God, the family, and property are inseparably linked by nature and by law.

Biblical religion and morality are indispensable pillars for liberty. No political philosophy or platform can hold up that neglects to place the Lordship of Christ as the central foundation and His Law as the standard.

"In attacking property, Marxism attacks with it not only the family but God as well. It sees, and correctly so, God, the family, and property as inseparably linked by nature and by law.

"Every defense of property therefore is ineffective and paralyzed if it simply seeks to defend private property without at the same time defending the family and Christianity. This is the fallacy of the libertarians who seek to defend private property in isolation from Christian faith and the family. Too often, by this limited approach, they not only begin with two strikes on them but also more than partially in the enemy’s camp."

-Rousas John Rushdoony, "Law and Liberty" 

(Vallecito, CA: Ross House Books, 1984), 66 

Education, Law, Civil or Family Order

To ground any sphere of thought, life, or action, or any sphere of being, on anything other than the triune God is thus blasphemy. Education without God as its premise, law which does not presuppose God and rest on His law, a civil order which does not derive all authority from God, or a family whose foundation is not God's word, is blasphemous.”

~ R.J. Rushdoony

We never met Rush personally. After we heard of his passing, we began going up to Chalcedon on Sundays for church when we visit David's mother.

Theocracy

It is a serious error to see theocracy, the rule of God, as government over men by a group of men in the name of God. The Biblical doctrine of theocracy means the self-government of the Christian man.  In Biblical law, the only civil tax is the head or poll tax, the same for all males twenty years of age and older (Ex. 30:11-16).  

~R.J. Rushdoony, Sovereignty p. 31

Fence Breakers

 When we think of wrongs against us, we should recall: 

He who lies down with dogs 

will rise up with fleas.

We cannot associate with thieves

without being robbed.

He who digs a pit will fall into it, 

And whoever breaks through a wall 

will be bitten by a serpent.  

~Ecclesiastes 10:8

In ancient Israel, fences were usually hedge fences: a man surrounded his field, vineyard, or orchard with a thick, impenetrable living fence...a nesting place for...snakes. 

A lot of people are too feverishly breaking down the law to see that serpent of divine judgment striking at them with death in its fangs. 

Every kind of fence, 

Especially and particularly God’s law,

which is a fence to protect godly society,

Has within it a judgment on its fence breakers.

~RJ Rushdoony

Virginity, Chastity, & Marriage

I do not see virginity, chastity, or marriage 

as things which will disappear 

but rather that they will endure and triumph.  

~RJ Rushdoony, A Word in Season  

The sovereign in any system of thought and life

is the source of law and of justice...The state, therefore, which rejects the sovereignty of the triune God of Scripture and which denies the validity and sway of His law-word, will become, not a means of justice, but a source of injustice. To the degree that it forsakes God, to that degree it will manifest injustice. It will be evil, not good, and its pretended justice and its man-made laws will be evil, not good....nor can a fallen world do other than pollute and destroy these things as it develops the implications of sin.