The Fullness of Law
Paul is telling us that the just shall live by faith, and he is now developing the duties of justice, the life of the just, and he says: “Now you are not your own, you have been bought with a price, and therefore you don’t manifest your feelings in a situation, whether they be love or hate.” And Paul by his language makes clear that what you and I think has nothing to do with the situation. We are under God, and we are to apply His word, His law, His love.
- R. J. Rushdoony
Paul is telling us that the just shall live by faith, and he is now developing the duties of justice, the life of the just, and he says: “Now you are not your own, you have been bought with a price, and therefore you don’t manifest your feelings in a situation, whether they be love or hate.” And Paul by his language makes clear that what you and I think has nothing to do with the situation. We are under God, and we are to apply His word, His law, His love.
- R. J. Rushdoony
Rev. R.J. Rushdoony (1916–2001), was a leading theologian, church/state expert, and author of numerous works on the application of Biblical law to society. He started the Chalcedon Foundation in 1965. His Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) began the contemporary theonomy movement which posits the validity of Biblical law as God’s standard of obedience for all. He therefore saw God’s law as the basis of the modern Christian response to the cultural decline, one he attributed to the church’s false view of God’s law being opposed to His grace. This broad Christian response he described as “Christian Reconstruction.” He is credited with igniting the modern Christian school and homeschooling movements in the mid to late 20th century. He also traveled extensively lecturing and serving as an expert witness in numerous court cases regarding religious liberty. Many ministry and educational efforts that continue today, took their philosophical and Biblical roots from his lectures and books.