Ep. 24: Why Non-Christian Libertarians Should (And How They Can) Become Christians

We explain what becoming and being a Reformed Christian and a Reformed libertarian is and means in basic terms. We say why one should, and how one can, become a Reformed Christian and a Reformed libertarian. We explain what libertarianism is, and why every libertarian is already a religious libertarian. We mention the ultimate purpose in becoming a Christian, and part of how Reformed Christianity grounds our view of libertarianism. We briefly explain how the Reformed view of Romans 13 is compatible with libertarianism. And we conclude with three general things a non-Christian can do to facilitate their discovering that Christianity is true.

https://reformedlibertarians.com/024

Main Points of Discussion

00:00 Introduction

00:32 Episode description

02:06 What it means to become and be a Christian

05:38 What we mean by libertarianism

09:54 Why every libertarian is already a religious libertarian

15:55 The ultimate purpose in becoming a Christian

18:20 How Reformed Christianity grounds libertarianism

25:27 What about Romans 13?

29:19 Recap

30:12 Three things to discover Reformed Christianity is true

Additional Resources

• Episode 1: Reformed Libertarians Podcast introduction
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/001 

• Episode 12: Is Civil Governance Without The State Plausible?
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/012 

• Episode 19: The Myth of Religious Neutrality
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/019 

• For more about self-evidence see the 11 lecture series (about 3.5 hrs total) “Philosophy of Religion and Knowing God is Real,” especially lectures 6 & 7
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwrDNUO5MDu_XWQBwDFvjTk0Au0-6un3D 

• Episode 2: What Does Romans 13 Say About Civil Government?
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/002 

• The Reformed Political Resistance Theology annotated bibliography
  https://tinyurl.com/RefoPoliResistBib 

• "The Problem Of Evil Answered"
  https://sites.google.com/view/problemofevilanswered 

• Three things Non-Christians can do to facilitate discovering the truth of Christianity is discussed in lecture 11 of the series mentioned above.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWusi_p9RhU&list=PLwrDNUO5MDu_XWQBwDFvjTk0Au0-6un3D&index=11

• The New Testament Gospel of John
  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John&version=ESV

• Following the plot of the Bible’s big picture
  https://upper-register.com/mp3s.html#unfolding 

• Study Guide to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, by G.I. Williamson
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/0875525210 

• Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel, by Michael Horton
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801014212

• Walking with Jesus through His Word: Discovering Christ in All the Scriptures, by Dennis E. Johnson
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596382201

• Contact Gregory and Kerry
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/#contact 

• EXTRA: "Answers To Some Questions From A Non-Christian Libertarian"
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/answers-to-some-questions

The Reformed Libertarians Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute: https://libertarianchristians.com and a member of the Christians for Liberty Network: https://christiansforliberty.net

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