A Word in Season, Volume 1 Quotes

“Freedom in the Biblical sense is always at a price; it is a costly gift, and it requires great things of us.”
― R.J. Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1

“To be fearless in the Lord does not require us to be great and powerful men, but only to believe in the great and powerful God.”
― R.J. Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1

“Our character is revealed under pressure.”
― R.J. Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1

“Problems are a part of life in a fallen world, and they are necessary part of it, necessary to our testing and to our growth.”
― R.J. Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1

“In the Great Commission, Jesus declared, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matt. 28:18–20). This is the joyful news the church must proclaim: all power and authority is given to Christ the King, who rules absolutely over heaven and earth. Christians”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1

“To deny to others their due praise and gratitude is not to rob them, for God will be their reward, but it is a judgment on ourselves. Never”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1

“The saved man seeks to conform himself to the Word and will of God; the self-righteous man seeks to conform God and the world to his word and will. The”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1

“If we expect perfection from man instead of God, we are indeed in trouble, and our personal problems, with others and with ourselves, are many. Our lives will then be easily soured.
Take, for example, a common situation: wedding invitations. More than a few people are annoyed when they get one, because it means a gift, and they "feel cheap" sending just a card, even though only casual friends. However, if they do not get an invitation, they are then hurt or offended. In brief, sinful man will always milk trouble out of any situation.
What then do you do? "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes," that is, men at their highest and best are still not to be trusted, for they are sinners. Our trust or dependence must be in the Lord.
Thus remember, people are sinners. If they hurt and disappoint you, it is because there is first of all something with you: you have put your trust in the creature rather than the Creator. We can enjoy people, be good friends and neighbors, and live best with them if we know ourselves and them as alike sinners, either saved or lost, but even as saved, still very capable of thoughtlessness and sin. Our trust must be in the Lord.”
― R.J. Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 1