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“Judge not” is one of the most misused phrases in the Bible often quoted to shut down truth rather than protect it. Scripture doesn’t forbid judgment; it forbids false judgment. Jesus and the apostles judged openly and clearly because evil left unjudged is evil approved. We’re not called to judge by feelings or personal taste, but by God’s law righteously, truthfully, and with mercy where there is...

This address defends Christian education as obedience to Christ’s total lordship, rejecting the charge that it “deflects from the gospel” by insisting that no area of life or knowledge is neutral and that Christ, not the state, is Lord. Because all creation belongs to God, every subject—science, mathematics, medicine, language, and the arts—must be taught in submission to His Word, not treated as...

This passage emphasizes that historical urban pollution was far worse than what we typically imagine today. In the era of horse-drawn vehicles, cities in the U.S. and London were covered with tons of horse manure, creating unsanitary conditions and difficult foot traffic. Noise pollution from horseshoes and buggy wheels added to the chaos. Going back further, in 1783, many cities lacked sewers, an...

“Judge not” is often quoted to silence moral clarity, but Scripture means something far deeper. The Bible never forbids judgment itself it forbids false judgment. Jesus, the prophets, and the apostles judged boldly and publicly, condemning real evil according to God’s law, because unjudged evil is tolerated evil. We are not called to judge by appearances, personal dislikes, or emotions, but to jud...

In “Moral Disarmament,” Rushdoony argues that before societies are conquered politically or militarily, they are first defeated morally, as distinctions between good and evil, truth and error, Christ and Antichrist are deliberately blurred. Through literature, theology, education, and popular culture, sympathy is shifted from righteousness to rebellion, from law to lawlessness, until betrayal, cri...

This lecture presents economics as inherently religious, showing that humanism begins in Genesis 3:5 with man’s desire to be his own god and expresses itself today through fiat law, fiat money, and fiat economics, all of which create inflation, disorder, and false wealth. In contrast, biblical economics flows from the dominion mandate of Genesis 1:26–28 and rests on four foundations: faithful obed...

Rationalism treats human reason as the judge of reality and therefore reshapes God to fit man’s standards. By ignoring Scripture’s teaching that all people already know God and suppress that truth because of sin (Ps. 14:1; Rom. 1:18–22), rationalism misdefines atheism as an intellectual problem rather than moral rebellion. It assumes reason is autonomous, neutral, and capable of judging God, inste...

We live in an age that preaches tolerance while practicing constant judgment just not by God’s standards. Even those who reject biblical morality still draw hard lines, elevating personal tastes and preferences into law, while dismissing God’s Word entirely. Scripture doesn’t forbid judgment; it forbids false judgment. We are commanded not to condemn by appearances or private whims, but to judge r...

The birth of Jesus Christ was not the arrival of a harmless figurehead, but the coming of a true King one born to rule, to defend, and to enforce justice. In ages past, the birth of a king meant security, order, and hope for even the poorest man, because a ruler had come who would restrain evil and protect the realm. Scripture declares Christ King from His birth, ordained to overthrow every enemy...

The Christmas story reminds us that when Christ came into the world, there was no room for Him not in the inn, not in the town, and not in the busy lives of men preoccupied with their own affairs and that same tragedy is repeated whenever our hearts are so crowded with trivialities, schedules, excuses, and self-interest that there is no place left for the Lord. Like the people of Bethlehem, we oft...

Isaiah foretold that Christ would bear the government of the world on His shoulders and that His rule and peace would never stop increasing. True peace, Scripture insists, does not come from the absence of authority but from righteous government under Christ the King. The world’s demand for peace while rejecting God’s law only produces chaos and perpetual conflict. Christ reigns as Prophet, Pries...

Rationalism inherits a Greek idea that treats good and evil as metaphysical states on a “chain of being” rather than moral obedience or rebellion against God. This view assumes a continuity of being between God and man, making human reason capable of accessing ultimate truth and reducing sin to a “thinness of being” instead of lawless defiance of God’s law. Biblically, however, God is uncreated an...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not a vague spiritual symbol it is the decisive victory of God in history, in body and soul, over sin, death, and every power that opposes Him. Because Christ rose bodily from the grave, His authority extends over all things, spiritual and material, making prayer effective and hope unshakable. This is why the early church lived with joy and courage even in a hos...

