In conversations about difficult topics it is important to share definitions. Capitalism is a word of many meanings.
In this conversation I lay out a defense of what I consider pure Capitalism and how Christians ought to behave among themselves, and what positions they ought to advocate – if any – in public policy debates. I [...]
Our church was visited by a pastor who works with International Justice Mission (IJM) this morning. He spoke of their efforts to rescue oppressed people out of slavery and forced prostitution around the world.
To me, these are the least of these. They ought to be absolute top of the church’s list of people we [...]
I’ve written before about Israel under the Judges, and how the lack of a king helped keep them out of idolatry. Paganism and idolatry go hand in hand with large centralized governments. Idolatry is rejection of God as law giver, opting for an arbitrary, manipulable god and its law (their own law) [...]
This is a long post, but it deals with many important areas of my thought.
Sam provokes this response with a question in an email:
“Tell me where you stand as both a Christian and a hyper-capitalist on those churches that preach wealth is proof of God’s grace, and that Christians can and should live the high [...]
The point of my ideal world is not to be trite but to illustrate the proper advocacy of Christians in the public arena. We must not compromise in our message, though we ought to be willing to compromise in what the state chooses to implement.
Christians ought not to advocate for statist solutions. They are unjust. [...]