American political institutions presuppose certain convictions about human nature, the worth and prerogatives of persons, the meaning of life, the distinction between right and wrong, and the destiny of the ...
The topic of how Christians ought to manage their finances through evolving political and economic environments can be a tricky one. We know what the Bible says: the love of ...
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 ...
In The Creation Story, Part I, we discussed the Hebrew term ha-adam. God creates ha-adam out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo), and thus man is created free. The creation of ...
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote in his book, The Antichrist: “Christianity has taken the side of everything weak, base, ill-constituted, it has made an ideal out of opposition to the instinct of ...
The Libertarian Christian Institute outlines five core values, the third of which is that “Social Institutions Matter for Human Flourishing.” Christian libertarians will not blink at the defense of social ...
Because there are such common misconceptions about what libertarians believe, we are often pushed into defining ourselves by explaining what libertarianism is not. We are eager to tear down straw ...
C.S. Lewis had some interesting things to say about humanity in his children’s fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia, and what he spoke of in The Lion, the Witch and ...
All artistic masterpieces have something in common, according to René Girard. Akira Kurosawa’s movie Seven Samurai, better known to western audiences as The Magnificent Seven, is one of those masterpieces. ...
Boundaries are one of the most fundamental principles for libertarians. They are essential for delineating personal property and bodily autonomy. These boundaries are not just physical; being able to distinguish ...
Who believes in the invisible hand nowadays? Keynesian techniques are the only techniques we can confidently expect to be implemented during economic turbulence. And can any citizen of a world ...
Today’s guest post is by Paul LaScola. Consider the proposition that a condition of individual liberty exists if all individuals are in full control of their own property: one’s life, ...
Among Christian libertarians, as with other libertarians, there are differing views concerning the legitimacy, necessity, and inevitability of the state. For some, this is the worn-out debate between a view supporting ...
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 ...
Recently, one of my friends on Facebook brought up the question of why there is presently such a heavy emphasis on discussing “toxic masculinity” but not “toxic femininity” or just ...
“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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Human beings are often told to do stuff on the sheer basis of “authority” alone. “Listen to your teacher.” Why? Because they have “authority.” “Pay your taxes.” Why? Because the ...
Coinciding with the release of his new book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sat down with me earlier this week in New York ...
American Christians just can’t quit our addiction to power. We have no problem with the notion that a majority should be able to use the coercive power of the State ...
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 ...
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 ...
Review of Nathan W. Schlueter and Nikolai G. Wenzel, Selfish Libertarians and Socialist Conservatives? The Foundations of the Libertarian-Conservative Debate (Stanford Economic and Finance, 2017), xii + 215 pgs., paperback. ...
“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 ...
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.
* Today’s guest post comes from Justin Nguyen, founder and Director of Nguyen Solutions, a Christian libertarian-owned startup currently crowdfunding a campaign to recycle food using the black soldier fly. ...
*Today’s guest post comes from Dr. Alex Tokarev of Northwood University. As an economist at Northwood University, I teach the history and philosophy of various economic systems. In fact, humanity ...
Human desire is a magnetic force. Whenever a person desires something, the desire takes hold of their whole being. Another person sees that person’s desire for an object as a ...
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 ...
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