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Stephen Hawking vs. the Clergy

I think Dick Clark (the Younger) once said to me, “Christians are their own worst enemy,” and after this Stephen Hawking incident I can generalize it to, “Monotheists are their own worst enemy.” This article was making the Facebook rounds (HT2 Mario Rizzo), much to the amusement of skeptics: Religious leaders in Britain on Friday […]

“That’s My King!” extended cut

On this blog I’ve shown the fairly popular clip that sets some excerpts of S. M. Lockridge’s sermon to music. However, I recently came across the following, which isn’t as polished, but has more from the actual sermon.

Can Christians Lie to the State?

Robert Wenzel emailed to ask me my thoughts on this issue, in light of the Roger Clemens “controversy.” (I am putting that word in quotation marks, because I can only chuckle when people in Congress are outraged over lying.) Specifically, Clemens is in trouble because he testified under oath that he didn’t use performance-enhancing drugs, […]

Economic Views in the Old Testament

Gene Callahan is making up a syllabus for his History of [Economic?] Thought class, and he asked me for the best passages representing “ancient Hebrew attitudes towards economic issues.” At first I flatly refused to answer, saying he should email Gary North or try to hunt down Israel Kirzner (I’m guessing he’s not on Facebook). […]

Does the Parable of the Talents Prove That Jesus Loved Commerce?

In the comments to my blog post reconciling Austro-libertarianism with Christianity, “Austrian Banker” argued that Jesus didn’t condone the charging of interest. (AB’s point was that modern Austrian economists should find this awkward.) In response, Matt J wrote: As for Jesus’ teaching specifically, in Matthew 25, verses 14-30 are where Jesus gives his ‘Parable of […]

Austro-Libertarianism & Christianity

I have many new readers because I plugged the blog at the recent Mises University. So first, let me explain my policy: I blog on secular matters 6 days a week, but on Sundays I only post on religious themes. I am a born-again Christian and do not shy away from this, but I also […]

The Father’s Commands Are for Your Own Good

For a while now, it often happens that when I give my 5-year-old a bath, he ends up getting shampoo in his eyes. He knows enough to close his eyes when I start putting the (“tear free”) shampoo in his hair, but lately he does this counterproductive thing where he pulls his legs up and […]

A Weak (But Common) Argument Against Christian Pacifism

[UPDATE below.] Today the pastor of a church I have been attending recently went off on a bit of a tangent to explain why he thought Christianity did not imply pacifism. I happen to think it does, but I want to be clear that in this post, I am NOT making a case. All I’m […]