Law and Sin

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Sep 9, 2026 · 6m

In “Law and Sin,” Rushdoony argues that God’s law addresses real, completed acts of sin rather than attempting to prevent evil through coercive control, thereby strictly limiting the authority of courts and the state to punishing criminal actions after the fact and not governing intentions, thoughts, or potential wrongdoing. He contends that humanistic statism seeks to usurp God’s role by trying to eliminate the possibility of sin through regulation and bureaucracy, transforming society from rule by law into rule by agencies that treat freedom itself as criminal. By attempting to make men…