Reformed Libertarians with Gregory Baus

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Summary - Reformed Libertarians with Gregory Baus


Today I’m announcing a new podcast that I’ve been working on and
will be co-hosting. Many of you know that I’m a Reformed
Christian who is also libertarian. But what you may not realize,
is the extent to which my libertarian views are grounded in the
Reformed faith. For the past years, I’ve been one of the only
Reformed libertarians with a major platform.


This has created a challenge to me to provide content on
seemingly disparate topics, but this takes away from my ability
to focus in the topics I’m better known for and would prefer to
refine my focus on. So today, I’m making an announcement about
this new project with my friend and colleague, Gregory Baus. I
will be co-hosting this new podcast, in addition to this podcast,
Dare to Think - which will only get better. I’m excited about the
opportunities.


Join me, Kerry Baldwin with Gregory Baus, as we Dare to Think
about introducing libertarianism to the Reformed world.


 


Main Points of Discussion


00:00    Introduction


01:26    How we came to start the Reformed
Libertarians Podcast; Previous episodes with Gregory Baus on
culture


02:56    What's the purpose of having a Reformed
perspective of libertarianism; Definition of libertarianism


04:48    Typical Objections: "Profit over people"
or "Do whatever we want"; Austrian Economic Theory; "If we care
about human life, society, this warrants coercing groups to get
along"; Principles of justice, morality, conception of human
nature, nature of society and how it operates


10:14    Didn't John Calvin believe in using the
magistrate to enforce Christianity? Reformed churches came to
confess disestablishmentarian


13:42    What about Christian Nationalism? Mixture
of more or less precise of Christian Nationalism create confusion
and rejects the best Reformed Covenant Theology


16:28    Is libertarianism is a viable idea to
begin with? When is the optimal time explore the ideas of freedom
and prosperity? Shouldn't we just make the best out of the system
we have? Overton Window: a set of ideas which are "thinkable."


21:23    Not a political commentary
podcast; Mission of Reformed Libertarians


 


Resource Links


Reformed Libertarians https://reformedlibertarians.com/


Christians for Liberty Network https://christiansforliberty.net/


Libertarian Christian Institute
https://libertarianchristians.com/


 


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