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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...

Louis XIV, Revolution, Napoleon: Part II (A Christian Survey of World History)

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this powerful lecture, R.J. Rushdoony explores how the erosion of Christian foundations in Europe—especially through the rise of Enlightenment th...

Is Education for or Against Barbarism?

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony challenges the assumption that education always leads to civilization. He exposes how modern education—especially un...

Sterile Protest and Productive Work

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report contrasts sterile protest with productive work, using 14th-century England as an example. It shows how discontent can lead to destructive ...

Birth of Christ Our King

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Christ’s birth was more than a quiet night in Bethlehem—it was the beginning of the world’s great overturning. This episode explores the prophet...

"Empty Suits"

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens to a civilization when its leaders—and its people—become nothing more than “empty suits”? In Chalcedon Position Paper No. 189, R....

Proverbs

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once a staple of everyday wisdom, proverbs have faded from common use—but we need them now more than ever. This episode reflects on the power of pro...

Louis XIV, Revolution, Napoleon: Part I (A Christian Survey of World History)

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this riveting lecture, R.J. Rushdoony takes listeners on a sweeping journey through the decline of Christian civilization and the rise of Enlighten...

Telling the Time

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does the way we tell time say about our view of the world? This episode looks at how ancient Rome measured hours by changing seasons, tailoring t...

What Happens When Grace Stops an Abortion? (guest Rebekah Hagan)

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The episode of Out of the Question features host Andrea Swartz interviewing Rebecca Hagen, who shares her deeply personal testimony of two unplanned p...

How to Pray: Part 13 - Forgive Us

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Forgive us… as we forgive.” With just a few words, Jesus taught us the radical rhythm of grace. In this episode, we explore the power and cost ...

Offenses Against Neighbors (Remastered)

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is it enough to just keep your hands clean, or does God’s law demand more—from your heart, your thoughts, even your desires? This episode explores...

God and Taxes

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who really owns the land—God or the state? This episode explores the Bible’s teachings on property and taxation, revealing that land was never to ...

Debt

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Debt-free living isn’t just financial wisdom—it’s a biblical command. This episode unpacks Romans 13:8 and Deuteronomy 15, showing how long-term...

The Flight from Responsibility

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why are grown men dressing like teenagers and bumper stickers bragging, “We’re spending our children’s inheritance”? In Chalcedon Position Pap...

Episode #122 (April 12, 1986)

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this urgent and sweeping discussion, R.J. Rushdoony and Otto Scott expose the economic and national security crisis unfolding beneath America’s f...

Utopia

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report traces the rise and fall of utopianism—the humanistic dream of creating a perfect society through human reason, science, and state power...

How to Love Your Neighbor

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it really mean to “love your neighbor”? This episode examines Leviticus 19:18 in its full biblical context—not as a call for socialism...

How to Pray: Part 12 - Practical Prayer

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is it spiritual to pray for bread? For clothing? For help with rent or strength at work? Jesus thought so. In this episode, we discover that prayer is...

Wars of Religion (So Called) - Part II (A Christian Survey of World History)

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this sweeping and sobering episode, R.J. Rushdoony dismantles the myth of the Renaissance as a rebirth of freedom, exposing instead how it marked t...

Hate Conquers All

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Love conquers all”—or does it? This episode challenges the modern misuse of love as an excuse to tolerate sin and reward destructive behavior. ...

Love and Hate

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

True love cannot exist without righteous hate. This episode confronts today’s distorted view of love, showing that Scripture commends hating what Go...

Does the Supreme Court Know Best?

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony confronts a troubling Supreme Court ruling: the unanimous decision to force the Amish to violate their religious convi...

Sabbath or Revolution

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report contrasts two responses to life’s challenges: the Biblical Sabbath and human revolution. The true Sabbath is a restful trust in God’s ...

What Does It Mean to Preach the Gospel?

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explores what it truly means to preach the Gospel, recovering the original biblical meaning of “gospel” (euangelion) and “apostle”...

Persona

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it really mean to be a person? In this episode, we explore Chalcedon Position Paper No. 175: “Persona.” R.J. Rushdoony uncovers the anci...

None Other Gods

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can we call it immoral to buy goods made under communism or slave labor? This episode unpacks a critical question: where Scripture is silent, so must ...

Wars of Religion (So Called) - Part I (A Christian Survey of World History)

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this deeply historical and challenging lecture, R.J. Rushdoony unpacks the so-called “Wars of Religion” that followed the Reformation—conflic...

Anarchy

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When God is no longer King, anarchy takes His place. This episode explores the warning of the Book of Judges: “Every man did that which was right in...

