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The Spirit and Life

24 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode recounts the remarkable progress of a boy with a low tested IQ who nevertheless achieved at or above grade level after enrolling in a tho...

Priority

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode stresses that the first commandment “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” requires God to be our supreme priority, governing ever...

Rational Reforms

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Rational Reforms, Rushdoony argues that modern reform movements repeatedly collapse into revolution because they are driven by humanistic rationali...

Our Father

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explains that when Jesus teaches us to address God as “Our Father,” we must understand fatherhood biblically, not according to modern...

The Trinity

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We often limit God to what we can experience or what He does for us, but Scripture reveals God as He is in Himself: the triune God Father, Son, and Ho...

Resurrection, Communion, and the Family (Remastered)

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rushdoony argues that the removal of the Ten Commandments from public schools exposed a basic truth: all law is religious. While the courts rejected b...

This Will Cure You From Distractions

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Distraction isn’t trivial. It isn’t just “losing focus.” Biblically, distraction is being pulled out of the way—away from Christ, away f...

Pilgrimage

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Pilgrimage, Rushdoony contrasts the historic Christian understanding of life as a God-directed journey with the modern humanistic pilgrimage that s...

How Much of You does the Federal Government Own?

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A striking reality in the U.S. is the vast land and wealth controlled by the federal government: Alaska 90%, Nevada 87%, Utah 65%, and so on, supposed...

God with Us

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode reflects on the meaning of Christ’s title Immanuel “God with us” as foretold in Isaiah 7:14 and affirmed in Matthew 1:23. Humanity ...

Strategy for Christian Reconstruction (Remastered)

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rushdoony warns that America is under judgment, pointing to the murder of Congressman Larry McDonald and Western complicity with Marxist evil as signs...

S-x Education

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode argues that Christians are not opposed to sex education itself but to the standards and worldview underlying much modern sex education, w...

Autonomy

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Autonomy is man’s ancient sin the desire to be his own god, defining good and evil by personal standards. In modern life this shows up as art for ar...

Do You Fear God, or Consequences?

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Out of the Question, Andrea Schwartz and Pastor Charles Roberts challenge modern views of sin, forgiveness, and confession. Is repe...

Following the Leader

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode reflects on The Lonely Crowd’s claim that Americans have shifted from an inner-directed, Scripture-formed character to an “other-dire...

The Unlimited Liability Universe (Remastered)

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Scripture reveals that reality is not a limited-liability system but a universe of inescapable moral consequence, where blessings and curses relentles...

Calling Good Evil

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode recounts a young mother being ordered to stop modestly breastfeeding her baby at a public skating rink an act once considered normal and ...

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

God reveals Himself not through human greatness, but through sovereign grace. By calling Himself “the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” the Lord ...

Ownership and Authority

17 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Authority is never neutral it always flows from ownership. Scripture is clear: because God is the Creator and Owner of all things, He alone is the ult...

Easy Chair No. 127, July the 26th, 1986 "Understanding Market Cycles and Speculation: Insights from Easy Chair No. 127

17 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this broadcast, R.J. Rushdoony, with Dan Harris and James Flanagan, explores the U.S. economy, financial markets, and speculation trends in 1986. T...

Thou Shalt Not Covet

17 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode recounts how a religious fanatic smashed a friend’s fine dishes, claiming they violated the tenth commandment, and uses the incident to...

The War Against Christian Prosperity

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why are so many faithful Christians struggling—when Scripture promises that God prospers the righteous? Because there is a war against Christian pr...

How to Be a Socialist Without Knowing it

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode argues that the most successful modern revolution is not violent but ideological: the widespread adoption of socialist thinking, especial...

Gnosticism Today

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Gnosticism Today, Rushdoony argues that modern Christianity is deeply infected with an ancient but persistent heresy that denies divine revelation ...

Pleasures of Hatred

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode observes that hatred must contain a kind of twisted pleasure, since so many people indulge in it resenting others for their wealth, appea...

