Introduction: Some years ago, Ron Paul wrote a book entitled Liberty Defined. Glancing over the topics he addresses, it might have been better called Liberty Described, because the bulk of the book works through various topics like conscription, and surveillance, and monetary policy—all the kind of topics where libertarians and conservatives might easily find common …
Biblical Law as the Foundation of Free Speech. And Also About the Ethics of Migrating to Gab.
Introduction: So let me begin with an interesting juxtaposition of events. Big Tech has been wading through their crowded base of customers, laying about them with truncheons, telling people who have ...
Aphorisms on Liberty
Say it with aphorisms. Free men will fight for their liberty, but slaves will not. So if a slave fights, he is already free. Liberty is not porn and pot. Liberty is much praised and rarely treasured. True liberty is greatly praised, and not at all understood. When Mammon is the master, the people are …
Masks and a Lesson in Narnian Civics
Introduction: One of the things that troubles thoughtful Christians about resisting the orders to mask up is that it seems too darn convenient on a personal level. It seems like we are saying that you should obey the authorities above you so long as you agree with them, but as soon as they tell you …
7 Reasons for Unmasking the Masks
Introduction: If you want to start with a little background information, here is an article for dentists on the efficacy of masks in preventing infection, written about four years ago. It is recent ...
That America Is Gone Now
Introduction: Sometime last week, Kevin DeYoung outraged the already outraged by suggesting that it is time for faithful believers to think about a new culture wars strategy. Given that he ...
Breaking the Law and Cases of Conscience
Introduction: We all have a pretty good idea that when the authorities command us to stop preaching in the “name of this Jesus,” our responsibility is to keep on preaching regardless. We must obey God rather than men (Acts 5:29). When it comes right down to a direct conflict between a commandment of men and …
All Divvied Up
Introduction: So it is now time for us to bring some things together. I have written a great deal about unanswered questions with regard to the threat of the virus itself, and I have also written about the lack of a legal foundation for the arbitrary impositions that most of us are dealing with. We …
Liberate Idaho
Remarks on the steps of the Capitol in Boise/May 1, 2020 Introduction: It is a great privilege to be here, and a high honor to be able to address you all, and so I thank the organizers of this event. In the kindness of God, I have spoken to many assemblies, congregations, and conferences. I …
A Liberty Primer
Introduction: As a number of you have been confined to quarters for a while, it may have been that your thoughts have turned to topics like freedom and liberty. It may have been that you have started ...