Lectures and Speaking Engagements by
Laurence M. Vance
Please contact me if
you are interested in having me speak to your group, organization, school, or church.
Speaking at a King James Bible Conference at Indian Gap Baptist Church in
Indian Gap, Texas,
on May 4 & 5, 2024.
Speaking at a King James Bible Conference at Grace Baptist Church in Sidney, Ohio, on
April 14-17, 2024
Spoke at Liberty Baptist Church in Chickamauga, Georgia,
on September 24, 2023.
Spoke at the annual convention of the International
Society of Bible Collectors in Atlanta at the Pitts Theology Library of the
Candler School of Theology of Emory University on September 22, 2023, on the subject of
"The Other King James Translators."
Spoke at Charity Baptist Fellowship in Jonesboro, Georgia,
on October 2, 2022.
Spoke at Liberty Baptist Church in Callahan, Florida, on
February 27, 2022.
Spoke at the annual convention of the International
Society of Bible Collectors in Philadelphia on October 1, 2021, on the subject
of "The Origin of the Chapters and Verses in the Bible."
Spoke at Liberty Baptist Church in Callahan, Florida, on
August 28, 2021.
Spoke at Liberty Baptist Church in Callahan, Florida, on
January 17, 2021.
Spoke at Eastland Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, on January
10, 2021.
Spoke at Eastland Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, on
August 30, 2020.
Spoke at Grace Baptist Church in Sidney, Ohio, on May 31
& June 2, 2020.
Spoke at Eastland Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, on
February 9, 2020.
Spoke at the annual convention of the International
Society of Bible Collectors in Boston on November 15, 2019, on the subject of
"Roman Type Editions of the Bible of 1611."
Spoke at Eastland Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, on
November 3, 2019.
Spoke at a King James Bible Conference at Liberty Baptist
Church in Callahan, Florida, on July 28-31, 2019.
Spoke at Eastland Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, on
June 16, 2019.
Spoke on March 23, 2019, at the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference
in Auburn, Alabama, about my books Free Trade or Protectionism? and The
Free Society.
Spoke on The History of the King James Bible on January 9,
16, 23, 30 & February 6, 13, 2019 at Eastland Baptist Church in Orlando,
Florida.
Spoke at the annual convention of the International
Society of Bible Collectors in Washington, D.C., on October 6, 2018, on the
subject of "The History of the King James Bible."
Spoke at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, on September
20, 2018, on "Libertarianism and the War on Drugs." The video is online
here.
Spoke at Victory Baptist Church in Ocoee, Florida, on July
1, 2018.
Spoke at the Grace Evangelical Society Regional Conference
in Orlando, Florida, on June 8, 2018, on the subject of Calvinism.
Spoke at Parkway Baptist Church in Trinity, Alabama, on
March 25, 2018.
Spoke at Eastland Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, on
February 7, 2018, about the history of the King James Bible.
Spoke at a King James Bible Conference at Riverside
Baptist Church in Indialantic, Florida, on October 22-25, 2017.
Radio interview on September 28, 2017, with Christopher Moore
on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh.
Radio interview on May 15, 2017, with Larry Pratt of Gun
Owners of America regarding my book Gun Control and the Second Amendment.
Listen here.
Spoke at Victory Baptist Church in Ocoee, Florida, on
April 30, 2017.
Spoke at Florida A & M Law School in Orlando, Florida, on March 22,
2017, on "Libertarianism and the War on Drugs." The video is online here.
Spoke on March 9, 2017, at the 2017 Austrian Economics Research Conference
in Auburn, Alabama, about my book Gun Control and the Second Amendment.
Spoke at Victory Baptist Church in Ocoee, Florida, on
February 26, 2017.
Spoke at a King James Bible Conference at Grace Baptist
Church in Sidney, Ohio, on November 6-9, 2016.
Video interview on November 2, 2016, with Jacob Hornberger of
the Future of Freedom Foundation on ending the drug war. The interview is online
here.
Spoke at a King James Bible Conference at Bible Believers Church in Lowell, Michigan,
on August 7-10, 2016.
Spoke at Victory Baptist Church in Ocoee, Florida, on June 5,
and July 10
& 31, 2016.
Spoke at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania on April 26,
2016 on the subject of libertarianism.
Spoke at Victory Baptist Church in Ocoee, Florida, on
April 10, 17, & 24, 2016.
Spoke on March 31, 2016, at the 2016 Austrian Economics Research Conference
in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "Free Trade or Protectionism? A
Nineteenth-Century Baptist Perspective." A version of this lecture was
published by the Mises Institute as "James
Champlin: An Early Advocate for Free Trade."
Spoke at Victory Christian Academy in Ocoee, Florida, on
January 29, 2016.
Spoke at the Christians for Liberty conference in Austin,
Texas, on August 8, 2015, on the subject of "Christianity, Libertarianism, and the
Drug War." The text is online here.
Video is online here.
Spoke at Victory Baptist Church in Ocoee, Florida,
on May 17, 24, and August 2, 2015.
Spoke on March 13, 2015, at the 2015
Austrian Economics Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of
"Joseph Judson Taylor: Baptist Pacifist." The text is online here. Also
spoke at this
conference at the Authors Forum about my book Social
Insecurity. Audio is online here.
Spoke at Victory Baptist Church in Ocoee, Florida,
on July 6 and 27, 2014.
Spoke at the Florida Liberty Summit in Orlando,
Florida, on April 4-6, 2014, on the Second Amendment and gun control.
Spoke on March 19, 2014, at the 2014 Austrian
Economics Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama, about my book War, Empire,
and the Military. The text is online here. Audio is online
here.
