In His Service
R. J. Rushdoony
The Christian faith once meant that a believer responded to a dark world by word and by deed. However, a modern, self-centered church has isolated the faith to a pietism that relinquishes charitable responsibility to the state. The end result has been the empowering of a humanistic world order.
In addition, God's great and redeeming power is virtually limited to saving souls from eternal destruction. In Biblical terms, the priority if God's Kingdom first, and all our acts of mercy and benevolence must be in terms of that grand mission. We are God's servants - we dare not expect God to serve our needs ahead of His Kingdom.
It is now difficult for the church to recover the Biblical meaning of words like charity and compassion because post-World War II liberalism has redefined them politically into state welfarism. This redefinition has made charity a political tool to retain social order and made the state the primary agency of compassion. Charity is no longer personal.
But Biblical compassion flows from our having first received the grace of God and then manifesting it to others. Therefore, Biblical charity - which is compassion in action - is personal: it begins with God's mercy towards us, and then the people of God give expression to that at an individual level. It is in His service that we understand out calling to charity.
In this book, Rushdoony elucidates the Christian's calling to charity and its implications for godly dominion. In an age when Christian action is viewed in political terms, a return to Christian works of compassion and Godly service will help usher in a return of the reign of God as no piece of legislation ever could.
Duration - 10h 39m.
Author - R. J. Rushdoony.
Narrator - Nathan Conkey.
Published Date - Friday, 12 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2009 Mark R. Rushdoony ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
R. J. Rushdoony
Nathan Conkey
Chalcedon/Ross House Books
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
The Christian faith once meant that a believer responded to a dark world by word and by deed. However, a modern, self-centered church has isolated the faith to a pietism that relinquishes charitable responsibility to the state. The end result has been the empowering of a humanistic world order. In addition, God's great and redeeming power is virtually limited to saving souls from eternal destruction. In Biblical terms, the priority if God's Kingdom first, and all our acts of mercy and benevolence must be in terms of that grand mission. We are God's servants - we dare not expect God to serve our needs ahead of His Kingdom. It is now difficult for the church to recover the Biblical meaning of words like charity and compassion because post-World War II liberalism has redefined them politically into state welfarism. This redefinition has made charity a political tool to retain social order and made the state the primary agency of compassion. Charity is no longer personal. But Biblical compassion flows from our having first received the grace of God and then manifesting it to others. Therefore, Biblical charity - which is compassion in action - is personal: it begins with God's mercy towards us, and then the people of God give expression to that at an individual level. It is in His service that we understand out calling to charity. In this book, Rushdoony elucidates the Christian's calling to charity and its implications for godly dominion. In an age when Christian action is viewed in political terms, a return to Christian works of compassion and Godly service will help usher in a return of the reign of God as no piece of legislation ever could. Duration - 10h 39m. Author - R. J. Rushdoony. Narrator - Nathan Conkey. Published Date - Friday, 12 January 2024. Copyright - © 2009 Mark R. Rushdoony ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:14:38
1. The Place of Biblical Law in Society
Duration:12:23:40
2. The Unseen Enemy: Secular Humanism
Duration:16:43:18
3. The Battle for a Generation: Focus on Education
Duration:13:56:35
4. The Battle for Righteousness: The Application of Biblical Law to Secular Society
Duration:14:09:47
5. Humanism as It Affects the Family
Duration:10:48:15
6. Power and Service
Duration:14:21:23
7. The Church of the Warm Fuzzies vs. the Church of Jesus Christ
Duration:13:05:15
8. The Chambers of Power
Duration:13:04:15
9. Hope and Victory
Duration:12:44:43
10. The Community of Christ
Duration:15:11:22
11. Christianity and Culture, Part 1
Duration:11:52:10
12. Christianity and Culture, Part 2
Duration:11:05:38
13. The Will to Autonomy
Duration:09:29:38
14. Government and Dominion
Duration:10:58:50
15. The Problem of Poverty, Part 1
Duration:20:51:52
16. The Problem of Poverty, Part 2
Duration:10:41:58
17. Compassion
Duration:11:28:10
18. Solutions
Duration:09:31:15
19. Widows, Orphans, and the Poor
Duration:13:00:12
20. Charity, Part 1
Duration:11:10:59
21. The Diaconate, Charity and Welfarism
Duration:13:12:34
22. Charity, Part 2
Duration:14:27:00
23. Christian Charity
Duration:08:45:34
24. The Unknown John Calvin
Duration:14:09:18
25. Government and the Diaconate
Duration:12:14:42
26. Charity and the State
Duration:15:39:20
27. The Humanist Revolution
Duration:06:51:45
28. Work and Charity
Duration:10:23:50
29. Justice and Charity
Duration:10:58:37
30. "Pure Religion and Undefiled"
Duration:08:20:05
31. Almsgiving
Duration:22:10:00
Ending Credits
Duration:00:32:38