A Word in Season, Volume 2 Quotes

“People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws light on dark corners in their lives which they prefer to keep dark.”
― R.J. Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“Truth is exclusive in every area, in religion, science, farming, and all things else. If you don’t believe it, go pick your grapes from thorns, and your figs from thistles.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“Laws cannot make men good: that is the work of the Holy Spirit. But laws can prevent men from doing evil.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“The modern state offers a pretended ministry of service as a means to exercising a pagan dominion, and the result is a vulture society of hatred, crime, and exploitation.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“God’s sovereign grace commands and directs man in His appointed and ordained way. Man cannot get “off the track” permanently when he is truly a member of Christ. He has an inevitable and commanding direction which brings purpose and meaning to his life and to the world. He moves in a world of total meaning in which God makes “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Rom. 8:28). Without this perseverance, neither life nor history would have direction or meaning. With it, they fulfill God’s glorious purpose.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“Man’s mind, as well as his feet and devotion, wander easily, and we are readily given to changing our minds. Our attention wanders always, and we are better at drifting than commanding in our lives.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“For the Christian the environment can only truly be changed as men are changed, and these men then remake their world and place it under God’s law. For the Marxist men are changed by changing the environment, because man is only a reflex of his environment, not a lord over it. Between these two positions there can be no peace nor any coexistence.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“The hypocrite is against sin in other people. The godly man is against sin anywhere but, first and foremost, against sin in himself.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“The world is in rebellion against that government. From these rebels and revolutionists, we hear much talk about “peace,” and a great deal of hostility to government. But Isaiah tied the two together: “Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end.” True peace, in other words, is a product of true government. When there is true law and order, then there is also true peace. Abolish law and order, and you abolish peace and create a situation of revolutionary warfare and anarchy. By abandoning Christ as Savior and King, by abandoning His government and peace, we are moving into a world of perpetual warfare. We are engaged in “perpetual warfare for perpetual peace” because we are seeking it without Christ. The old hymn states it best: Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her King. But the invitation of the song is then personal: “Let every heart prepare Him room.” We all long for godly law and order, for His government and peace. It must begin first of all in our own hearts. Most people are waiting for their husbands, wives, children, neighbors, for all the rest of the world to be Christian, so that they can enjoy the luxury and peace of a godly world without any personal conversion, but there is no peace, says Scripture, to the wicked. But every man can know the peace of His government here and now, and in the face of all problems, if their hearts prepare Him room.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2

“If Jesus Christ had only risen from the dead as a spirit, as a ghost, then His only victory and His only saving power would be limited to the world of the spirit. It would mean that He would be helpless to answer prayers concerning material things, because His power would extend only to things spiritual. It would mean that His people would be helpless against the powers of this world and without a law or a recourse in this world. But, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead, He is Lord over all lords, King over all kings, the lawgiver and supreme governor of all things, material and spiritual.”
― Rousas John Rushdoony, A Word in Season, Volume 2