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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, ...

Are State Lotteries Immoral?

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. —- “Don’t smoke, chew, ...

Freedoms I Wish the Military Were Defending

Economics

“Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.” ~ George W. Bush, September 11, 2001 We have heard it repeated loudly and continuously ...

Biblical Nations are not States

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. This column is the ...

Slavery to the State

Politics

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. This column is the ...

The Warmonger’s Lexicon

War and Peace

Defenders of U.S. wars and military interventions look like the majority of Americans. They also dress like them, eat like them, work like them, play like them, and talk like ...

Oxymoronic, or just moronic?

Book Reviews

Review of Carl Trueman’s Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative (P & R Publishing, 2010), xxvii + 110 pgs, paperback, $9.99. —- Carl Trueman is confused, but not as confused ...

This is not a form of brainwashing.

Media

Did this ever happen to you as a kid?

Burqa Bans and True European Values

President's Blog

Here’s a letter I had published in the Washington Post about 1 year ago: French President Nicolas Sarkozy claims that banning burqas would uphold traditional European values. Unless he is ...

The differing schools of public policy theology

American History

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. It is the fourth ...

Were the American revolutionaries wrong to revolt?

American History

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. It is the third ...

Should the Founders have submitted to government more?

American History

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. It is the second ...

Can starting a revolution be a good thing?

American History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. It is the ...

The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 2)

History

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- May a ...

The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 1)

Libertarianism

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. —- Just what ...

News of the Week: Saved from Doom!!!

History

Highlighting the interesting and notable events of the past week… I love this post by my dear friend Anthony Gregory at the Independent Institute: “Saved from the Precipice of Doom!” ...

Why Everyone Needs “Bourbon for Breakfast” Book Review

Book Reviews

It’s no secret to libertarians that the state has influenced the way we live in both obvious and subliminal ways. Yet even many libertarians pay little attention to the myriad ...

“Nullifation: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century” Book Review

Book Reviews

Book review of Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century by Thomas Woods. Regnery Publishing, Inc.: Washington D.C., 2010. Retail: $24.95. —- The United States Federal Government ...

Egypt and U.S. Foreign Policy

Politics

Until very recently, the only things many Americans knew about Egypt were its pyramids they read about in their school history texts, its mummies they saw on display at U.S. ...

Noah’s Ark and the Sanctity of Private Property

Economics

The subject of a proposed religious theme park in Kentucky brings up an issue near and dear to the heart of libertarians: the sanctity of private property. There is some ...

Laurence Vance joins LCC Contributors

Announcements

I am very happy to announce that Laurence Vance will be joining LCC as a guest contributor and syndicated columnist. Laurence is well-known to many LCC readers already for his ...

Why Are So Many Protestants Capitalists But Not Libertarians?

Culture

Protestant Christians (with the exception of some “emerging church” types) overwhelmingly support free-markets and fiscal prudence on the part of governments.  I used to baffle at why more Protestants are ...

Lessons in Liberty: Christian Libertarianism

Christian Ethics

Blayne Bennett from Students for Liberty asked me to write a short article describing what it means to be a Christian libertarian, and this piece was the result.  What do ...

Narnians Hate the State Too!

Christian Worldview

David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute, President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California, and friend of LibertarianChristians.com has recently published a three-part series on the political ...

Stop Statism

Libertarianism

Statists are anti-progress. Statists claim their policies are for the common good. For some this claim is just a front to get more power, but for others it is a ...

Stop Rent-seeking

Libertarianism

This article is #17 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my friends Pete Eyre and Jason Talley of the Motorhome Diaries. ...

Austrian Scholars Conference 2010 – Day 1

Economics

The first day of the Austrian Scholars Conference 2010 was marked by greeting old friends, making new friends, and meeting some “internet friends” for the first time. The authors forum ...

Obama’s New Theocracy

News

David Theroux has two excellent blog posts at The Beacon that I want to commend to you. In the first, David tracks and documents how an bizarre religious fervor has ...

GW’s Presidential Review

News

Over at The Humble Libertarian, Sir Messamore has put together an excellent post-mortem of the last eight years of accomplishments from the Oval Office. Twice, the so-called conservative wing of ...

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