Tag: society

Economics

Gary North’s Ethics of Taxation

This is the third in a series evaluating Gary North’s book, Christian Economics in One Lesson. North’s work is a ...

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Culture

A Shining City on a Hill


Today’s guest post comes from Robert Maynard and was originally posted at Fifth Estate. ********** The notion of establishing a ...

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Called to Freedom
History

Toward a More Augustinian View of Government

The following is an excerpt from Jason Hughey’s chapter in the new book, Called to Freedom. (edited for format) With ...

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Theology

People, Not Issues

What happens to individuals after issues are won and lost in the political arena? For instance: when immigration bans are ...

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Media

David Gornoski Interviews Ron Paul

Author and friend of LCI, David Gornoski, recently interviewed Ron Paul on the subject of Christian nonviolence. It’s always great ...

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Culture

The Dying and Desperate Left

The American Left – which never had a sterling record to begin with – is rapidly deteriorating. In one sense ...

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Libertarianism

The Exorcism of Collectivism

Exorcising Collectivism out of Personhood (or, The Exorcism of Collectivism) Have you ever found yourself living out an expected role ...

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History

Religious Superstition in the Age of Christianity

Religious superstition characterized the Greco-Roman culture of the first-century. Here is but one snapshot of home life: In addition to ...

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Libertarianism

Phony Anarchists

Reuters is reporting on supposed ‘anarchist groups’ planning to interfere with Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20th. This falls ...

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Politics

The Flag is a Coffin Veil

“Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. About the ninth hour Jesus ...

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Libertarianism

The Incarnation and Liberty

As the end of the year approaches, most people are thinking about the cultural and practical aspects of the Christmas ...

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History

The Global Populist Revolt and the Church

2016 will go down in the history books as a watershed year for world politics. Between the stunning Brexit vote ...

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Christian Worldview

Drop the Scapegoat! The Pragmatic Case for Christian Nonviolence

Our culture is engaged in a cinematic Mexican standoff, but the weapons we point at each other are real only ...

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Culture

The West’s Deadly Speech Pathology

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was God. Go to any ...

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Economics

The System Built on Greed

Guest post by C. Jay Engel of the Reformed Libertarian. The anti-free market proclamations from the left (and even sometimes ...

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American History

If I were a pastor

I am not a pastor. I am not a minister. I am not a preacher. I am not a priest. ...

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President's Blog

Should we hold all things in common?

Keith asks via email: Do you think that if the church really returned to the way of the early church ...

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Economics

From God or the Sword

This article is by libertarian luminary Frank Chodorov, excerpted from chapter two of The Rise and Fall of Society. Is ...

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History

Copperhead: Ron Maxwell at his finest

This review was featured on LewRockwell.com on July 11, 2013. Finding a movie about war with no actual battle scenes ...

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Culture

Abortion and the Idolatry of Law

After Roe v. Wade, something amazing happened.  New organizations, care centers, adoption services, and support networks for pregnant mothers popped ...

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Economics

Private Charity Isn’t Enough

Originally posted at the Values & Capitalism Blog. “The idea that churches can tackle national poverty, take care of those ...

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Economics

Should Christians Support Gambling Laws?

There is no disputing the fact that gambling can be addictive and financially ruinous. In some cases, compulsive gamblers might ...

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Book Reviews

Locking Eyes With Culture

This is part two of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the ...

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Culture

The Problem with Public Education

In the wake of the shootings in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this year, a bill was proposed in the Arizona legislature ...

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Culture

Which kind of Equality?

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The eighteenth ...

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News

The Bleeding Heart Conversation

I couldn’t be more excited about the conversation going on at the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog. The BHL blog is an ...

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Culture

Don’t Watch The News

I rarely follow the news and almost never get it direct from news sources. What news I’m up on tends ...

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Theology

Biblical Roots of American Liberty

Originally by Edmund Opitz in the July 1991 (41) edition of The Freeman. —- The First Amendment to the Constitution ...

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Christian Ethics

Churches and the Social Order

By Edmund Opitz. The church plays an important role in human life. It was once the unwritten rule in polite ...

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Culture

Albert Jay Nock: Apostle to The Remnant

Both of these essays on Albert Jay Nock were authored by Edmund Opitz, founder of the Nockian Society and the ...

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