Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito In a personal correspondence with my friend Norman Horn from LCC, Norman wrote something incredibly profound. It has been something I’ve felt for quite a while, but haven’t put into the poignant words he wrote (emphasis mine): “There is a latent pseudo-religion that lingers in all of [...]
While some Christians might find it difficult to believe, a christianity is not a pro-war faith. In fact, Christians ought to be at the forefront of advocating for peace, rather than being in the position of advocating some war abroad or justifying the murdering of others with whom we have disagreements. Some Christians even go [...]
Today we flew the Skylane to Montauk, Long Island, with two friends for the day. Right now we are stuck in a coffee shop waiting out a storm. But we had a great conversation with one of our friends who was born and grew up in a Muslim country. He has lived in North America [...]
Another thing that I absolutely love about free markets is that in order to succeed, you have to actually do something for your neighbor that your neighbor wants you to do! Think about that for a moment. If nobody is required by coercion (laws) to buy something from you or hire you to perform a [...]
One of the biggest lies coming from the progressive movement regarding free market advocates is that we are not very “morality-based” in our economics. Instead of focusing on economic policies that have moral outcomes, they say we focus on the amoral and perhaps immoral economic outcomes, regardless of their moral. While nothing could be further [...]
I’m working on Part 2 of why Christianity is compatible with libertarianism, but in the meantime, I’d like to share a few links, just for those of you with nothing to do but follow my links: Libertarian Christians – Norman has spent a tremendous amount of time writing and modifying the LCC website, and has [...]
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own [...]
Three years ago I became immensely interested in the issues surrounding the theological and moral notion of “social justice.” I was growing increasingly aware and agreed with the idea that the gospel of Jesus Christ was not primarily about our individual salvation, our personal relationship with Jesus Christ, or how individuals can “go to heaven [...]
I’ve listened to Freedom Watch for about a year, and I’ve skimmed through several books written by Judge Andrew Napolitano (no relationship to Big Sister), and after reading Lies the Government Told You I think many of Napolitano’s books are very alike: story after story of how the United States Government has gone awry, and [...]
Since committed to write a response to every chapter in Jim Wallis’s book, Rediscovering Values, I’ve become very busy and need to devote more attention to those things in my life. But I wanted to finish the book and share my thoughts on the rest of it. I skimmed through some major sections of the [...]
In his book, Rediscovering Values, Jim Wallis’s blames what he calls the Great Recession on three philosophies that we as a society have bought into: “Greed is Good,” “It’s All About Me,” and “I Want It Now.” While ignoring a great opportunity to discuss what about the institutional structures of our society promote such excessive [...]
Jim Wallis gets much of his social justice theory and policies from the prophets in the Old Testament. He considers himself a modern-day prophet, and is oftentimes criticizing political antics for their missing moral component. In the spirit and fervor of the OT prophets, Wallis often brings up biblical concepts such as redistribution of wealth [...]
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