God

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When asked “Who is God?”, Scripture answers not with a definition man can master, but with divine self-revelation: “I AM that I AM” (Exod. 3:1...

Homeschooling (Remastered)

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rushdoony, Blumenfeld, and Otto Scott argue that homeschooling works so well because it’s essentially one-on-one tutoring: parents know their childr...

Happiness

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explains that the biblical word “blessed” means “very happy,” yet Christ’s Beatitudes redefine happiness in ways that contradic...

The Menace of Arianism

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In The Menace of Arianism, Rushdoony warns that Arianism is not a dead heresy but a living and pervasive error that subtly denies the full deity and u...

Is Law Enforcement Always Good?

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Not all law enforcement agencies serve the public good. The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, created in 1968 and defunded in 1982, spent nea...

The Birth of Our Lord

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode describes Christ’s birth as the greatest invasion in history God the Son entering the world to reclaim it as His Father’s Kingdom. Wh...

Dangers Inherent in Public Education (Remastered)

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rushdoony and Blumenfeld warn that public schooling is a means of controlling the future by shaping children away from Christian faith. Blumenfeld say...

Atonement and Authority

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why do revolutions fail and what kind of authority can truly hold a society together? In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony traces the deep conflict between...

What Does It Mean to be Called by God?

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Keep Yourself in the Boat

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode confronts worry as a popular yet often unacknowledged sin, because anxiety reflects distrust in God’s promise to work all things for go...

Our Certainty

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This message urges calm and confidence in the face of modern fears especially atomic destruction by reminding us that human history has always been fi...

Curses and Blessings (Remastered)

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Deuteronomy 27–28 declares that God’s law brings with it inescapable consequences blessing for obedience and curse for rebellion revealing a moral...

Problems

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode identifies three subtle but pervasive problems people create for themselves. First and most destructive is self-pity, which makes the sel...

Self-Sufficiency

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explains that the common English rendering of “contentment” in 1 Timothy 6:6–8 can mislead modern readers, since the Greek word aut...

Easy Chair No. 126, July the 11th, 1986 "South Africa, Sanctions, and the Crisis of Western Policy

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this broadcast, R.J. Rushdoony and Otto Scott discuss the geopolitical and economic crisis in South Africa in the mid-1980s. They emphasize that ex...

The Crisis of Authority

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when no one believes in legitimate authority anymore? In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony traces how the collapse of faith in God as sovereig...

Thou Shalt Not Steal

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode argues that while Christians profess belief in the commandment “Thou shalt not steal,” they frequently violate it through coercion, d...

Subversion of Words

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Subversion of Words, Rushdoony argues that revolutionary movements advance by corrupting language, redefining familiar terms like republic, love, a...

Why Do Christian Movies Often Fall Flat? (guest Ryder Harnett)

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why do so many “Christian” films feel preachy, cheesy, and weirdly unreal? In OOTQ 370, Andrea Schwartz talks with filmmaker and composer Ryder Ha...

Relationship of the Look-say Teaching to Idolatry (Remastered)

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rushdoony and Samuel Blumenfeld argue that progressive public education especially John Dewey’s “look-say”/whole-word approach functions as a mo...

Covetousness

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Covetousness This episode highlights Paul’s strong and often overlooked condemnation of covetousness, which he ranks alongside sexual immorality, i...

A Happy New Year

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As we say goodbye to a year marked by trouble, disaster, and anxiety, it is tempting to hope that the coming year will somehow be different and finall...

Prosperity is guaranteed, but will you pay the price?

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Psalm 1 isn’t poetry for the wall—it’s a promise for real life. God guarantees prosperity to the man who rejects wicked counsel and delights in ...

Who Is Congress Working For?

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Congress is supposed to serve the people, but in 1982 it voted itself enormous tax benefits and perks including deductions for housing, food, servants...

The Marxist Separation of Church and State

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In The Marxist Separation of Church and State, Rushdoony clarifies the stark contrast between the historic American understanding of the First Amendme...

