Have any read Rushdooney's work?

[omnivore]

I have Rushdooney's 3 volume Institlutes on Biblical Law. I read these before learning of the more profound work of the Puritans.
Anyone have experience with him?

Jack
Lay Teacher
Alliance Church of Holiday
Florida

 

[BG]

He is Great, not always right but who is.

 

[Knoxienne]

WDG is right. Who is?

But I love Rushdoony - We've learned quite a bit from him.

 

[Marrow Man]

I generally liked IBL. But he does have some "peculiar" views (read: things I don't agree with!). For instance, he argues for following the OT dietary laws, If I recall correctly.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

I highly recommend reading Rushdoony (with discernment, as you should read all non-Scripture). There is a ton of great stuff in IBL.

I also recommend downloading the free MP3's available at http://www.chalcedon.edu/freeaudio.php

 

[fredtgreco]

Jack,

Do yourself a favor and buy the 4 vol set of The Christian's Reasonable Service by A'Brakel. It can be had from RHB. It is incredible.

Reformation Heritage Books

 

[Craig]

haven't read IBL...I've read The One and the Many, By What Standard?, Christianity and the State, Infallability: An Inescapable Concept.

I thoroughly enjoyed all of them, and recommend Rushdoony. From what I've heard, he has some "different" ideas...as noted, the dietary laws...but overall, he's a solid, under-appreciated theologian (well, I think he was a theologian).

 

[Knoxienne]

I highly recommend reading Rushdoony (with discernment, as you should read all non-Scripture). There is a ton of great stuff in IBL.

I also recommend downloading the free MP3's available at The Chalcedon Foundation - Faith for All of Life

I subscribed to those messages for my birthday. Listening to his lectures was like opening hundreds of presents!

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I generally liked IBL. But he does have some "peculiar" views (read: things I don't agree with!). For instance, he argues for following the OT dietary laws, If I recall correctly.

I listened to a dietary lecture of his on mp3 and it was actually a lot tamer than I thought it would be. He basically said that for the NT, it's merely a guide for health than a strict requirement for separation as in the OT. True, he abstains, but He says that if ham, shellfish, etc are set before you in someone's home, you shouldn't refuse it.

I heard a story once that Joe Morecraft was at a luncheon/dinner type thing with him and he told Rush that if he didn't want his pork chops, he'd be more than glad to take them off his hands.

 

[Devin]

I heard a story once that Joe Morecraft was at a luncheon/dinner type thing with him and he told Rush that if he didn't want his pork chops, he'd be more than glad to take them off his hands.

I was thinking of that exact story while reading your post. It's so funny to hear Joe's retelling of it in his southern drawl.

 

[TimV]

True, he abstains, but He says that if ham, shellfish, etc are set before you in someone's home, you shouldn't refuse it.

Exactly. A good percentage of that sort of thing you hear about him is slander.

 

[Leslie]

I read the Institutes of Biblical Law Volume 1 two times and found it great. A lot of scripture--the big picture--made sense that hadn't before. Volume 2 didn't seem as great. His book Revolt Against Maturity is phenomenal.

 

[BG]

A few years back I would get tapes of Rush from Mt Olive tape library $.25 per tape. It was the best money I ever spent.

 

[Knoxienne]

His book Revolt Against Maturity is phenomenal.

Yes it is. I loved the theme of the book - God put a grown "man" in the garden, not a child. As in all his work, Rush really honed in on the godless philosophy of the French Revolution - Rousseau's perverse emphasis on the superior "spirituality" of the "child" who is in chains because of his bondage to family and church - who must be "freed" from the chains of family and church to serve the state.

Every godless movement in any society can be traced back to that.