self-defense

Fool’s Gold? A Libertarian Analysis of VanDrunen’s Account of State Legitimacy

Academic Journal

Now available in CLR Volume 5: “Fool’s Gold? A Libertarian Analysis of VanDrunen’s Account of State Legitimacy” by Taylor Drummond. Abstract: This article engages the theoretical and biblical accounts of ...

free to decide pro-choice

Free to Decide: Who’s Really Pro-Choice?

Politics

A free society gives people the freedom to make choices, good and bad, within the law, so long as we do not violate the property rights of others. Now many ...

Weekend Insights – Rittenhouse Acquitted

News

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

“The Son Of Man Is Not Come To Destroy Men’s Lives, But To Save Them”

Christian Worldview

This guest post comes to us from Greg Cheney. Greg lives in Alaska with his wife, Kari, and their twelve children. You can visit his Christian blog at www.hislawislove.com. Stop ...

Should Christians Call on the State to End Gun Violence?

Christian Ethics

This is a guest post by Kollin Fields. Kollin is an Adjunct Professor of History, and a Ph.D. candidate in American intellectual history and political philosophy. His essays have appeared ...

Turning the other cheek

Appreciating Jesus’ Teaching on the Benefits of Turning the Other Cheek

Christian Ethics

The Gospel of Matthew was probably written in the last decades of the 1st century A.D. after the fall of Jerusalem. The traditional author Matthew, also called Levi, was a ...

The Christian Libertarian Review: Volume 2

Academic Journal

Oh behalf of the CLR team, I am happy to announce to release of The Christian Libertarian Review, Volume 2. If you appreciate this publication and would like to join the conversation, ...

Are Christian Libertarians also Pacifists?

Christian Worldview

I have been called many things since I began writing in 2003 about the immoral, unjust invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the menacing warfare state, the U.S. evil empire of ...

Is it Okay to Kill?

War and Peace

Is it okay to kill? I don’t mean a bug in your house, a snake in your garage, or a deer in the woods. Deer tastes good; you may not ...

The Curse of Standing Armies

Christian Ethics

Review of Joel McDurmon, The Bible & War in America: A Biblical View of an American Obsession and Steps to Recover Liberty (America Vision, 2012), vii + 107 pgs., paperback, ...

Romans 13 and National Defense

Christian Ethics

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, ...

When should a Christian defend himself?

Christian Ethics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- In his famous ...

Do Christians have the right to defend themselves? (Even from the state?)

Christian Ethics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- Do Christians have ...

UT-Austin Shooting & the “More Guns, Less Crime” Event

Christian Worldview

On the morning of Tuesday, September 28, the University of Texas community was alerted to the terrifying situation of a gunman on campus. Students, staff, and faculty were told via ...

Texas Senate Passes Concealed Carry on Campus Bill

News

Big news in Austin! Yesterday, the Texas Senate passed the bill that would allow concealed carry on university campuses in Texas. While I still have some issues with the government ...

Podcast on Private Security with Gil Guillory

Appearances

In a libertarian society, the production of security services would not come from the State, but security most certainly would be provided via private security agencies and arbitration services. But ...

Would Allowing Firearms on Campus Protect Students?

Politics

Proponents of "gun free" campuses often say there is no reason to believe that guns on campus would prevent violence on campus. They feel confident saying this merely because guns ...

40 Reasons to Ban Guns

Essential Reading

Christians are not forbidden by Christ to practice basic self-defense. There are times, of course, when suffering through persecution (even unto death) will happen, but if somebody breaks into your ...

Concealed Carry on Campus in Austin

Media

If you recall, January 20th was inauguration day of our new Glorious Leader, and many libertarians took over the West Mall on the UT campus to protest said leader’s policies. ...

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