Restitution

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

In “Restitution,” Rushdoony argues that restitution stands at the very heart of Biblical justice, grounding both God’s law and Christ’s atoning work in the principle that wrongs must be made right. Scripture consistently requires offenders to restore what was taken often multiple times over so that crime does not pay, a standard fulfilled perfectly in Christ’s obedience and sacrificial death as restitution before God for His people. Where restitution governs, justice is stable and meaningful; where it is abandoned in favor of sentimental “love,” probation, or imprisonment, crime becomes…