Christian libertarianism is a political ideology to the extent that its supporters promote their cause to others and join together as a movement.

The same cannot be said for Christian libertarianism according to Sandlin:

An atheist, opposes the idea of "Christian libertarianism".

The difference between Christian libertarianism and libertarian Christianity starts in their respective ideological foundations.

These include anarcho-capitalism, minarchism, paleolibertarianism, left-libertarianism, and Christian libertarianism.

Christian libertarianism describes the synthesis of Christian beliefs concerning human nature and dignity with libertarian political philosophy.

The Ten Commandments have varing enforceability under Christian libertarianism.

Its five main branches are Constitutionalism, paleolibertarianism, neolibertarianism, small government conservatism and Christian libertarianism.

On the other hand, Christian libertarianism, at its most systematic, is seen by libertarian Christians as being more ad hoc and less systematic.

The origins of Christian libertarianism in the United States can be traced back to the roots of libertarianism.

From the libertarian Christian's perspective, the comparison shows that Christian libertarianism's attempted amalgamation of secular libertarianism lacks rational integrity.

Lord Acton was a theoretician of Christian libertarianism who suggested that political liberty is the essential condition and guardian of religious liberty.

According to Andrew Sandlin, an American theologian and author, Christian libertarianism is the view that mature individuals are permitted maximum freedom under God's law.

But libertarian Christians disagree with theonomic reconstructionism / Christian libertarianism in regards to the proper hermeneutics to use to discover the biblical prescription of human law.

Along these lines, various thinkers have argued for Christian communism, Christian socialism, Christian anarchism, Christian libertarianism, or Christian democracy.

Libertarian Christians believe this lack of rational integrity in the Christian libertarian legal philosophy is a symptom of Christian libertarianism's erroneous hermeneutics.

Libertarian Christians believe that Christian libertarianism, at its most systematic, is a blend of secular libertarianism and Christian dominionism / reconstructionism / theonomy.

Libertarian Christianity distinguishes itself from Christian libertarianism by having beliefs about law and government that derive from a distinct framework for interpreting the Bible, i.e., from a different set of biblical hermeneutics.

In contrast to Christian libertarianism, libertarian Christianity claims to be a systematic derivation of libertarian principles from the Bible, and libertarian Christians do not recognize any ideological debt to secular libertarianism.

For example, comparison of the relative attitudes towards victimless crimes held by prototypical secular libertarian, Murray Rothbard, and the prototypicial Christian libertarian, Andrew Sandlin, shows that secular libertarianism and Christian libertarianism are not particularly compatible.