Summary — Bonus: Our ‘Origin Stories’ —How We Became Reformed Libertarians
Gregory and Kerry share their stories of how they became Reformed libertarians. Each includes 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. [Direct mp3 download]
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
initially published here: https://libertarianchristians.com/2026/02/14/from-lutheran-republican-to-reformed-libertarian
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 by 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 - Kerry’s material on 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
initially published here: https://libertarianchristians.com/2025/02/19/a-reformed-path-to-libertarian-anarchism/
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