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Book Reviews

Book Review: You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble

Book Review: You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble Dr. Alan Noble is an associate professor of English at ...

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Christian Worldview

The Commands of God versus the State

A more baseless assumption, one more in direct conflict with God’s teaching, was never made by man, than the idea ...

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Theology

Vengeance is Mine, Says the Lord

This guest post was written by Kollin Fields. …Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight ...

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Book Reviews

God And Money: Three Radical Ideas

Jesus Christ enjoyed the greatest privilege imaginable, and yet he did not hoard it for himself. Instead, he lovingly sacrificed ...

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Christian Worldview

Ministers, Submission, and Partisanship

"There is not a word of intimation in the Sacred Scriptures that indicate that it is the duty of any ...

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Christian Worldview

“Give Us a King”

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Seen and Unseen Kingdoms

In this entry, Lipscomb continues his thesis that ordinances of God are not all intended to be carried out by ...

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Christian Worldview

Are States the Ministers of God?

A common objection to the idea that the state is founded in rebellion against God is the language of the ...

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Christian Worldview

Does Romans 13 Justify Nero, Pharoah, or Nimrod?

Lipscomb approaches the issue with a new tact this time around, and brings up Romans 13 in the process. He ...

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Christian Worldview

David Lipscomb Against Union Conscription

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

David Lipscomb Against Confederate Conscription Acts

Notable in this piece is the way in which Lipscomb and his co-authors argue for their firm non-violent stance. They ...

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Christian Worldview

The Spirit of the Church and of the World-Powers

Having stridently argued for the position that the kingdoms of the world are not of God through both Old and ...

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Christian Worldview

Babylon: The Archetype of the State

We wish to call attention to the biblical use of the term Babylon. It is given in Scripture as the ...

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Christian Worldview

John’s Revelation and World-Powers

Lipscomb now addresses the symbols in Revelation in greater detail, ultimately to level a scathing indictment of the 19th-century church. ...

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Christian Worldview

God’s Kingdom and the World’s Kingdoms are Separate

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

Jesus’ Temptations and World-Powers

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Church of God Among the Nations

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Old Testament Kings and God’s Justice

In our investigations we have found that God, at all times, kept a wide gulf of separation between his Jewish ...

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Christian Worldview

God’s Provisions of Authority

This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

The Church of Christ and World-Powers

This article begins a new series of weekly posts authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of ...

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Christian Worldview

Does God Take Part in Wars?

The article below was written in January 1866 by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of Christ in ...

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Christian Worldview

Jesus Was Not a Socialist

Our dear friend Larry Reed, an advisor to LCI and former President of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), recently ...

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War in the forest
Appearances

Contagious Violence (and a whole lot more)

A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of being on David Gornoski's excellent A Neighbor's Choice radio show ...

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Christian Worldview

N.T. Wright on Caesar and Christ

Doctor Wright points to how the early church revolutionized the way we think about our fellow human beings by caring ...

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Christian Worldview

Separation of Church and Sith

There is a powerful spiritual force that makes men obsessed with gaining and maintaining political power by tapping into their ...

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Libertarianism

The Frankensteinish Outcome of the Iraq War

America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 had a Frankensteinish effect. It created a monster.

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Christian Worldview

The Religious Problem with “The Religious Problem of Libertarianism”

Sometimes I don’t understand why Southern Baptists are so threatened by Christian libertarianism. We just don’t like violence – at ...

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Christian Worldview

Does the Reformed Doctrine of Inerrancy Threaten Christian Libertarians?

The Libertarian Christian Institute is an ecumenical Christian organization which brings together Christians from a variety of theological backgrounds. Though ...

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Romans 13 for Dummies

“It is very biblical to enforce the law.” – Sarah Sanders Romans 13 is in the news, and is being ...

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Theology

Do I Respect My Free Will?

God has gifted us with free will. We can choose between right and wrong, good and evil. We are free ...

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