This article originally ran in The Texan on April 30. With less than two months of data from the COVID-19 lockdown, the long term revenue picture for Texas state and local governments is still unclear. But the short term is beginning to come into focus. Cities, which rely heavily on various sales taxes, have been…
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The Liberty Cafe 004: Property
As we emerge from the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown, we are going to take some time to discuss what the fact that God is the Creator and we are not tells us about property ownership. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
What Does Liberty Look Like: The Source of Liberty
This is the second post in the ongoing What Does Liberty Look Like series. When Jesus began His ministry as recorded in Luke, this is what He read from Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to…
Renewable Energy Feeling the Pain of COVID-19
For the first time last year, electricity produced from wind in Texas almost equaled the amount produced from coal. This year, it appears as if wind is going to blow coal away. Last year, both sources produced about 20% of the electricity used on the grid. For the first three months of 2020, however, wind…
What Does Liberty Look Like?
This is the first post in the ongoing What Does Liberty Look Like series. In a recent email with friends I mentioned that, “it is not so clear to me that the government having the power to tell people and hospitals what surgeries they can have and when they can have them—even during an emergency—is…
Patience and Libby
Life during the COVID-19 lockdown has its ups and downs:
Whither Our Nanny Police State?
There is a lot of debate about how to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak even within the church. It is important for Christians to have these discussions because we are all susceptible to being blinded by the Enemy and our individual sinful flesh and thus are all in need of opportunities to overcome our blindness….
Free Kindle Book: Race in America
I’m giving away the Kindle version of Race in America: Liberalism’s Attack on Minorities and the Church today through Thursday. Download your free copy today to learn more about how we can submit to Christ in His ministry of healing the racial, political, economic, and spiritual divides we are experiencing in our country today. You can also read an excerpt…
Liberty as the Source of Prosperity: A Question of Power
A version of this article was originally published on Texas Scorecard. I can’t think of a greater opportunity in my lifetime than the present for people to learn about the connection between liberty and prosperity. The problem is, just like other opportunities in the past, all the experts are busy telling us whatever they can…
Plans
A friend wrote this yesterday and I thought I’d share it: “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” – Proverbs 16:9 You’ve heard the joke. “Want to make God laugh? Tell him you have a plan.”It might actually be funny if it were not so true. Today started out like most…