LINK: I point you in the direction of Joe Carter's discussion of whether Christian libertarianism is possible:
"The main complaint I have with most libertarians is that they often work backwards from a grievance to the development of their core beliefs. Christians, on the other hand, must start with Biblical principles and work their way to a coherent political philosophy."
It also strikes me (though perhaps incorrectly) that libertarian arguments are generally process-arguments, as opposed to substance arguments: a libertarian is presumably forced to be thoroughgoing with respect to what government can and cannot do: that is, it can't do things you like if the process is wrong, just as much as it can't do things you don't like. But perhaps I'm simplifying too much.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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