In The Marxist Separation of Church and State, Rushdoony clarifies the stark contrast between the historic American understanding of the First Amendment and the Marxist reinterpretation now increasingly accepted in public life and even within the church. Marxism defines “separation” as the enforced isolation and impotence of the church, barring it from education, public influence, and moral authority, while granting the state total jurisdiction over all spheres of life. By contrast, the American view restrains the state, not the church, protecting the church from state control rather than silencing its voice. Rushdoony warns that courts, legislators, and even pastors have embraced this humanistic presupposition, treating biblical teaching on abortion, sexuality, and public morality as forbidden “politics.” Against this retreat, he insists that God’s sovereignty knows no boundaries, that Scripture commands the church to speak God’s law to rulers and nations, and that silencing the church in the name of neutrality is not orthodoxy but surrender. #ChurchAndState #Rushdoony #BiblicalWorldview #ChristianWitness #GodsSovereignty #Humanism #FaithInPublicLife #BiblicalLaw

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