In Easy Chair 150 (July 14, 1987), R.J. Rushdoony and Otto Scott interview Gary and Carlinda Mose about two years in Sweden, portraying a society that looks peaceful and prosperous yet functions as a “new totalitarianism” built not on terror but on education, conformity, and cradle‑to‑grave dependency. The Moses describe a nation where the state effectively replaces God, families are weakened by h...

When church and state drift into self-glory and abandon obedience to God, it can feel like everything is lost but history tells a very different story. God has never tied His power to institutions, monuments, or influential men; His greatest works have always erupted in times of apostasy and collapse. From Noah to Christ Himself, God moved most powerfully when human systems failed. Our task is not...

In “Epistemological Self-Consciousness,” Rushdoony argues that every worldview must eventually face the implications of its own foundations, and that atheism, when consistently applied, leads to meaninglessness, lawlessness, and the collapse of authority. He contrasts figures like modern artists and scientists who deny God yet still borrow God’s order in practice, showing that unbelief cannot live...

This session argues that faith reshapes every area of life, so education cannot be neutral: Christianity produces “history” (meaningful, ordered, God-governed events), while humanism produces “social science” (man’s attempt to control and predestine society without God). True history assumes God’s sovereign acts—Creation, Incarnation, and the Second Coming—as the frame and direction of all events,...

There are seasons when God asks of us what seems unbearably costly the surrender of loved ones, cherished hopes, or the fruit of long labor and we are tempted to think that life is little more than a series of losses; yet Scripture shows that God never asks before He first gives, and never asks more than He has already bestowed. As Exodus reveals at Sinai, God reminded Israel of His mighty acts of...

You don’t get vegetables by pulling weeds you get them by planting seeds. Yet millions spend their lives fighting what’s wrong in culture, church, and society, expecting good fruit without ever sowing what is right. Yes, the weeds matter, but a cleared field without seed just grows more weeds. Scripture is clear: you reap what you sow. If there’s no planting of God’s Word, no building of Christian...

This passage argues that fears of overpopulation and overpollution are largely myths. Citing Dr. Julian L. Simon’s The Ultimate Resource, it emphasizes that food production, farmland availability, and natural resources are increasing, not diminishing. Pollution has been declining, population density does not inherently create social or biological problems, and immigration contributes positively to...

We live in an age medicated for tension but starved for peace. Surrounded by constant noise, bad news, and pressure, we try to treat anxiety with pills while ignoring the deeper problem God is not enough in our thinking. Scripture is clear: a relaxed, trusting heart brings life and health, while a broken, anxious spirit wears the body down. We have more comfort than any generation before us, yet l...

In “Kwan-Yin Versus Christ,” Rushdoony contrasts Biblical Christianity with the relativistic, equalitarian impulse he traces to Eastern religions, arguing that modern socialism and progressive lawlessness flow from a worldview that denies absolute distinctions between good and evil. He presents Kwan-yin’s refusal to enter paradise until all are included as the logical symbol of total inclusivism,...

Rationalism treats reason as ultimate, impersonal, and nonhistorical, reducing God to a logical concept rather than the living Lord who reveals Himself in history. By denying God’s incomprehensibility and replacing revelation with human reason, rationalism elevates intellectual elites as arbiters of truth. Historically, this leads not to freedom but to tyranny, as “philosopher-kings” claim authori...

She summed it up in one sentence: “You take it, Lord it’s too much for me.” In a hospital hallway, amid stories of grief piled on grief, that simple act of trust revealed what real faith looks like. Too often we treat worry as virtue, putting on a public display of anxiety as if God needs our fretting to do His job. But Scripture calls anxiety a sign of little faith, not deep concern. Real peace c...

This session argues that mathematics is inherently religious, not neutral, because every fact, number, and law of logic exists within a God-created order and bears witness to its Creator. Rejecting the Enlightenment myth of autonomous reason, it shows that mathematics depends on the biblical solution to the problem of the one and the many, resolved only in the doctrine of the Trinity, without whic...