Posts by Rev. Ben Johnson
October 10, 2018
This morning, the UK Supreme Court ruled on behalf of Ashers Baking Company, a Christian-run family bakery in Belfast that refused to bake a cake with the message, “Support Gay Marriage.” Continue Reading...
October 09, 2018
Listen: The Christian case for capitalism
The Institute of Economic Affairs explores the ethical argument for a free economy – and why Christians are not making it. In the latest episode of its podcast, an Anglican priest and a Catholic scholar discuss that question, as well as Archbishop Justin Welby’s homily against Amazon, Jesus’ supposed condemnation of wealth, and why clergy tend to support government intervention into the economy. Continue Reading...
October 08, 2018
Force fathers to stay at home? A warning from Europe
It was a curious sight to see a Wall Street Journal op-ed call for social engineering to change the way families choose to raise newborn babies. It was more curious yet to see right-leaning Catholics endorse the notion “in the name of conservative family values.” Continue Reading...
October 04, 2018
‘The French Sinatra’ championed persecuted Christians and private property
The beloved singer known as “The French Sinatra” died on Monday at the age of 94. “Charles Aznavour deserves to be remembered, not just a legendary artist, but as a great fighter for historical truth and freedom,” and property rights, writes Marcin Rzegocki at the Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty Transatlantic website. Continue Reading...
October 03, 2018
8 quotations from Walter Laqueur on Europe’s future, statism, and the allure of evil
One of the preeminent international analysts and students of the transatlantic area, Walter Ze’ev Laqueur, died Sunday at the age of 97. Born on May 26, 1921, in what was then Breslau, Germany (and now Wrocław, Poland), he fled his homeland days before Kristallnacht; his family would die in the Holocaust. Continue Reading...
October 03, 2018
This politician nails entrepreneurship and the importance of work
The news highlights from Theresa May’s speech this morning at the Conservative Party’s 2018 conference may be that she branded Labour the “Jeremy Corbyn Party” while committing her party to “ending austerity,” increasing spending on the NHS (which, she said, “embodies our principles as Conservatives more profoundly” than any other institution), and suspending the national gasoline tax for the ninth year – a move that saved British taxpayers £9 billion a year. Continue Reading...
October 02, 2018
Jesus would vote for socialism: German socialist party
Marxism taught that religion is the opiate of the people and tried to indoctrinate children in atheism from their earliest days. Yet a socialist party in Germany has erected a billboard stating, “Jesus would have voted for us.” Continue Reading...
October 01, 2018
Walmart removes hammer-and-sickle merchandise
September 28, 2018
7 reasons you should care about economic liberty
Christians who support the free market often find ourselves accused of worshiping, in the words of the New York Times, “a false idol” – a thought, shared by a disconcerting number of evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics alike. Continue Reading...
September 25, 2018
The U.S. surges in economic freedom: Global report
The Fraser Institute brought good news as it released its annual “Economic Freedom of the World” report this morning. The United States has surged in the rankings compared to two years ago. Continue Reading...