BONUS: Our 'Origin Stories' – How We Became Reformed Libertarians

Gregory and Kerry share their stories of how they became Reformed libertarians. Each include some of their background, how questions and thinking about political and economic issues first arose, some important influences, and the process of discovering libertarian answers understood through a Reformed perspective.

https://reformedlibertarians.com/bonusD

Main Points of Discussion

00:00 Introduction

00:31 About Kerry Baldwin

01:23 From Lutheran Republican To Reformed Libertarian

04:28 Early adulthood

07:45 Ron Paul

11:07 Resolving objections

16:12 About Gregory Baus

16:36 How I Became A Reformed-Christian Libertarian-Anarchist

21:11 Beyond Highschool

26:50 'Austrian' economics and anarchism

32:13 New Series Forthcoming


Additional Resources

Kerry's Story Re-published here:
https://reformedlibertarians.com/from-lutheran-republican-to-reformed-libertarian/

• https://mereliberty.com
• https://vitanova.academy
  
  
• David Baldwin's Vietnam War experience
  https://mereliberty.com/podcasts/the-first-battle-of-loc-ninh-vietnam/
  
  
• What Is Baptism? by R.C. Sproul
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSGFS5YK
  
  
• Lee Iron's "And The God Of Thy Seed," 8-part series on paedobaptism and covenant nurture
  https://upper-register.com/mp3s.html#baptism
  
  
• The Ron Paul Institute
  https://ronpaulinstitute.org
  
  
• Good To Be King by Michael Badnarik
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594110964
  
  
• The Constitution Party
  https://constitutionparty.com
  
  
• The Orthodox Presbyterian Church
  https://opc.org
  
  
• North American Presbyterian And Reformed Council (NAPARC)
  https://www.naparc.org/directories-2/
  
  
• "The Reason You Hate Politics" by Kerry Baldwin
  https://libertarianchristians.com/2021/01/12/the-reason-you-hate-politics/
  
  
• Books from Rothbard and others
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/resources/#books
  
  
• Episode 2 on Romans 13
  https://reformedliberarians.com/002
  
  
• Answers to Minarchist Objections (episodes 3, 5, 9, and 12)
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzgsueW6DtHQrcfPmSbkGQfQKy5tEWbB9
  
  
• Material about abortion
  https://mereliberty.com/tag/abortion/
  
  
• Episode 8 on The Boetie Option -the peaceful underthrow of the state
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/008

Gregory's Story re-published here:
https://reformedlibertarians.com/how-i-became-a-reformed-christian-libertarian-anarchist/ 

• A Christian Manifesto by Francis Schaeffer
  https://amazon.com/dp/1581346921/
  
  
• Reformed Political Resistance Theology annotated bibliography
  https://tinyurl.com/RefoPoliResistBib
  
  
• "Romans 13 and Stateless Civil Governance" by Gregory Baus
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/romans-13-reformed-view/
  
  
• The Two Empires In Japan by John M.L. Young
  https://amazon.com/dp/B0156XFDKC
  
  
• America's Counter-Revolution by Sheldon Richman
  https://amazon.com/dp/0692687912/
  
  
• Lectures On (Neo-)Calvinism by Abraham Kuyper
  https://monergism.com/lectures-calvinism-ebook
  
  
• Kingdom Prologue by Meredith G. Kline
  https://amazon.com/dp/1597525642
  
  
• Roots Of Western Culture by Herman Dooyeweerd
  https://amazon.com/dp/0888153538
  
  
• The Myth Of Religious Neutrality by Roy Clouser
  https://amazon.com/dp/0268023662
  
  
• About Societal Sphere Sovereignty
  https://youtube.com/watch?v=fjpnd7reMU0
  
  
• The Mises Institute
  https://mises.org
  
  
• On Praxeology
  https://praxeology.net/praxeo.htm
  
  
• "Rothbard's 'Left and Right' Forty Years Later" by Roderick Long
  text: https://mises.org/mises-daily/rothbards-left-and-right-forty-years-later
  audio: https://mises.org/podcasts/asc-2006/rothbards-left-and-right-40-years-later
  
  
• "Libertarian Anarchism: Responses To Ten Objections" by Roderick Long
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/answering-objections-anarchism/
  
  
• "Foundations Of Libertarian Ethics," 10 lectures by Roderick Long
  (see dropdown at each to toggle youtube to audio): https://mises.org/podcasts/foundations-libertarian-ethics
  video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwrDNUO5MDu-pUCxIbC86kTOa9bOXlVIN
  
  
• The Reformed Libertarianism Statement
  https://reformedlibertarians.com/reformed-libertarianism-statement/
  
  
• Putting Amazing Back Intro Grace by Michael Horton
  https://amazon.com/dp/0801014212
  
  
• Study Guide for Westminster Shorter Catechism by G.I. Williamson
  https://amazon.com/dp/0875525210
  
  
• Study Guide for Heidelberg Catechism by G.I. Williamson
  https://amazon.com/dp/B005H7ANH6
  
  
• Sacred Bond by Michael Brown and Zach Keele
  https://ccrbooks.org/products/sacred-bond-covenant-theology-explored-2nd-edition-brown-and-keele
  
  
• With Reverence And Awe by Darryl Hart and John Muether
  https://amazon.com/dp/0875521797

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What is The Reformed Libertarians Podcast?

The Reformed Libertarians Podcast aims to educate and inspire listeners to intelligently embrace and passionately promote a view of libertarianism as grounded in the Reformed Faith, and informed by a Reformed worldview.

Exploring free society from a Reformed perspective, hosts Kerry Baldwin and Gregory Baus discuss culture, society, politics, economics, theology, philosophy, worldview, and more. Follow the show at reformedlibertarians.com and discover how to think about liberty and human flourishing based in the Reformed Faith.