About this episode
In Subversion of Words, Rushdoony argues that revolutionary movements advance by corrupting language, redefining familiar terms like republic, love, and especially God to mask humanism, statism, and rebellion against biblical truth. He contends that apart from orthodox Christianity, most religions are effectively atheistic, replacing the personal, sovereign God with man, fate, nothingness, or the state, while still exploiting biblical language to maintain credibility. Modern churches, he warns, often participate in this deception by preaching revolution under Christian vocabulary, substituting socialism for salvation and statism for God. Tracing this linguistic corruption through thinkers like Nietzsche and Hegel, Rushdoony frames the conflict as Christ versus Caesar, insisting that true reform begins with restoring honest language grounded in Scripture and submitting once again to the living and triune God revealed in His Word. #SubversionOfWords #Rushdoony #ChristianWorldview #BiblicalTruth #Statism #Humanism #ChristVsCaesar #Theology #FaithAndCulture
Get every episode summarized
Each time CR101 Radio - Podcast Network publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
