Roger McKinney
Roger D. McKinney lives in Broken Arrow, OK with his wife, Jeanie. He has three children and six grandchildren. He earned an M.A. in economics from the University of Oklahoma and B.A.s from the University of Tulsa and Baptist Bible College. He has written two books, Financial Bull Riding and God is a Capitalist: Markets from Moses to Marx, and articles for the Affluent Christian Investor, the Foundation for Economic Education, The Mises Institute, the American Institute for Economic Research and Townhall Finance. Previous articles can be found at facebook.com/thechristiancapitalist. He is a conservative Baptist and promoter of the Austrian school of economics.
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If Jesus were physically here today, He’d promote capitalism
What about charity? Is there really nothing between socialism and ruthlessness oppression of the poor?
Bureaucrats vs. babies: how government caused the baby formula shortage
Why do only four companies control 90% of the supply? The answer lies in the desire of the majority of voters to have the federal government regulate industry.
If Christians care about the poor, they will care about the stock market crash
The Fed’s manipulation of the money supply violates the Bible’s commands prohibiting false weights and measures.
Social justice is injustice
Those who insist they want to redistribute wealth because they care about justice have merely redefined envy as justice.
Why Christians should care about inflation
When the Fed floods the country with new money that it created out of thin air, it corrupts the money in the same way that false weights did in the Hebrew Bible.
Capitalism liberated women from the toil and spinning that Jesus talked about
The textile mills so hated by the Luddites and socialists liberated women from being chained to spinning thread during most of the hours they were awake.
A Christian rebuttal to AOC on socialism
Allowing Marxists to define capitalism is like asking atheists to define Christianity.
Theologian misuses Sermon on the Mount against free-market economy
Many Christians continue to oppose capitalism, which is nothing but Biblical principles of government, because pastors and theologians like Dr. Dalrymple spread false history and economics.
Christian economics should be about helping the poor, not hurting the rich
Christians should again see envy as repulsive.
Build Back Better family leave is anti-family and pro-State
The plan has fooled many Christians into thinking it’s pro-family.