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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. ...

Is Progress Possible?

Culture

This essay by C.S. Lewis was originally published in The Observer in 1958. It was subsequently printed in the book God In the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics, subtitled ...

The Idolatry of Statism

Christian Ethics

This guest post is by LCC reader Paul Maitrejean. Many Christians today are quick to leap to the defense of the current American regime. They will go to any length ...

Theology doesn’t begin and end with Romans 13

Featured

On Easter Sunday, I joined a Facebook thread where the role of government and Romans 13 were discussed. A number of points about the Christian’s relation to government were aired, ...

Liberals, Conservatives, and the Welfare State

Economics

Ronald Sider is a liberal. Paul Ryan is a conservative. But don’t let the labels fool you; they are more alike than you think. Sider is the founder of Evangelicals ...

Power Couple Religion and Politics File for Divorce! (News of the Week/Month, Feb. 10, 2013 Edition)

News

I have not done a news post in some time, so I have a lot of links piled up for you today. I think you will find many of them ...

Soldiers in Fantasyland

War and Peace

Disney World in central Florida recently opened a large expansion and renovation of its Fantasyland area. Kids can ride Dumbo the Flying Elephant, the Mad Tea Party, the Many Adventures ...

News of the Week, Sept. 9th, 2012 Edition: Anarchism and Christianity?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Bob Murphy reconciles anarcho-capitalism with Christianity. Doug Newman asks if Christians should ever vote for the lesser of ...

Who is to blame?

Culture

This guest post is by Cam Rea, frequent reader of LCC and member of the Christian Libertarian Facebook Group. Many Christians on Facebook, TV, and in various churches will say ...

Romans 13 and Obeying the Government

American History

I said last year in my article on “Romans 13 and National Defense” that I had been asked many times over the years to write something on Romans 13, that ...

Make Everything Voluntary

Book Reviews

God created a remarkable world, a world where if you follow good ethics and work hard then the results are win-win for everyone. Whereas aggression always involves pillaging one person ...

Key Elements to a Successful Federal Budget

Economics

Yet another federal budget charade is now in progress. This time for fiscal year 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012. President Obama submitted his bloated budget to Congress in ...

Budgeting Leviathan

Economics

The U.S. government is the largest and most powerful government in the history of the world. But that stature comes with a price. Not only has the American government confiscated ...

Responding to Tim Suttle

Book Reviews

Author Tim Suttle responded to my review of his book, An Evangelical Social Gospel?, by engaging in the one major critique I addressed in his book. In my review I ...

Stanley Hauerwas on Romans 13

Media

Check out this 5 minute video of Stanley Hauerwas speaking about Romans 13. He is clearly participating in a panel, I suppose on Christians and the state, and he reminds ...

The Sinful State

Christian Ethics

This article is by Lew Rockwell and was originally published in his book Speaking of Liberty. Hardly anyone talks of the table of virtues and vices anymore — which includes ...

Should Christians cite the Pledge of Allegiance?

Christian Worldview

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for ...

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