Philip Mauro (1859-1952) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Columbian University in the nation’s capital, now known as George Washington University. He was a member of the ...
Is it okay to kill? I don’t mean a bug in your house, a snake in your garage, or a deer in the woods. Deer tastes good; you may not ...
Breitbart reports that the Pentagon recently released a statement that soldiers who share their faith (I presume Christian or otherwise): This regulation would severely limit expressions of faith in the ...
I am not positive at all toward Jim Wallis’s left-leaning positions on government intervention in the economy and social issues. Nonetheless, he is completely correct in his criticism of John ...
Joel Poindexter writes: The Great Commission, as described in the gospel of Matthew, has been perverted by these Right-Wing warmongers. It’s gone from a mission to “go and make disciples ...
Is killing another human being ever justifiable? Is committing acts of violence ever permissible? Is murder ever legitimate? In an otherwise good article on self-defense, “The Use of Deadly Force ...
Today, Ron Paul gave his farewell address to the U.S. House of Representatives. Here is the text of his speech. Farewell to Congress This may well be the last time ...
Recapping interesting and significant news stories and media from the past weeks… Chuck Baldwin asks some very pointed questions to evangelicals everywhere about war and their faith. To those evangelicals ...
From a biblical perspective, the worst thing about Christian apologists for war, the military, and the warfare state is not their willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, their blind nationalism, ...
Review of Joel McDurmon, The Bible & War in America: A Biblical View of an American Obsession and Steps to Recover Liberty (America Vision, 2012), vii + 107 pgs., paperback, ...
I have been asked often over the years when and how I came to be such an outspoken critic of war, the military, and the warfare state. I have been ...
If you go to church at all you’ve probably heard the prayer requests: “Protect our troops in harm’s way,” “Shield our men and women overseas from the enemy,” “Keep our ...
It has been a few weeks since I have done a “News” post like this, and for good reason. I’ve driven across the country, moved from a condo to a ...
I have said many times that I am not a pacifist, but that I have genuine respect for those who are. I also believe it is important to understand the ...
“We don’t need to pay all this money to keep troops all over the country, 130 countries, 900 bases. But also, just think, bringing all the troops home rather rapidly, ...
It has been ten years now since the first “terrorists” arrived at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Of the 779 people who have been detained at Guantánamo ...
Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Economist, Mises Institute scholar, and friend Bob Murphy gives his perspective on Romans 13, pehaps the first of several posts ...
Today we restart the traditional News of the Week posts, where we highlight a few significant, interesting, and amusing stories each week. David Neff at Christianity Today wonders if an ...
Since the bombs began to fall on Baghdad in March of 2003, churches, Christian leaders, religious organizations, and individual Christians have been telling us to pray for U.S. soldiers fighting ...
A few days after the Washington Post published my article on Christianity, libertarianism, and Ron Paul, one Dana Loesch, a former talk-show radio host and leader in the St. Louis, ...
I do not want to overstate the event, but there has been some very interesting stuff going on in the Senate these past few days. Jack Hunter reports in the ...
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, ...
The tenets of imperial Christianity include things like blind nationalism, belief in American exceptionalism, willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, childish devotion to the military, cheerleading for the Republican Party, ...
Although I am a theological and cultural Christian conservative, I am not a member of the Religious Right and never have been. Adherents of the Religious Right are oftentimes more ...
More from the “blog posts you should read” department… The gentlemen at the Freakonomics blog had some excellent things to say about the Ten Commandments of The American Religion. Some ...
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 ...
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. —- If someone is ...
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. —- Contemporary Christians face ...
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. —- Standing for truth ...
Thanks, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, for this enlightening comic. Down with war!
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