Posts Tagged ‘ Jesus Christ ’

Jesus on Taxes: Nothing Is (Rightly) Caesar’s!

2010-10-17
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The story of Jesus commanding us to give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s is commonly misrepresented as His commanding us to give to Caesar the denari which he asks for (i.e., to pay taxes to government), as—it is assumed—the denari are Caesar’s, being that they have Caesar’s image and name on them. But...

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The Golden Rule Unavoidably Results in Anarchism

2010-10-10
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The Golden Rule Unavoidably Results in Anarchism

If Jesus was serious about the Golden Rule—and He certainly was—then it necessarily means that He is a consistent libertarian, as the Golden Rule as a political ethic is completely congruent with the libertarian Nonaggression Principle, i.e., that no person or group of people may initiate the use of force against another, or threaten...

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American Minute with Bill Federer

2008-02-20
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American Minute with Bill Federer

A Revolutionary War Colonel, he built the fortifications at Breed’s Hill and commanded the militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. He fought in the Battle of Long Island in 1776 and the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. His name was William Prescott, born FEBRUARY 20, 1726. After the Boston Tea Party,...

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Reason, Revelation Testify That Good Works Matter, by Steve Farrell

2008-01-17
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Reason, Revelation Testify That Good Works Matter, by Steve Farrell

Liberty Letters Quote of the Day: Benjamin Franklin, Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ Nothing could more perfectly express the optimism of Benjamin Franklin’s simplified form of Christian piety mixed with Enlightenment thinking than his affirmation of the harmony between prudence and benevolence: … for self-denial is never a duty or a...

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