Pruning

A Word in Season: Messages by R.J. Rushdoony on the Faith for All of Life · May 26, 2026 · 3m

William Blake, the brilliant English poet and painter, squandered his greatness because he abandoned biblical faith for the radical dreams of the French Revolution exalting freedom, equality, and total self-expression while rejecting all discipline. True to his convictions, when he moved to the country he even refused to prune his grapevines, insisting that vines, like men, must grow without restraint. The result was predictable: the vines overran his garden and produced no grapes, yet Blake blamed anything but his own foolishness. Modern radicals, liberals, and hippies admire him because he…