Institutes of Biblical Law

This course involves reading each section in the Institutes of Biblical Law by R.J. Rushdoony, with the additional option of listening to corresponding audio lectures of his (with links provided to the Chalcedon site). A video summary by Andrea Schwartz highlights relevant concepts in each section geared toward application in day-to-day life. Questions for thought and discussion accompany each section, providing the opportunity to consider the concepts covered in greater depth. Group discussions are available weekly online, along with the option of individual discussion and mentoring.

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Introduction

CHAPTER	SECTION	LINK
Introduction	1. The Validity of Biblical Law	View
Introduction	2. The Law as Revelation and Treaty	View
Introduction	3. The Direction of the Law	View

First Commandment

CHAPTER	SECTION	LINK
First Commandment	1. The First Commandment and the Shema Israel	View
First Commandment	2. The Undivided Word	View
First Commandment	3. God versus Moloch	View
First Commandment	4a. The Laws of Covenant Membership	View
First Commandment	4b. The Laws of Covenant Membership	View
First Commandment	4c. The Laws of Covenant Membership	View
First Commandment	5. The Law as Power and Discrimination	View
Second Commandment	1. The Lawful Approach to God	View
Second Commandment	2. The Throne of Law	View
Second Commandment	3. The Altar and Capital	View
Second Commandment	4. Sacrifice and Responsibility	View
Second Commandment	5. Holiness and Law	View
Second Commandment	6. Law as Warfare	View
Second Commandment	7. Law and Equality	View
Third Commandment	1. The Negativism of the Law	View
Third Commandment	2. Swearing and Revolution	View
Third Commandment	3. The Oath and Society	View
Third Commandment	4. Swearing and Worship	View
Third Commandment	5. The Oath and Authority	View
Third Commandment	6. The Name of God	View
Fourth Commandment	1. The Sign of Freedom	View
Fourth Commandment	2. The Sabbath and Life	View
Fourth Commandment	3. The Sabbath and Work	View
Fourth Commandment	4. The Sabbath and Authority	View
Fourth Commandment	5. The Sabbath and Law	View
Fifth Commandment	1. The Authority of the Family	View
Fifth Commandment	2. The Promise of Life	View
Fifth Commandment	3. The Economics of the Family	View
Fifth Commandment	4. Education and the Family	View
Fifth Commandment	5. The Family and Delinquency	View
Fifth Commandment	6. The Principle of Authority	View
Fifth Commandment	7. The Family and Authority	View
Fifth Commandment	8. The Holy Family	View
Fifth Commandment	9. The Limitation of Man's Authority	View
Sixth Commandment	1. "Thou Shalt Not Kill"	View
Sixth Commandment	2. The Death Penalty	View
Sixth Commandment	3. Origins of the State	View
Sixth Commandment	4. "To Make Alive"	View
Sixth Commandment	5. Hybridization and Law	View
Sixth Commandment	6. Abortion	View
Sixth Commandment	7. Responsibility and Law	View
Sixth Commandment	8. Restitution or Restoration	View
Sixth Commandment	9. Military Laws and Production	View
Sixth Commandment	10. Taxation	View
Sixth Commandment	11. Love and the Law	View
Sixth Commandment	12. Coercion	View
Sixth Commandment	13. Quarantine Laws	View
Sixth Commandment	14. Dietary Rules	View
Sixth Commandment	15. Christ and the Law	View
Sixth Commandment	16. Work	View
Sixth Commandment	17. Amalek	View
Sixth Commandment	18. Amalek and Violence	View
Sixth Commandment	19. Violence as Presumption	View
Sixth Commandment	20. Social Inheritance: Landmarks	View
Seventh Commandment	1. Marriage	View
Seventh Commandment	2. Marriage and Man	View
Seventh Commandment	3. Marriage and Woman	View
Seventh Commandment	4. Nakedness	View
Seventh Commandment	5. Family Law	View
Seventh Commandment	6. Marriage and Monogamy	View
Seventh Commandment	7. Incest	View
Seventh Commandment	8. The Levirate	View
Seventh Commandment	9. Sex and Crime	View
Seventh Commandment	10. Sex and Religion	View
Seventh Commandment	11. Adultery	View
Seventh Commandment	12. Divorce (Part 1 & 2)	View
Seventh Commandment	13. The Family as Trustee	View
Seventh Commandment	14. Homosexuality	View
Seventh Commandment	15. Uncovering the Springs	View
Seventh Commandment	16. The Mediatorial Work of the Law	View
Seventh Commandment	17. The Transvestite	View
Seventh Commandment	18. Bestiality	View
Seventh Commandment	19. The Architecture of Life	View
Seventh Commandment	20. Faithfulness	View

