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Happiness
Season 1 Episode 42
Not long ago people commonly told pastors, “I’m not needed,” because the great fear was to be useless; today, the complaint has shifted to “I’m not h…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
How Gideon Drained the Swamp, Judges 8:13–21
Gideon returns at sunrise — the sun in his strength, the embodiment of Deborah's blessing. He grabs a literate teenager, takes down the names of all …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Exaggeration and Denial
Season 1 Episode 166
In “Exaggeration and Denial” (Chalcedon Report No. 422), Rushdoony argues that modern relativism, grounded in the myth of neutrality, has corrupted t…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Humility
Season 1 Episode 41
A farmer complained that his prosperous neighbor “felt too good” for him, yet the real issue was not the neighbor’s pride but his own lack of humilit…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
It is More Blessed
Season 1 Episode 39
Our Lord’s words, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” challenge our natural instincts, which tie happiness to what we hope to gain rather t…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Personal Problems
Season 1 Episode 40
Faithful pastors often spend less time on the great doctrines of the faith and more on untangling personal problems, because sinful man is always mor…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Family as a Power Center (Doctrine of the Family) (Remastered)
This session argues that the family is the real power center of civilization, which is why every revolutionary system—from Plato’s philosopher-kings …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Disastrous War
Season 1 Episode 165
In “The Disastrous War” (Chalcedon Report No. 369), Rushdoony argues that the American Civil War was the greatest tragedy in U.S. history, not only b…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Does Bionic Man Have a Future?
Season 1 Episode 143
This passage critiques the uncritical glorification of science and technological enhancements, using the “bionic man” as a symbol of this trend. The …
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Testing and Purity
Season 1 Episode 39
Olympia Fulvia Morata (1526–1555), the brilliant Italian scholar raised among nobility and intellectuals, lived a life far harsher than her privilege…
3 weeks, 6 days ago