Ancient Liberty
As we enter this Fourth of July weekend I thought it might be inspiring and instructive to remember the greatest story of liberty in human experience. Ah – 1620 and the Pilgrims you suppose? Maybe the late 1600’s under Cromwell …
Category: Liberty
Libertarian Doesn’t Equal Freedom
I would call myself a Christian Libertarian as opposed to a libertarian with no prefix. That fact alone demonstrates the degree to which the humanist libertarians have captured the philosophical field of liberty. They, after all, do not refer to …
Why I Love the Great Freedom Documents
For thousands of years of recorded history prior to the coming of Christ, men typically lived in every state of dire slavery, with despotic rulers the norm rather than the exception. Common men had no rights, the courts were rigged, …
Returning to Biblical Liberty
The word liberty, a forgotten concept, is making a comeback these days. As we experience the ever tightening jaws of the ‘nanny’ state who consumes her children even as they are suckled, the questions are forced to the forefront of …
Romans 13: Part 4, Trading Liberty for Chains
Romans 13:1-7 1. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordained of God. 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: …
Covenantal Government—The Biblical Basis
One seemingly forgotten aspect of our original governmental structure, of Biblical government, is the idea of the covenant, and its relationship to the establishment of every righteous civil government. All of that language sounds complicated, but it really is rather …
Romans 13: Part 3, Paying What You Owe
Romans 13:5-7 5. Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. 6. For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this …
The Bible – Original Handbook on Liberty
As nation after nation across the mid-east finds itself facing riots in the streets western news media seem to be cheering on the sidelines believing that everyone should have freedom, not just us. However, what most writers and pundits have …