politics

The Attempted Seduction of the Bride of Christ

History

“Christianity and Politics: The Attempted Seduction of the Bride of Christ” by Christopher R. Petruzzi. Wipf and Stock Resource Publications, 2016. “Politics,” says Christopher Petruzzi, “is the process through which ...

The Flag is a Coffin Veil

Politics

“Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘ELI, ELI, LAMA ...

The Global Populist Revolt and the Church

History

2016 will go down in the history books as a watershed year for world politics. Between the stunning Brexit vote that rocked the globalist cabal, the rising national populist movements ...

Drop the Scapegoat! The Pragmatic Case for Christian Nonviolence

Christian Worldview

Our culture is engaged in a cinematic Mexican standoff, but the weapons we point at each other are real only as long as we believe they are. If we broke ...

The West’s Deadly Speech Pathology

Culture

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was God. Go to any western liberal arts university class and you’ll hear the choir ...

I Pledge Allegiance to the State?

Culture

Theologian Preston Sprinkle wrote a short blog the other day about why he stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Like Sprinkle relates in his own account, it’s probably fair to ...

Ron Paul is still the only Christian choice for President

Libertarianism

Ron Paul is the only major presidential candidate Christians could hire without sinning against Jesus in my lifetime. What I mean by “sin” is doing that which is against the ...

Christians and Libertarians on the Tom Woods Show

Announcements

One of my first major influences as a libertarian was Dr. Thomas Woods, through his impressive articles and the lovely book The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. When I ...

A Better Way: Praxis

Libertarianism

“By their fruits you will recognize them.” – Jesus Not what you say, or who you like, or how you vote, or what Facebook groups you belong to.  Your fruit.  ...

Things that Make for Peace: Gospel Against Empire

Libertarianism

This post is a modified form of the talk I gave at Christians for Liberty 2015. The purpose of the talk was to explore why valuing peace is a critical ...

The Flat Tax Revisited

Economics

Every four years, during the presidential election season, Republican candidates criticize the abuses of the IRS and the complexity of the tax code. This time is no different. Sometimes Republicans ...

Everything is Spiritual

Theology

If you missed Jeff Wright’s recent guest post, go read it now. Jeff has written a must-read essay on the spiritual effects of political engagement. He engages the danger in thoughtlessly using ...

The Libertarian Analysis of Obama’s Tax Proposals

Economics

For those of you who did not watch President Obama’s State of the Union address, you can read a transcript here, as I have. I neither watched it nor the ...

Libertarians, Inerrancy, and the Problem of Romans 13

Theology

Romans 13 and Inerrancy Theology, liberty, and economics are my favorite topics to study, debate, or teach, especially when they happen to intersect with each other. When my former professor ...

give to caesar bible verses about government

Ministers make a difference

President's Blog

A friend relayed to me a remarkable quote from a recent sermon at his congregation: “And if I thought that you could substantially change human behavior by laws then I ...

U.S. Soldiers can be court-martialed for sharing their faith

News

Breitbart reports that the Pentagon recently released a statement that soldiers who share their faith (I presume Christian or otherwise): This regulation would severely limit expressions of faith in the ...

The Politics of the Millennium

History

Murray Rothbard wrote the following article for Liberty Magazine in 1990. It provides an interesting summary and perspective on the implications of millennialism upon the political landscape. Though this comes ...

Douglas Wilson tells Idaho to embrace Nullification

History

Via Tom Woods, we find Pastor Douglas Wilson giving a sermon to the Idaho governor and legislature on nullification! He even references Tom Woods’s book at around minute 18. ...

Ron Paul is Right About United States Overseas Military Bases

War and Peace

“We don’t need to pay all this money to keep troops all over the country, 130 countries, 900 bases. But also, just think, bringing all the troops home rather rapidly, ...

Rand Paul may have prevented conflict with Russia, but what does it mean?

Libertarianism

I do not want to overstate the event, but there has been some very interesting stuff going on in the Senate these past few days. Jack Hunter reports in the ...

“Republican Politics According to the Bible” Book Review

Book Reviews

Review of Wayne Grudem, Politics – According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture (Zondervan, 2010), 619 pgs., hardcover, $39.99. I remember ...

Nuremberg, Eichmann, and Extra-Judicial Murder

History

Nazi Germany – the totalitarian rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933-1945 – is infamously remembered for two things: World War II and the Holocaust. After pulling ...

“Is Saul also among the prophets?” or, the Rush Limbaugh flip-flop

News

In another bizarre twist that characterizes American politics, Rush Limbaugh has endorsed Ron Paul’s new budget plan (reported yesterday on LCC), including his cuts to foreign wars. Really, I’m not ...

Five Lies of the Religious Right About Ron Paul

Libertarianism

Although I am a theological and cultural Christian conservative, I am not a member of the Religious Right and never have been. Adherents of the Religious Right are oftentimes more ...

A Simple-Minded Warmonger

Book Reviews

Review of Mike Huckabee, A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion That We Don’t!) (Sentinel, 2011), x + 228 pgs., hardcover, $26.95 retail ($12.96 ...

Keep TSA Scanners Out of Austin

News

Here’s a special message from www.tsatyranny.com. Even if you don’t live in Texas, you can have an effect – you can tell the City Council that you are more likely ...

Jim Wallis Hates Tax Cuts

President's Blog

My friend Doug Stuart sent me Jim Wallis’s response to the renewed tax cuts: The quote that drove me nuts: They are already getting richer because of our ...

Christianity & Freedom: Is there a dichotomy between law and love?

Christian Ethics

After reading an article I wrote (Palm Sunday and Politics), a friend of mine told me he thought I espoused a sort of dualistic view of Christian life.  As if ...

Everything goes back to Woodrow Wilson

History

Have you ever reflected upon history and realized the immense consequences of singular terrible men? I consider two U.S. Presidents, for instance, to have a profound influence in history for ...

Rand Paul Moneybomb August 19/20 and Interview Announcement

News

After setting loose a short rant against politicians earlier today… it’s time to mention another politician. Well, at least this guy is going to be better. Rand Paul, son of ...

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