GRACE. Jesus didn't bring us religion; humans had long been sacrificing to the gods. His Gospel is an undeserved gift that overflows the heart and splashes out in waves that bless others.
ARCHY. A suffering servant is the true king. His "government" is made up of servants who voluntarily carry a cross, go the extra mile, and care for the weakest. Church and State don't govern that way, so you're "Done."
HOST. Jim Babka's career evolved from political campaigns to policy activism to principle-based philosophy. He discovered that politics corrupts character, the world hates being fixed, and debates disconnect persons. Chopping at the root requires us to address blame, envy, and scapegoating. The world needs Grace.
MODERATOR. Bill Protzmann
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GRACE. Jesus didn't bring us religion; humans had long been sacrificing to the gods. His Gospel is an undeserved gift that overflows the heart and splashes out in waves that bless others.
ARCHY. A suffering servant is the true king. His "government" is made up of servants who voluntarily carry a cross, go the extra mile, and care for the weakest. Church and State don't govern that way, so you're "Done."
HOST. Jim Babka's career evolved from political campaigns to policy activism to principle-based philosophy. He discovered that politics corrupts character, the world hates being fixed, and debates disconnect persons. Chopping at the root requires us to address blame, envy, and scapegoating. The world needs Grace.
MODERATOR. Bill Protzmann
EP141: Former Chair, Libertarian Party Needs to Acknowledge God - Gracearchy with Jim Babka
Gracearchy with Jim Babka
46 minutes
1 month ago
EP141: Former Chair, Libertarian Party Needs to Acknowledge God - Gracearchy with Jim Babka
On Sept 8, 2025., Angela McArdle, former chair of the Libertarian Party, sent out a tweet that reads, in part, "The American libertarian movement is full of intellectual giants but it is lacking spiritually... Christ's sacrifice showed us the significance of the individual... The spiritual void in American libertarianism needs to be filled if we want God to bless our movement."
Obviously, this is a right up our alley.
Not only do we read Angela's post on X very closely, but also we cover the real source of your security, what freedom actually entails, why Christ's Kingdom is free, why the pastor and the pornographer can be friends at a libertarian meeting, and even the role of this former Chair and the caucus she presently leads in the party's present situation.
NOTES
René Girard: The Founding of Religion and State, EP88 https://youtu.be/dL8Err6K778
Girard's Scapegoat on Good Friday 2025, EP126 https://youtu.be/bHdCX-S2tRI
Mimetic Mirror: Jerry Bowyer Explores Jesus's Eye Parable, EP 94 https://youtu.be/i_zaPoAx8co
Rene Girard And Mimetic Desire, EP7 https://youtu.be/8yvv-3WYKIs
Henry Hazlitt, Economics In One Lesson: https://www.liberalstudies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Economics-in-One-Lesson_2.pdf
CHAPTERS
0:00 Theme
0:24 God in Libertarianism? Yes
4:46 What does freedom look like?
11:01 Grace includes steelmanning
12:36 The Tweet
13:07 What Rights are
19:19 Significance of the human person
21:04 Ron Paul does not wear his faith on his sleeve
22:00 Do libertarians need God's blessing?
23:47 The pastor and the pornographer
29:02 Steelmanning Angela
30:43 The smearing of Chase Oliver
33:12 The Libertarian civil war
37:11 The party should be attractive to believers
40:00 How to renew the Libertarian Party
42:13 What Libertarian messaging should look like
43:52 Positioning on the Divine side?
CREDITS
Bill Protzmann is your moderator.
This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/
Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/
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Gracearchy with Jim Babka
GRACE. Jesus didn't bring us religion; humans had long been sacrificing to the gods. His Gospel is an undeserved gift that overflows the heart and splashes out in waves that bless others.
ARCHY. A suffering servant is the true king. His "government" is made up of servants who voluntarily carry a cross, go the extra mile, and care for the weakest. Church and State don't govern that way, so you're "Done."
HOST. Jim Babka's career evolved from political campaigns to policy activism to principle-based philosophy. He discovered that politics corrupts character, the world hates being fixed, and debates disconnect persons. Chopping at the root requires us to address blame, envy, and scapegoating. The world needs Grace.
MODERATOR. Bill Protzmann