Spoke on March 23, 2013, at the 2013
Austrian Economics
Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "Alexander
Campbell, Tolbert Fanning, David Lipscomb: A Nineteenth-Century Anti-War
Triumvirate." The text is online here.
Audio is online here.
Spoke on March 21, 2013, at the 2013
Austrian Economics
Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama, about my book The War on
Drugs Is a War on Freedom. Audio is online here.
Radio interview on March 4, 2013, with Mike Church of the
Mike Church Radio Show about my article "The
Federal War on Hemp." A transcript of the interview is online here.
Radio interview on March 4, 2013, with Scott Horton of the
Scott Horton Radio Show about my book The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom.
The interview is online here.
Radio interview on November 27, 2012, with Mike Church of the Mike Church Radio Show on
just war theory, the war on drugs, and my book The War on Drugs Is a War
on Freedom. A transcript of the interview is online here.
Interview on November 25, 2012, with Robert Wenzel of the Economic Policy Journal
on the war on drugs and my book The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom. The
interview is online here.
Spoke in Orlando, Florida, on October 11, 2012, at the Orange
County/Central Florida Campaign for Liberty monthly meeting on
the subject of the war on drugs. The text is online here.
Spoke at the 2012 Austrian Scholars Conference in Auburn,
Alabama, on the subject of "Murray Rothbard and Liberty
Magazine." The audio is online here.
Spoke on November 20, 2011, at the annual meeting of the Society of
Biblical Literature in San Francisco on the subject of "The Story of the
John Bois Notes." An expanded version was published as a chapter in the
second edition of King
James, His Bible, and Its Translators.
Radio interview on September 23, 2011, on the Global Freedom
Report with guest host Jacob Hornberger of Future of Freedom Foundation. The
interview is online here.
Spoke on August 20, 2011, at the Florida Liberty Summit 2011
in Orlando, Florida. The text is online here.
Spoke on May 18, 2011, at the monthly meeting of the Gulf Coast Economics Club
in Pensacola, Florida. The text is online here.
Radio interview in March 2011 with Southwest Radio Ministries
regarding new edition of Archaic Words and the Authorized Version.
Spoke at the 2011
Austrian Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "Is
Religion Compatible with Libertarianism?" Audio is online here.
The text is online here.
Spoke in Orlando, Florida, on October 1, 2010, at the 20th annual
convention of the International Society of Bible Collectors on "The History
of the King James Bible."
Spoke at Faulkner University in Montgomery,
Alabama, on March 29 and 30, 2010, on "Christianity and War" and "The
Libertarian Case for Drugs."
Spoke at the 2010 Austrian
Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "The Moral
Case for Drugs." The audio is here.
A version of this lecture was published in Freedom Daily
and is online here.
Spoke in June 2009 in Pasadena, Maryland, at the Institute
on the Constitution on the subject of
"Christianity and War." The text is online here.
A DVD is available from John Lofton of The
American View.
Interview on June 4, 2009, with Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio
is here.
Interview on April 2, 2009, with Lew Rockwell of the Ludwig
von Mises Institute is here.
Spoke at the 2009 Austrian
Scholars
Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "The Flat Tax Is Not Flat and the FairTax Is Not
Fair." Audio is online here.
The text is online here. Also chaired and commented on the lectures in the "Religion and
Economics section." Audio is online here.
Spoke for the Okaloosa Libertarian Club on
December 11, 2008.
An e-mail interview with the Christian
Liberty Party was published online here
on December 3, 2008.
Radio interview on Veterans Day 2008 with
John Lofton and Michael Peroutka of The American View is online here.
Spoke on July 20, 2008, at
Riverside Baptist Church in Indialantic, Florida.
Spoke in June of 2008 at the Future of Freedom
Foundation's Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties
conference in Reston, Virginia, on the subject of "Christianity and War." The text
of the lecture is online here. A
video of the lecture is online here.
Spoke at the 2008 Austrian
Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "The Myth of the
Just Price." The text is online here.
Audio and video of the lecture is online here.
The text of the lecture was published as The
Myth of the Just Price and the Biblical Case for Laissez Faire.
Participated in a debate on SoapBox Radio
in June of 2007 on the morality of the Iraq War. The text of the opening remarks can
be read here. The
remarks are included in the new edition of Christianity
and War.
Spoke in June of 2007 at the Future of Freedom
Foundation's Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties
conference in Reston, Virginia, on the subject of "What the Church Should Be
Saying About War and Foreign Policy." The text of the lecture is online here.
A video of the lecture is online here.
The complete and unabridged text of the original lecture was published
as War, Foreign
Policy, and the Church.
Spoke at the 2007 Austrian
Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "Gerrit
Smith: A Nineteenth-Century Radical Libertarian." A version of this lecture
was published in The Independent Review, available online here.
Spoke on a panel discussion about
Hebrew grammars at the November 2006 annual
meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature.
The text of the remarks can be read here.
Spoke at the invitation of Congressman Ron
Paul in Washington DC on May 25, 2006, to some members of Congress and their staff on
the subject of "Christianity and the War." Read the complete staff
lecture here. This
lecture is included in the second edition of Christianity
and War.
Spoke at the 2006 Austrian
Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "Christianity
and Victimless Crimes." A version of this lecture was published in
Liberty magazine, available online here.
Spoke at the 2005 Austrian
Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "Francis Wayland:
Preacher-Economist." A version of this lecture was published in The
Independent Review, available online here.
Also spoke at the Authors Forum about the first edition of my book Christianity and War. The
audio is online here.
Spoke at the 2004 Austrian
Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, on the subject of "Mises and
Religion." A portion of this lecture was published in "Mises Debunks
the Religious Case for the State," available online here.
