The Chalcedon Podcast

"The rights of man" is a political doctrine, and this is basic to its error. The assumption is that man's freedom depends on and must come from the state. Now, certainly, the state can be a major enemy to man's freedom, but it cannot be seen as the source of liberty. A "duty" is an obligation we owe to God or man, or to both. A "right" is a claim we make on the world, on men, and even on God, as in Adam's case, who claimed with Eve the "right" to be as God (Gen. 3:5). The two are seriously at odds in our culture because we are at odds with God. A duty can be a legal obligation, but it is also always a moral obligation. This is the subject of Episode 29 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Just visit our website for more information. http://chalcedon.edu​

For well over 500 years now, Western civilization has been in a state of civil war, with two aspects thereof in a growing conflict with one another. These two contending forces are humanism and Christianity. Humanism began its rise to power in the medieval era, and its strength was such that it captured the church, much of the academic world, and the state as well. At the same time, however, the growing bankruptcy and imminent collapse of humanism has been increasingly in evidence. By replacing God with man as the new ultimate and absolute, humanism has introduced moral anarchy into the world. If every man is his own god and law, then no order is rationally possible. Humanism, having deified rationality, must now use the irrational and coercive power of the socialist state to hold society together. This is the subject of Episode 28 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Just visit our website for more information. http://chalcedon.edu​ #rjrushdoony #chalcedonfoundation #humanism #theonomy #christianreconstruction

Deuteronomy is the "go to" book for theocracy because it's the most clear about the importance of the law and its application in the promised land where Israel would no longer be guided by the pillars of cloud and fire nor miraculously provided for by manna and water out of a rock. Wilderness season is ending, so the emphasis of the law will shift to governing a people within their own country instead of as a nomadic people in the wilderness. This is extremely helpful for the church today. This is the subject of Episode 27 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Just visit our website for more information. http://chalcedon.edu​ #rjrushdoony #chalcedonfoundation #pentateuch #deuteronomy #theonomy #moses

The temptation to skip over books like Numbers is a great one. After all, isn't it just the numbering of Israel? Is there anything of significance found in its pages? R. J. Rushdoony penned an enlightening commentary on Numbers, and Chalcedon's leadership sits down to discuss the importance of Rushdoony's insights. This is the subject of Episode 26 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.

The Book of Leviticus reveals more than a way to holiness. It shows us the path to dominion—even to a realized new Garden of Eden. The laws of God are essential to modern Christian community. This is the subject of Episode 25 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Martin Selbrede and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.

The Book of Exodus is more than a telling of Israel's early history. It's a motif that appears throughout the Bible and culminates in the great exodus of Christ Himself. This is the subject of Episode 24 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.

R. J. Rushdoony was a true creationist which is why the book of Genesis was central to all that he taught. He would go on to write a commentary on the book of Genesis while bringing out a unique approach to the first book of the Bible. This is the subject of Episode 23 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.

Certain religious and theological ideas are inescapable even when it involves humanism in all its forms—especially statism. Today, there is a "doctrine of the Holy Spirit," but it is a false doctrine, and understanding it begins with understanding the Biblical doctrine of the Holy Spirit. This is the subject of Episode 22 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher.

Are there things to which God is indifferent? Are there areas of life that are neutral, and we as man can create our own moral standards? Anyone familiar with Rushdoony's work is familiar with the phrase "the myth of neutrality," but are we familiar with an ancient problem in the church known as adiaphorism? The meaning of the term is "things indifferent," or areas of life that God does not legislate and therefore man has the freedom to legislate. The end result is anything but freedom. Its consequences are sin and totalitarianism. This is the topic of discussion in this episode of The Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher as well as a video version on YouTube. Just visit our website for more information. http://chalcedon.edu​

We are living in a time of great overreach by the civil government while protests are erupting all over the world in resistance, but what freedom are people looking for? Is it Christian liberty? What is Christian liberty? Can you have liberty without law? This is the subject of Episode 20 of the Chalcedon Podcast. Hosted by Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz 🎧The audio version of this podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher as well as a video version on YouTube. Just visit our website for more information. http://chalcedon.edu​