Contentment

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode reflects on our tendency to complain about everything from the weather to the imperfections of others while expecting perfection for ours...

Listening

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode emphasizes that when Scripture commands us to “hear,” “listen,” or “hearken,” it is calling for obedience, not mere attention...

The Self-Righteousness of Satan

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Satan’s greatest lie isn’t rebellion it’s self-righteousness. In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony reveals how the devil's message, “Ye shall be as...

Christian Discipline: Need for Training in the Home, School, and Church (Remastered)

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Discipline: Need for Training in the Home, School, and Church (Christian Education: Christian Schools) True Christian discipline is not ab...

Taking up the Cross

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode clarifies that when Jesus commands believers to “take up their cross” in Matthew 16:24, He is not referring to general suffering or p...

The Law and the Ban (Remastered)

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

God’s covenant law, grounded in His faithfulness and sovereignty, applies to all men without exception, declaring blessings for obedience and curses...

Joy to the World

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode observes that Christianity has produced more and more joyful music than any other faith, with Christmas carols standing as its richest ex...

How to Pray: Part 19 - Prayer and the Word of God

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

True prayer is inseparable from God’s Word, because communion with Him grows as we learn to hear and trust what He has spoken, and Psalm 62 vividly ...

Heresy

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Heresy originally meant choice placing personal opinion above God’s revealed truth. Throughout history, heresies have taken many forms, but they sha...

The Question of Authority

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we examine R.J. Rushdoony’s bold challenge to the rising tyranny of statist authority. Prompted by President Carter’s 1980 call f...

The Bible in the Curriculum: A Separate Subject or Foundation for Each Subject (Christian Education: Christian Schools)

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible cannot be treated merely as one subject among others, but must be the foundational presupposition of every subject, because it alone gives m...

The Living God

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode rejects the modern claim that all religions lead to the same destination, contrasting biblical faith with Hinduism through the insights o...

What’s It Like Being Rushdoony’s Grandson? (guest Isaac Rushdoony)

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Out of the Question, Andrea Schwartz sits down with Isaac Rushdoony—grandson of R.J. Rushdoony and son of Chalcedon president Mar...

The Everyday Sin

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode highlights gossip as a neglected yet serious sin that Scripture equates with harming or even “murdering” a neighbor, drawing on Levit...

Suicidal Humanism

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Suicidal Humanism, Rushdoony exposes the deadly illusion behind modern humanism: the belief that eliminating God, guilt, and divine law through tec...

How to Pray: Part 18 - Striving in Prayer

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is prayer supposed to feel like work? In this episode, we look at the strange but biblical idea of prayer as wrestling—not with God, but with oursel...

A Cheap God

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode urges believers to stop approaching God with small, timid requests, likening such prayer to a fable about a poor peddler who, when grante...

How to Pray: Part 18 - Striving in Prayer

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is prayer supposed to feel like work? In this episode, we look at the strange but biblical idea of prayer as wrestling not with God, but with ourselve...

The Bible in the Curriculum: A Seperate Subject or Foundation for Each Subject (Remastered)

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rushdoony argues that the Bible must be taught as a subject and function as the integrating foundation for every subject, because Scripture is not a “...

Will Wishing or Legislating Make It So?

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony critiques the modern obsession with wishful thinking and state control. From workshops that promise wealth through “...

Laymen

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What role do laymen truly have in the church? This episode explores the biblical calling of laypeople—not as spectators or second-class members, but...

March to a Dumping Ground

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Aldanov’s The Fifth Seal warns that without faith, humanity is heading toward a chaotic “dumping ground” of meaninglessness and moral relat...

Belonging

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to truly belong to the church? This episode explores Paul’s honest picture of the early Christian community—flawed, divided, and...

The Cult of Victimization

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why is victimhood the new path to virtue—and what does that say about our culture’s morality? In Chalcedon Position Paper No. 71: “The Cult of V...

Is the Church Obsolete?

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the church obsolete? For Christ, any church that abandons His Word, denies the faith, or promotes unbelief and revolution is not just outdated—it...

