the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama was an “obomination” there is no question. During his presidency I wrote of his radical associations, his life spent in the service of ...

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