The Protestant Libertarian Podcast

In this episode I talk with Richard Krauland about his book The Bridge from Science to God. Krauland discusses his background as an entrepreneur and mathematician and how his early years as a skeptic led to him finding faith. He explains how the complexities of science must lead us to the conclusion that there is a God behind it while encouraging the church to think critically about intelligent design. He also describes how his personal experiences with illness and family death shaped his appreciation for both God and science, how loving others even when we disagree with them is essential to our faith, and why skeptics should think critically about the relationship between God and science without dismissing the work of the divine. 

Media Referenced:
The Bridge from Science to God: https://a.co/d/0ejZd49r
Enlightened in the 21st Century: https://a.co/d/0d6WUvPF
 
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The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

Order my new book Politics, Economics and New Testament Interpretation: 
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Amazon: https://a.co/d/0aFo5AeD
In this episode I talk once again with Dr. Allan Bevere about the current state of American politics and how the church should respond. We discuss the second Trump term and compare him to his predecessors (including his own first term), why America is always at war and how the church doesn’t seem to care too much, how political divisions are fueled by the social media and plague the church, and how believers can faithfully respond to these divisive times.
 
Media Referenced:
The Politics of Witness: https://a.co/d/9OehoFs
Allan Bevere on X: @arbevere
Website: http://www.allanrbevere.org/
Substack: https://allanrbevere.substack.com/
 
Sign up for LCI’s 2026 Conference in Cincinnati, OH on Saturday, October 17! Many LCI content creators, including myself, will be speaking at the event, and it will be an excellent opportunity to connect with likeminded, liberty-loving Christians. Check out the event and sign up here: https://libertarianchristians.com/conference/
The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

Order my new book Politics, Economics and New Testament Interpretation: 
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LCI: https://libertarianchristians.com/store/politics-economics-and-new-testament-interpretation/
In this episode I talk with Scott Lackey, pastor of New Story Church in Buffalo, New York and host of the Creating Space podcast, about Paul’s letter to Rome. We discuss the challenges of studying Romans while preaching and teaching it to a lay audience. Scott then explains why Paul wrote Romans and the major themes, particularly of community formation, that shape the letter. We then work through Romans on a section-by-section basis, addressing Paul’s arguments and concerns and working through huge concepts like faith, righteousness and justification, judgement, Abraham, Christ and Adam, sin, death, Law, grace, the Spirit, and more. Scott then explains how Paul expects his audience to worship God through the way they live, and how the modern church can reclaim the vision of Romans today. 
 
Media Referenced:
Creating Space podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creating-space/id1730849984
New Story Church: https://www.newstorybuffalo.com/
New Story Church YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@newstorybuffalo
Scott’s Substack: https://scottlackey.substack.com/

Sign up for LCI’s 2026 Conference in Cincinnati, OH on Saturday, October 17! Many LCI content creators, including myself, will be speaking at the event, and it will be an excellent opportunity to connect with likeminded, liberty-loving Christians. Check out the event and sign up here: https://libertarianchristians.com/conference/
The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

Order my new book Politics, Economics and New Testament Interpretation: 
Amazon: https://a.co/d/0aFo5AeD
LCI: https://libertarianchristians.com/store/politics-economics-and-new-testament-interpretation/
In this episode I explore Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 2:2 that he “desired to know nothing among you [the Corinthians] except Jesus Christ and him crucified”. I explain how Paul always has the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus in mind and that Christ’s death is always conceptualized as crucifixion. In this context, Paul is appealing to the Corinthians to imitate Christ and overcome the divisions which are plaguing the church, and how the cross serves as the model for Christian ethics. I argue that the cross must be the starting point for Christian discipleship, and that there is no area of life, including political and economic activity, which isn’t, for the believer, conditioned by the cross. What would happen if the church of today determined to know nothing except the crucified Christ?

Media Referenced:
https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/politics-economics-and-new-testament-interpretation-with-alex-bernardo/
https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/all-things-to-all-people-1-corinthians-919-23/
https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-257-the-rulers-of-this-age-are-passing-away-1-corinthians-26-8/

Sign up for LCI’s 2026 Conference in Cincinnati, OH on Saturday, October 17! Many LCI content creators, including myself, will be speaking at the event, and it will be an excellent opportunity to connect with likeminded, liberty-loving Christians. Check out the event and sign up here: https://libertarianchristians.com/conference/
The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

Order my new book Politics, Economics and New Testament Interpretation: 
Amazon: https://a.co/d/0aFo5AeD
LCI: https://libertarianchristians.com/store/politics-economics-and-new-testament-interpretation/
In this episode I talk with Dr. Brandon Crowe about his brand-new book James Revisited: Christology and Biblical Theology in the Letter of James, out now on Baker Academic. In this book Crow examines James in light of the biblical canon and Christology, showing how Jesus and the rest of Scripture illuminate and are illuminated by James. We discuss the authorship, dating and purpose of James, suggesting it might be one of the earliest letters in the New Testament, and talk about the centrality of themes such as kingdom, Christology, and eschatology. We also discuss the role of moral development and hypocrisy, the complex question of the Law, and the notorious debate about whether the assertion in James 2 that a man is justified by works contradicts Paul’s claims in Romans 3 and Galatians 2. We then talk about the practical application of James for the church today. 

Media Referenced:
James Revisited: https://a.co/d/07hpXArs
Crowe on X: @brandondcrowe
Substack: https://brandondcrowe.substack.com/
 
Sign up for LCI’s 2026 Conference in Cincinnati, OH on Saturday, October 17! Many LCI content creators, including myself, will be speaking at the event, and it will be an excellent opportunity to connect with likeminded, liberty-loving Christians. Check out the event and sign up here: https://libertarianchristians.com/conference/
The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!