Alternatives Quote by R.J. Rushdoony

“The state is a bankrupt institution. The only alternative to this bankrupt 'humanistic' system is a God-centered government.”

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People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws…

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Humanistic law aims at saving man and remaking society. For Humanism, salvation is an act of the state.

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The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also an era of heightened challenge and creativity, of issues, and their world-wide scope, never has an era faced a more demanding and exciting crisis. This then, above all else, is the great and glorious era to live in,…

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In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.

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Man lives in time but his life transcends time.

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All religions segregate also...every religion asserts an order of truth and every other order is regarded as a lie.

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It is significant that, as innocent babies are killed, and capital punishment is withheld from their murderers, the same men who plead for the murderer's life also demand the “right” to abortion. Usually, the same picketers that carry a sign one day, “Abolish Capital Punishment,” also carry “Legalize Abortion” another day. When this is called to their attention, their answer…

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The triune God exercises total government over all things, and He requires us as His image-bearers to exercise government in Christ in our own…

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One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church…

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It needs more than ever to be stressed that the best and truest educators are parents under God. The greatest school is the family. In learning, no act of teaching in any school or university compares to the routine task of mothers in teaching a babe who speaks no language the mother tongue in so short a time. No other…

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Life is rarely easy, but, with Christ our King, it is always good.

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Concerning the press and politicians, the hatred for all such evangelical groups is not because of their real or fancied blunders but because they…

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