Special Privilege (Remastered)

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when envy isn’t just a private sin—but the foundation of public policy? In this episode, we confront the uncomfortable truth about “...

How to Pray: Part 11 - Thy Kingdom Come

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it really mean to pray, “Thy Kingdom come”? It’s more than a pious phrase — it’s a bold cry for God to rule over everything: our h...

The Great Subversion

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Revolutionary movements throughout history—from ancient Rome to modern universities—share a common thread: the rejection of God’s law. This epis...

Faith

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We live in an age overflowing with faith—but not in Christ. This episode explores the difference between true and false faith, using the example of ...

Justice and Torture

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is justice even possible without God’s law? In this episode, we delve into Chalcedon Position Paper No. 68: “Justice and Torture.” R.J. Rushdoon...

Episode #121 (March 28, 1986)

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this explosive episode of The Easy Chair, R.J. Rushdoony sits down with commodities expert James Flanagan to discuss the volatile world of 1980s ma...

Perfection Versus Maturity

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report clarifies that the Biblical idea of “perfect” (teleios) means maturity or full growth—not sinless flawlessness—contrasting sharply...

Troubles and God

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

God allows troubles out of love, to shape us for His will—not ours. His chastening may feel painful, but it leads to righteousness. Just as discipli...

Hearing and Speaking

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How we hear and speak reflects our faith. Those who belong to God hear His Word, while unbelief blocks understanding. Our speech reveals our hearts—...

How to Pray: Part 10 - Hallowed Be Thy Name

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it really mean to begin prayer with “Hallowed be Thy name”? In this episode, we explore why Jesus taught us to put God's glory before ou...

New Humanism or Medieval Period: Part II (A Christian Survey of World History)

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this richly detailed and engaging episode, R.J. Rushdoony explores the transformative power of Christianity in shaping what we often mislabel as th...

Foundations

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

People often judge based on personal bias, not truth. When decisions serve self-interest rather than justice, they expose flawed moral foundations. Sc...

Is Freedom Dangerous?

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Freedom Dangerous?In this episode, R.J. Rushdoony exposes the true cost of federal regulation—over $126 billion in 1980 alone, amounting to nearl...

Drop-Outs and Drop-Ins

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report explores three major worldviews shaping responses to society’s crisis: the dropouts, who reject civilization outright and seek destructi...

New Humanism or Medieval Period: Part I (A Christian Survey of World History)

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the so-called “Dark Ages” weren’t so dark after all? In this thought-provoking lecture, R.J. Rushdoony takes us on a sweeping journey th...

God's Law

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do we want a Bible that inspires us—or one that commands us? In this episode, we explore Chalcedon Position Paper No. 232: “God’s Law.” R.J. R...

Snobs

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Snobbery, whether in wealth or appearance, stems from valuing human opinion over God's. When people reject God’s authority, they inevitably conform ...

This is how you become the man who gets the girl...

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many Christian men today quietly feel the weight of needing greater provision—enough to win a wife, buy a home, and raise a family in a hostile age....

On Racism

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A talented young black pastor passionately denounced racism, gaining strong support. However, in private, he acknowledged deep moral and spiritual dec...

How to Pray: Part 9 - How God Hears Prayer

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you knock on heaven’s door, what kind of ear hears your cry? In this episode, we explore Jesus’s parable of the midnight visitor and the prof...

Immoral Indignation

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many people today are full of moral outrage over political scandals and corruption, but much of it is hypocrisy. They reject biblical standards in the...

The Law in Force (Remastered)

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when the law, instead of protecting the innocent, becomes a tool of fraud? In this episode, we uncover how the spirit of the tenth comman...

Episode #120 (March 25, 1986)

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this compelling episode of Easy Chair, R.J. Rushdoony, Samuel Blumenfeld, and Otto Scott dive deep into the philosophy, power, and promise of homes...

The Trouble with Thieves

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The author recounts overhearing leftist activists complain about theft from their newspaper racks, despite their paper promoting lawlessness and rejec...

Biblical Military Laws

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is modern war just politics by other means—or something even more dangerous? In this episode, we dig into Chalcedon Position Paper No. 131: "Biblica...

Peace and Security?

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This report highlights the undeniable failures of humanistic “plans of salvation” in the modern world—whether through vast monetary aid, militar...

Weathermen

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The author criticizes TV weathermen for celebrating sunny days during droughts, showing ignorance of agriculture’s need for rain. He uses this as an...

Foolishness in the Heart

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Modern education wrongly assumes children are naturally good and just need encouragement. But Scripture teaches that children are born with foolishnes...