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The Chalcedon Podcast featuring Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz. Watch it now!Years ago—before podcasting was—Chalcedon published a regular discussion-based audio series entitled “The Easy Chair.” We’re excited to bring back a new version of that format in the digital age.

  1. 6. Juli

    Blessed are the Peacemakers

    When Jesus declared "blessed are the peacemakers," was He describing a passive inner feeling, or commissioning His people to actively establish the conditions for genuine human flourishing? As the United States marks its 250th anniversary — a nation born from a declaration that led to war before it led to peace — the hosts of the Chalcedon Podcast explore what biblical peacemaking actually requires. The answer, they argue, is far more demanding than either pacifism or mere conflict avoidance. The episode draws a critical distinction between peacekeeping and peacemaking. Peacekeeping maintains a status quo; peacemaking proactively establishes the conditions under which true shalom can flourish. Mark Rushdoony traces the counterfeit versions of peace — the Pax Romana, the "peace of Islam" — showing that coerced order is not biblical blessedness. Martin Selbrede develops the argument that peace is always a byproduct of something else: the propagation of God's law and the gospel working through the Holy Spirit. Without peace between God and man, any peace between man and man is merely a "brotherhood of thieves and murderers." The discussion also addresses the practical question of doctrinal disagreement within the church, arguing for organic unity and charitable co-belligerence while refusing to compromise the standard of God's Word. For Christians navigating an age of social fragmentation, tribal hostility, and shrinking attention spans, this episode offers a bracing reorientation. Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of God's order — and its establishment is not optional for those who name the name of Christ. It is a commission rooted in the very character of the Prince of Peace whose government and peace shall increase without end.

  2. 2. Juni

    The Nature of the American System

    What made America great is almost universally misunderstood — not only by secularists who have revised the record, but by Christians who have accepted the revised version. The phrase "Make America Great Again" assumes a prior greatness that most people cannot actually define or explain. In this episode, the hosts of the Chalcedon Podcast take up R.J. Rushdoony's early work *The Nature of the American System* and trace what that greatness actually consisted of, why it was possible, and through what mechanisms it was dismantled. The answer, as Rushdoony documents from original sources, runs through two elements almost entirely absent from secular historical accounts: the theological dispute that precipitated the War of Independence, and the destruction of localism. The colonies were not unified by abstract Enlightenment ideals — they were Christian communities with distinct theological identities, chartered separately, governed locally, and grounded in a biblical ethic that shaped law, education, economics, and family life. The "second American revolution" was the progressive subversion of that order: the spread of Unitarian influence, the rise of statist education under Horace Mann, the centralization of charitable functions in government, and the steady migration of power from counties and families to a federal apparatus with no ceiling on its ambitions. For Christians seeking to understand how to recover what has been lost, this episode offers something more useful than nostalgia: a precise diagnosis of where the founding order was eroded, what was lost at each stage, and what kind of recovery is actually required. The path forward is not a political slogan — it is the repossession of Christian self-government, beginning at the county, the school, and the family.

  3. 25. Apr.

    The Missing Piece in Christian Education

    In this episode, the Chalcedon team explores the missing piece in Christian education. While many Christians have rightly rejected state education and embraced homeschooling or Christian schools, the discussion argues that this alone is not enough. The real goal is not merely safer schooling or cleaner curriculum, but the formation of a new humanity in Christ and the raising up of new leadership across every sphere of life. Drawing on R. J. Rushdoony’s vision, the episode explains that Christian education must be far more than a modified version of the public-school model. It must begin with a thoroughly biblical foundation, rethink every discipline in terms of God’s Word, and equip both children and adults to live faithfully in God’s world. This is a conversation about long-term dominion, generational faithfulness, and the development of Christian leaders who can reclaim education, law, science, medicine, economics, and beyond for the kingdom of God.

  4. 25. Apr.

    Rethinking Theology - The Chalcedon Podcast - Ep. 64

    Rethinking Theology challenges the idea that theology belongs only to scholars, seminaries, or the “spiritual” side of life. In this episode, Chalcedon examines how dualism, neutrality, and bad theology have weakened Christian obedience, narrowed the gospel of the kingdom, and separated doctrine from daily life. Theology must not remain abstract. It must govern work, education, politics, economics, family, and every area of life under the kingship of Christ.

  5. 24. Apr.

