Fools

A Word in Season: Messages by R.J. Rushdoony on the Faith for All of Life · May 23, 2026 · 3m

I once heard a minister whose entire sermon amounted to blasphemy, complaints about his upbringing, and resentment toward the way God made the world. His grievance was that his parents had “baptized, catechized, and chastised” him meaning they had dedicated him to God, taught him the faith, sent him to excellent schools, and disciplined him for his good. What he condemned was in fact a priceless inheritance, despised only because, as Solomon says, “The simple inherit folly” (Prov. 14:18). A fool is not a dimwit but one who rejects discipline, loves his folly, and returns to it like a dog to…