Ep. 1: The Reformed Libertarians Podcast Introduction

An introduction to what Reformed means, and what libertarian means with its connection to Reformed. The hosts introduce themselves, and say a word about who the podcast is for.

https://reformedlibertarians.com/001

00:00 start

00:32 episode description

00:55 What do we mean by Reformed?

02:01 The Affair Of The Sausages https://reformedforum.org/podcasts/ctc357/

03:31 Historical orthodox Protestants agree on early creeds about Trinity and Christ (among other doctrines), and the "5 Solas" https://alliancenet.org/cambridge-declaration/ and differ on certain specific points in their respective confessions

04:46 By Reformed we mean affirming a historical Reformed doctrinal standard; Reformed libertarians hold to disestablishmentarian confessions, including

1788 Westminster https://opc.org/wcf.html 1958 Belgic https://threeforms.org/the-belgic-confession/ or 1689 London Baptist https://the1689confession.com

05:24 Covenantal, redemptive-historical interpretation https://upper-register.com/mp3s.html#unfolding

05:42 How are we not 'Evangelical'?

06:47 We are evangelistic, testifying to the good news of salvation from God's judgement in Jesus Christ

08:32 What do we mean by libertarian?

09:20 By libertarian we mean affirming self-ownership/property right and the principle of non-aggression https://mises.org/library/what-libertarianism

10:16 How do we understand libertarianism from a Reformed perspective?

12:51 About Gregory Baus https://sites.google.com/site/ideolog/

13:47 About Kerry Baldwin https://mereliberty.com/about/kerry-baldwin/

16:57 Who might our audience be?

18:47 Our mission is to educate and inspire listeners to embrace and promote libertarianism as grounded in the Reformed Faith

The Reformed Libertarians Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute: https://libertarianchristians.com and a member of the Christians for Liberty Network: https://christiansforliberty.net

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