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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 ...

The Libertarian Priority

Libertarianism

“I am getting more and more convinced that the war-peace question is the key to the whole libertarian business.” ~ Murray Rothbard That our enemy is the state, there is ...

The Moral Bankruptcy of Just War Theory

Book Reviews

Review of Robert Emmet Meagher, Killing from the Inside Out: Moral Injury and Just War (Cascade Books, 2014), xxi + 161 pgs, paperback. Much has been written about just war theory in ...

Up For Debate – Christian Libertarianism and Al Mohler

Events

Join me for what will undoubtedly be a memorable radio hour of discussing Christianity and libertarianism with esteemed theologian Al Mohler.

Ben Carson the Welfare and Warfare Statist

Politics

It happens every four years. Candidates for president issue books to sucker people to vote for them using the written word just like they sucker people every day to vote ...

Christianity, Libertarianism, and the Drug War

Libertarianism

This talk was given on August 8, 2015 as a keynote address at the Christians for Liberty Conference in Austin, Texas. Stay tuned for videos of the entire event, including ...

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 ...

Sniper Theology

Christian Worldview

There came out of the woodwork after George W. Bush’s immoral, unjust, and unnecessary invasion, occupation, and destruction of Iraq certain groups of Christians—many of whom wear cross and flag ...

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 ...

Tearing Out Your Eye and Quitting Your Job

Christian Ethics

In this guest post LCC welcomes Matthew Gilliland, libertarian writer and speaker. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law. Jesus presents a considerable challenge to ...

Victory, Defeat, and Learning About Liberty

Libertarianism

“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.” – Vince Lombardi Many of life’s lessons can be ...

New Testament Theology of the State now in Portuguese

Announcements

One of the most historically popular (and interesting, in my opinion) articles on LCC has been my New Testament Theology of the State (in two parts, see part 2 here). ...

Pope Francis Says the State Can Solve World Hunger

Economics

Pope Francis addressed the United Nations assembly at a recent conference regarding solutions to world hunger, saying that states across the world should increase their aid efforts and coordinate more ...

25 Reasons I Could Never Be Elected

Libertarianism

Today, being the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, is election day. Aside from the fact that I don’t vote, and therefore couldn’t even vote for myself, there are ...

Militarism in American Churches

Christian Worldview

Since the United States launched the unnecessary, immoral, unjust, and senseless war in Iraq in 2003, the Christian blasphemy occurring in churches has increased ten-fold. Even as the many lies ...

C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism

Events

David is the President of both the Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California. In this presentation, David speaks of Lewis's views on the state, morality, and the ...

Theological Implications of State Social Justice Programs

Economics

Christians who identify with a Left political ideology frequently appeal to state intervention in the market as a means of promoting the common good. This is especially true as it ...

The Libertarian Case Against Public Schools

Culture

Conservatives and libertarians have a precarious relationship. On the surface, they appear to agree on some issues, but once you dig a little deeper, vast philosophical differences quickly become evident. ...

American Idol: How the State Attempts to Replace God

Christian Worldview

The Christians for Liberty 2014 Conference has come and gone, but now we get to post the videos from the conference for everyone to see. Is statism a form of ...

Economics and LEGOs!

Media

EconPop combines three of my favorite things in their latest episode: economics, movies, and LEGOs! The LEGO Movie was one of the best films I have seen in the past ...

Senator Chuck Schumer Endorses the Persecution of Religious People

Politics

This guest post is by Jeremy Mack of The Evangelical Libertarian. “You’re born with a religion or you adopt a religion. You have to obey the precepts of that religion ...

The Cult of Statism

American History

This guest post is by Rev. Donald Ehrke. He is a Libertarian, a former GOP campaign manager, and ordained minister living in Alexandria, Virginia. Many thanks to Donald for his ...

The Religion of Statism

Culture

An image has been making the rounds on Facebook recently suggesting that statism is not much different from a religion. Strangely enough, the United States federal government (and pretty much ...

LCC interviewed about homeschooling at Liberty.me

Appearances

My wife and I joined Manuel Lora of Liberty.me Odds and Ends Podcast and author Lucy Steigerwald for a discussion about our experiences as homeschoolers and how the state messes ...

Codependency, Christian Love, and Liberty

Christian Worldview

This guest post is by Rev. Donald Ehrke. He is a Libertarian, a former GOP campaign manager, and ordained minister living in Alexandria, Virginia. Many thanks to Donald for his ...

The Antidote to Military Exceptionalism

American History

This talk was given at the Authors Forum at the 2014 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute. I would like to thank Joe Salerno, Mark Thornton, and the ...

The Cult of the Uniform

Libertarianism

There are a number of distinctly American symbols that evoke feelings of pride, nationalism, and patriotism. There is the Constitution. There are monuments like Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial, the ...

Pulling Down Strongholds

Christian Ethics

I have a confession to make. I have been accused of writing with an agenda. I hereby plead guilty. For those who are new to LewRockwell.com or to my writings ...

Is Obama gutting the military?

Politics

I am not a fan of Barack Obama. But since there are a lot of things that could be said about the president—all of them bad—it was perplexing to me ...

give to caesar bible verses about government

If I were a pastor

American History

I am not a pastor. I am not a minister. I am not a preacher. I am not a priest. I am not an evangelist. I am not an elder. ...

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