Second Commandment

Third ​COMMANDMENT

Forth ​COMMANDMENT

Fifth Commandment

Sixth Commandment

Seventh Commandment

Eighth Commandment

Nineth Commandment

Tenth Commandment

The Promises of Law

The Law in the Old Testament

The Law in the New Testament

The Church

Notes on the Law in Western Society

CHAPTER	SECTION	LINK
Introduction	1. The Validity of Biblical Law	View
Introduction	2. The Law as Revelation and Treaty	View
Introduction	3. The Direction of the Law	View
First Commandment	1. The First Commandment and the Shema Israel	View
First Commandment	2. The Undivided Word	View
First Commandment	3. God versus Moloch	View
First Commandment	4a. The Laws of Covenant Membership	View
First Commandment	4b. The Laws of Covenant Membership	View
First Commandment	4c. The Laws of Covenant Membership	View
First Commandment	5. The Law as Power and Discrimination	View
Second Commandment	1. The Lawful Approach to God	View
Second Commandment	2. The Throne of Law	View
Second Commandment	3. The Altar and Capital	View
Second Commandment	4. Sacrifice and Responsibility	View
Second Commandment	5. Holiness and Law	View
Second Commandment	6. Law as Warfare	View
Second Commandment	7. Law and Equality	View
Third Commandment	1. The Negativism of the Law	View
Third Commandment	2. Swearing and Revolution	View
Third Commandment	3. The Oath and Society	View
Third Commandment	4. Swearing and Worship	View
Third Commandment	5. The Oath and Authority	View
Third Commandment	6. The Name of God	View
Fourth Commandment	1. The Sign of Freedom	View
Fourth Commandment	2. The Sabbath and Life	View
Fourth Commandment	3. The Sabbath and Work	View
Fourth Commandment	4. The Sabbath and Authority	View
Fourth Commandment	5. The Sabbath and Law	View
Fifth Commandment	1. The Authority of the Family	View
Fifth Commandment	2. The Promise of Life	View
Fifth Commandment	3. The Economics of the Family	View
Fifth Commandment	4. Education and the Family	View
Fifth Commandment	5. The Family and Delinquency	View
Fifth Commandment	6. The Principle of Authority	View
Fifth Commandment	7. The Family and Authority	View
Fifth Commandment	8. The Holy Family	View
Fifth Commandment	9. The Limitation of Man's Authority	View
Sixth Commandment	1. "Thou Shalt Not Kill"	View
Sixth Commandment	2. The Death Penalty	View
Sixth Commandment	3. Origins of the State	View
Sixth Commandment	4. "To Make Alive"	View
Sixth Commandment	5. Hybridization and Law	View
Sixth Commandment	6. Abortion	View
Sixth Commandment	7. Responsibility and Law	View
Sixth Commandment	8. Restitution or Restoration	View
Sixth Commandment	9. Military Laws and Production	View
Sixth Commandment	10. Taxation	View
Sixth Commandment	11. Love and the Law	View
Sixth Commandment	12. Coercion	View
Sixth Commandment	13. Quarantine Laws	View
Sixth Commandment	14. Dietary Rules	View
Sixth Commandment	15. Christ and the Law	View
Sixth Commandment	16. Work	View
Sixth Commandment	17. Amalek	View
Sixth Commandment	18. Amalek and Violence	View
Sixth Commandment	19. Violence as Presumption	View
Sixth Commandment	20. Social Inheritance: Landmarks	View
Seventh Commandment	1. Marriage	View
Seventh Commandment	2. Marriage and Man	View
Seventh Commandment	3. Marriage and Woman	View
Seventh Commandment	4. Nakedness	View
Seventh Commandment	5. Family Law	View
Seventh Commandment	6. Marriage and Monogamy	View
Seventh Commandment	7. Incest	View
Seventh Commandment	8. The Levirate	View
Seventh Commandment	9. Sex and Crime	View
Seventh Commandment	10. Sex and Religion	View
Seventh Commandment	11. Adultery	View
Seventh Commandment	12. Divorce (Part 1 & 2)	View
Seventh Commandment	13. The Family as Trustee	View
Seventh Commandment	14. Homosexuality	View
Seventh Commandment	15. Uncovering the Springs	View
Seventh Commandment	16. The Mediatorial Work of the Law	View
Seventh Commandment	17. The Transvestite	View
Seventh Commandment	18. Bestiality	View
Seventh Commandment	19. The Architecture of Life	View
Seventh Commandment	20. Faithfulness	View

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