Mummified Christians

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are today’s churches filled with “mummy Christians”? This episode takes a hard look at faith without action, drawing on the blunt words of Gener...

How to Pray: Part 17 - Consequences of Prayer

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prayer isn’t just a spiritual exercise—it’s a test of our love. In this episode, we explore how prayer draws us close to God, strengthens our lo...

Episode #124 (June 2, 1986)

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this eclectic and incisive episode of The Easy Chair, recorded June 2, 1986, R.J. Rushdoony draws a direct line from Romanticism’s reckless ideal...

False Morality and False Reform

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the real moral crisis behind today’s lawsuits and social reforms isn’t corporate corruption—but the death of personal responsibility? In...

The Test of Preaching

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is preaching meant to please people—or to please God? This episode reflects on Charles Spurgeon’s bold, unflinching ministry and the resistance he...

Humanism and Change

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Humanism drives modern change by trusting man alone to solve society’s problems without God. Thinkers like Machiavelli and Erasmus believed in progr...

Blindness

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Spiritual blindness is more dangerous than we think. This episode contrasts true faith with the self-deception of those blind to their own sin—like ...

Double Honor

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why are godly pastors often underappreciated—and underpaid? This episode explores Paul’s command to give “double honor” to faithful ministers,...

How to Pray: Part 16 - Amen

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One word. Four letters. A lifetime of faith. In this final episode of our How to Pray series, we reflect on the meaning and power of the word “Amen....

Are Criminals Afraid of the Law?

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony asks a blunt but crucial question: Who fears the government more—criminals or the law-abiding? Drawing from Romans 1...

The Departing Pastor

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a successful church loses its pastor—not to scandal or burnout, but to purpose? This episode tells the story of a pastor who left ...

Our Man-Centered Folly

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report warns against man-centered autonomy rooted in original sin—trying to be one’s own god—which leads to moral chaos and failed solution...

About Pastors

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do some Christians resent well-provided pastors? This episode tackles the envy and double standards often directed at ministers. Scripture says th...

Man’s Hatred for Man

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When “rights” replace responsibility and regulation replaces regeneration, what’s left? In Chalcedon Position Paper No. 197: “Man’s Hatred f...

Cowardly Church members

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why is the church so often weakened from within? This episode confronts the destructive cowardice of gossip and backdoor complaints against pastors. I...

Confession

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

True confession isn’t vague—it’s specific. This episode explores the difference between general regret and genuine repentance. Saying “I’m s...

The System (Remastered)

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if theft, envy, and deception weren’t just personal vices—but the scaffolding of our political and economic systems? In this episode, we expo...

How to Pray: Part 15 - Doxology

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How should a prayer end? With confident praise. In this final episode of our series on the Lord’s Prayer, we explore the triumphant doxology: “For...

The Death of God and the Death of Man

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When God is declared dead, man doesn’t survive long either. In Chalcedon Position Paper No. 195: “The Death of God and the Death of Man,” R.J. R...

Episode #123 (May 13, 1986)

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this Easy Chair episode from May 1986, R.J. Rushdoony takes us on a sweeping intellectual journey—from the financial folly of paper money in revo...

Spiritual Arson

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Words can destroy—and Scripture doesn’t take that lightly. This episode explores James’s warning about the tongue, calling it a fire “set on f...

In Praise of Strong Language

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is “being nice” a Christian virtue—or a modern distortion? This episode challenges the myth of a soft-spoken Jesus and explores the biblical use...

Disposable Man or Dominion Man?

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report contrasts two views of humanity: disposable man versus dominion man. Disposable man is seen as irrelevant and expendable, a product of a w...

How to Pray: Part 14 - Temptation

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why would Jesus teach us to pray, “Lead us not into temptation,” if He Himself was led into the wilderness to be tempted? In this episode, we expl...

The Pharisees

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why did Jesus condemn the Pharisees so strongly—despite their outward piety and moral rigor? This episode examines how pride, self-righteousness, an...