A Calvinist Defense of
Anarcho-Capitalism
Outline

• Governments committed, subsidized, or legalized the murder of 10,000 people per day during the 20th century, with plans to dramatically escalate the killing in the 21st.
• Trillions of dollars of wealth have been confiscated or destroyed by governments during the 20th century.
• Governments have been the single greatest source of declining Christian morality in our world.
• Doesn't the Bible forbid men from forming or participating in such institutions?

• Yes, but . . . .

1. Romans 12
2. The Sermon on the Mount
3. Throughout Scripture

1. Dominion vs. Irresponsibility and Inefficiency
2. "Thou Shalt Not Steal"
3. Conscription and Imprisonment as Kidnapping
4. "Thou Shalt Not Kill"

Jesus’ Command to be Anarcho-Capitalists
We are not to be "archists," but servants

• How Service Creates Social Order
• The Bayonet or the Bible?
• The Sword or the Spirit?

Objections

1. Romans 13
2. The Depravity of Man
3. Capital Punishment