Christian Liberty Ever since the fall of man in the garden, natural man has been a slave to sin: None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. (Romans 3:10-12 ESV) Jesus Christ came…
Category: Government
Lov Gov 2
Imagine the government personified. Not a bunch of people trying to meddle in our lives, but just one. That is what the Independence Insitute has done with Lov Gov, two great series of videos highlighting what a mess government really is these days. Watch Lov Gov 2 Episode 1 above.
The High Cost of Good Intentions
Welfare harms the people the money comes from and the people the money goes to. Here’s an excerpt from John Cogan’s new book, The High Cost of Good Intentions, that helps make this case: The book’s central theme is that the creation of entitlements brings forth relentless forces that cause them to inexorably expand. These liberalizing…
Sixty Hours of GOP Dysfunction on Spending
Do you think the Republicans will ever learn? Here is the portrait of a dysfunctional party: On Tuesday (June 19), the House Republicans revealed a budget that set a goal of spending cuts totaling $6,454 billion. On Wednesday, Senate Republicans defeated legislation to cut spending by $1 billion. On Thursday, House Republicans voted to renew $20…
Rush Limbaugh on clergy who accept socialism
I like the Acton Institute and I like Rush Limbaugh, and here I get both in one article. Rev. Ben Johnson of Acton uses a quote from Limbaugh to talk about how many in the modern church, Catholic and Protestant, have abandoned the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the social gospel: For too many, the…
Bringing Sanity to a Fallen World: Idaho Health Care Part 2
In a recent post, I noted how Idaho is “the national leader in bringing sanity to our health care system.” Some conservatives, though, appealing to the rule of law, have objected to Idaho’s efforts because they are illegal under ObamaCare. Best I can tell, though, Idaho has done nothing to violate federal law. They have…
Bringing Sanity to Fallen World: Idaho Health Care Edition
Idaho appears the national leader now in bringing sanity to our health care system. Not that you would know it from the many complaints about what they are doing, as seen in the article in The New York Times: Some groups representing patients, including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association and the lobbying…
Liberalism’s Assault on Reality
The public outcry over the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. New London at least equaled that over the more recent cases involving ObamaCare (Sebelius) and gay marriage (Obergefell). In his dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas explained the reason behind the public’s dismay: This deferential shift in phraseology enables the Court to hold, against…
The Purpose of Government
Many people assume that government is a post-fall institution. However, government has existed from the beginning, in four forms: God’s governance over man Man’s governance over earth Personal governance Family governance Governance begins with God’s governance over man. We saw this as Christ our King walked with us in the garden: “As for me, I…
Christian Liberty and Economic Freedom
Christ came to set us free from the bondage of our sin: The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison…