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“The Historical Case for the Resurrection of Christ”

One of my (online) students sent me this essay from his brother, Ashby Camp. Besides the content of the essay, I appreciated its very nature, which Camp describes in the opening: When I say “the historical case for Jesus’ resurrection,” I mean I am going to approach the question without relying on the inspiration or […]

God, Time, and Action

One of the great things about Tom Woods’ recent exposition of one of Thomas Aquinas’ proofs of God, is when Tom makes a crucial distinction: Aquinas was not making a chronological argument, saying that at some point in the past, a First Mover must have set everything in motion in order to explain today’s state […]

Commentary on Romans 13

Another libertarian Christian and I are devoting ourselves to examining the issue of Romans 13, since it obviously is the single biggest stumbling block for our views. We both agreed upfront that we would try to guard ourselves from reading in what we wanted to see, imposing our own ideological views on Paul. The first […]

Anarchy, State, and Government: No Means No

Sometimes you can read something that you’ve heard a thousand times before, but for whatever reason it hits you in a new way that changes your whole perspective. That recently happened to me when I was reading Albert Jay Nock’s Our Enemy, the State. To understand the context, you should know that I am a […]

Trusting in the Lord Rather than the King

In church today we covered this neat passage regarding Ezra’s leading people back to Jerusalem: 21 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. 22 I was ashamed to […]

Well It May Be the Devil, Or It May Be the Lord

…but you’re gonna have to serve somebody. Since I am relatively new to this stuff, I thought some of you–whether believers are not–would be interested to hear of it as well. As I’m sure you can imagine, I have a circle of friends/acquaintances who are Bible-believing Christians, and I have a circle who share my […]

Be Like Ezra

We covered this in church today and it really struck me (Ezra 7: 9-10): 9 [Ezra] had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him. 10 For […]

You Can’t Ruin God’s Plan

Because I was raised Catholic (and thus lack detailed knowledge of the various Protestant sects), I am not confident in describing my current Protestant views with quick labels. A lot of what people mean by “Calvinist” applies to me, but then again on certain doctrinal issues I think that both the Calvinists and their opponents […]