Guilt by Association
We stand in certainty when we stand in terms of the Word of God. Our Lord Himself will put down “all authority and power” opposed to His reign.
- Mark R. Rushdoony
An email notification for a saved Google search today sent me a link to a reference to “Chalcedon.” It is from Brainly.com, an AI-powered homework “help” platform that in 2020 boasted 15 million daily users. Note how they include Chalcedon in a multiple-choice question:
What hate organization was reborn in 1915?
A. Chalcedon Foundation
B. Nazi Party
C. Aryan Brotherhood
D. KKK
Though the correct answer was given as “D. KKK,” note the grouping into which we are placed. Do you think this is an accident?
For years, the Southern Poverty Law Center (always a leftist fundraising organization more than anything else) has categorized us as a “hate group.” Their stated reason was that my father wrote in The Institutes of Biblical Law, Vol. 1, that homosexuality in the Bible was a capital offense. (Interestingly enough, Chalcedon was not even the publisher of that book before 2020.)
My response to being on the SPLC list of hate groups is that, given their standard of what constitutes “hate,” it would be embarrassing to not make the list! Many people are scared away by that designation, however, though that only demonstrates why the Bible so strongly condemns lying lips, false witness, gossip, and backbiting. False witness, my father noted in the above-mentioned book, is a form of murder, as it destroys a person with lies and innuendo.
Such tactics are the weapons of Satan, not of the Kingdom of God. We stand in certainty when we stand in terms of the Word of God. Our Lord Himself will put down “all authority and power” opposed to His reign. To whatever extent we stand in terms of His Kingdom, we are on the winning side in time an eternity.
- Mark R. Rushdoony
Mark R. Rushdoony graduated from Los Angeles Baptist College (now The Master’s College) with a B.A. in history in 1975 and was ordained to the ministry in 1995.
He taught junior and senior high classes in history, Bible, civics and economics at a Christian school in Virginia for three years before joining the staff of Chalcedon in 1978. He was the Director of Chalcedon Christian School for 14 years while teaching full time. He also helped tutor all of his children through high school.
In 1998, he became the President of Chalcedon and Ross House Books, and, more recently another publishing arm, Storehouse Press. Chalcedon and its subsidiaries publish many titles plus CDs, mp3s, and an extensive online archive at www.chalcedon.edu. His biography of his father will be published later this year (2024).
He has written scores of articles for Chalcedon’s publications, both the Chalcedon Report and Faith for all of Life. He was a contributing author to The Great Christian Revolution (1991). He has spoken at numerous conferences and churches in the U.S. and abroad.
Mark Rushdoony has lived in Vallecito, California, since 1978. His wife, Darlene, and he have been married since 1976. His youngest son still resides with him. He has three married children and nine grandchildren.