    The Theological Meaning of Property

    In Chalcedon Podcast #65, Andrea Schwartz, Mark Rushdoony, and Martin Selbrede discuss the biblical doctrine of property as a foundational principle of Christian faith and social order. Beginning with the truth that “the earth is the Lord’s,” they explain that all property belongs ultimately to God, and man’s ownership is therefore stewardship under God’s law. The conversation explores how the Ten Commandments govern the use of God’s property, why private property is essential to family responsibility, and how taxation, inflation, inheritance taxes, eminent domain, and statist education function as forms of dispossession. The hosts contrast biblical trustee ownership with socialism, fascism, anarcho-capitalism, crony capitalism, and humanistic ideas of property detached from God’s law. They also discuss the family as God’s primary institution for dominion, the need for Christian education, estate planning, generational responsibility, honest money, land Sabbaths, and the importance of obedience in rebuilding Christian civilisation from the ground up. Recommended resources include R. J. Rushdoony’s Systematic Theology, especially his treatment of the theology of the land, and Larceny in the Heart, which addresses taxation, inflation, theft, and the slavish character of modern man.

  6. 28. Jan.

    What is Christian Reconstruction?

    Chalcedon Podcast #62 (Jan 18, 2026) tackles a big question: what is “Christian Reconstruction” really? Mark Rushdoony says it’s not a political brand or an instant fix—it’s a process of faithful obedience that starts with self, then family, then calling, and moves outward into culture. They also clarify: Dominion (authority under God), Theocracy (God rules), Theonomy (God’s law-word guides life). Key warning: don’t reduce this to tribes, personalities, or soundbites—exegesis and faithfulness come first. #Chalcedon #ChristianReconstruction #BiblicalWorldview #Theonomy #Dominion

  7. 25.11.2025

    Socialism or Christian Reconstruction

    This episode centers on Mark Rushdoony’s new biography of his father, R. J. Rushdoony, and why his life story matters for Christian Reconstruction. Mark explains how the book grew out of earlier biographical essays and expanded into a heavily documented historical “touchstone,” drawing on journals, letters, and family papers. He and Martin Selbrede highlight the deep Armenian and Presbyterian roots that shaped Rushdoony’s historic, kingdom-centered worldview—Armenia as the first Christian nation, his grandparents’ survival of the massacres, and his father’s ministry example. This background formed Rushdoony’s big-picture perspective on history, culture, and the certainty of Christ’s advancing kingdom, as well as his insistence that a man’s moral and religious commitments can’t be separated from his ideas. They also discuss the growing interest among younger Christians in Rushdoony’s uncompromising, whole-life application of Scripture at a time when many churches and previous generations have compromised or become syncretistic. The conversation also deals frankly with opposition, misunderstandings, and the price Rushdoony paid for telling hard truths, especially in academia and the broader church world. Mark includes painful family episodes and courtroom transcripts to correct myths and show how Rushdoony not only wrote about Christian education and liberty, but actively defended Christian schools and homeschooling in key court cases and congressional hearings. Both Mark and Martin emphasize Rushdoony’s personal character—his joy, lack of bitterness despite harsh attacks, his focus on God’s issues rather than personal grievances—and his deliberate turn from academic elites to “intelligent laymen.” They argue that all Christians, not just scholars, are called to scholarship in the Isaiah 50:4 sense: having “the tongue of the learned” to speak a timely word, stand on the shoulders of faithful predecessors, and continue the kingdom work Rushdoony only began to “scratch the surface” of. The book is presented as both a clearing of the record and a call for readers to see their own lives and family histories within God’s providential, long-term kingdom story.

  8. 25.10.2025

    The Sociology of the Sabbath

    In this episode of the The Chalcedon Podcast, Andrea Schwartz and Martin Selbrede explore the biblical and cultural meaning of the Sabbath, drawing from the work of R. J. Rushdoony in Salvation and Godly Rule. They argue that modern society has abandoned the biblical view of time—linear, purposeful, and punctuated by Sabbath rest—and replaced it with “deep time,” an undifferentiated stream without meaning or goal. In Scripture, Sabbath is not just a day off but a divine ordinance tied to creation, dominion, and eschatology. It divides time into meaningful segments, giving both individuals and communities a rhythm of work and rest that reflects God’s sovereignty over time and history. A defective doctrine of Sabbath leads to a defective view of work, resulting in either slavish overwork or escapist idleness. The conversation also connects Sabbath to broader cultural and technological issues. Historically, secular regimes (e.g., French Revolution) sought to dissolve biblical time by changing calendars and disrupting communal rest. Similarly, modern 24/7 work culture and technological obsession detach people from godly rhythms. Instead of retreating from technology, Christians should view it as a tool of dominion under God’s law, not as an idol or tyrant. The Sabbath reminds believers to trust in God’s provision, celebrate their labors, and prepare for future work. This future-oriented rest undergirds Christian hope and victory, culminating in the ultimate, eternal Sabbath. The episode ends by calling Christians to recover a full “sociology of the Sabbath” — reconnecting work, rest, dominion, and eschatology — as a foundation for cultural reformation.

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The Chalcedon Podcast featuring Mark Rushdoony, Martin Selbrede, and Andrea Schwartz. Watch it now!Years ago—before podcasting was—Chalcedon published a regular discussion-based audio series entitled “The Easy Chair.” We’re excited to bring back a new version of that format in the digital age.

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