The Pierre Viret Learning Center is a Christian education institution in Mexico. It is presently facing down a hostile Mexican Government. Justice in His Kingdom co-host Roger Oliver, who has been director of the Center for many years, will tell us the story of the school's confrontation with the humanist Mexican government. Also, Nathan Conkey, who worked with Roger will join us to give us his thoughts and insights. Nathan lives in Northern Ireland but has worked supporting missions and Christian education in Mexico, West Africa, East Africa, and Korea. He recently finished working on a project involving recording the works of R.J. Rushdoony in audiobook format and will begin working on putting Christian education resources online.

The music for this podcast is Holy is the Lord by Simon Khorolskiy, used with his permission. You can listen to his music here.

This episode covers the newly released, posthumous book by R. J. Rushdoony “Sermons in Zephaniah, Haggai & Zechariah,” published by the Chalcedon Foundation.

Rousas John Rushdoony (1916-2001) was a minister best known through his extensive literary output. His writings cover a broad spectrum of subjects because his belief was that every area of life and thought should be understood in terms of a world view that assumes God’s Word is both true and authoritative. He is best known for leadership role in Christian education (day and homeschool), his revival of theonomy (Biblical law), and Christian Reconstruction (a term he coined to denote a neglected aspect of the Christian responsibility and response to sin in the culture.)

A former teacher in Christian schools for almost two decades, Mark Rushdoony has also served for 14 years as the director of a K-8 School. For over 30 years he has been with Chalcedon, a non-profit organization started by his father that promotes the belief of the supremacy of God's Word in all matters of life. When his father, Rousas John Rushdoony passed away, Mark succeeded him in 1998 as president of Chalcedon and Ross House Books, a subsidiary of Chalcedon that publishes books about Christian Reconstruction. He is the editor-in-chief of Faith for All of Life, Chalcedon's monthly magazine, and travels widely as a well-respected pastor and speaker.

Martin G. Selbrede is the Vice-President of the Chalcedon Foundation and senior researcher for the organization’s ongoing work of Christian scholarship. He has written numerous articles, essays, and position papers for such publications as Faith for All of Life, the Chalcedon Report, and The Journal of Christian Reconstruction. He has traveled extensively to speak on behalf of Christian Reconstruction and the Chalcedon Foundation and is considered one of the foremost experts in the thinking of R. J. Rushdoony. 

The music for this podcast is Holy is the Lord by Simon Khorolskiy, with his permission. You can listen to his music here.

Charles McIlhenny became the pastor of First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Francisco when he and his wife, Donna, moved there in 1973. In 1978, the beginning of the events chronicled in their book, When the Wicked Seize a City, occurred. The McIlhennys lived in San Francisco for 28 more years after beginning proclaiming the Gospel to the civil magistrates and ministering to the homosexual community. They moved to Southern California in 2005, where Pastor McIlhenny serves as a hospital chaplain at local hospitals and as a retired-pastor at Grace OPC.  Donna serves as a non-ordained Chaplain and substance-abuse counselor. The couple co-wrote When the Wicked Seize a City, and Donna wrote her story as part of Choosing the Good Portion: Women of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. You may read more about the McIlhennys in Culture Wars by James Davison Hunter, Power in the Blood by David Chilton, and “Congressional Sub-committee Hearing on Sexual Orientation”, August Hawkins, Chrmn, “Labor Relations”, Oct 10, 1980, and A Stranger’s Gift in Unexpected Places by Tom Hallman, Jr.

Colin Gunn is an animator, artist, award-winning documentarian, producer, and film director. His previous films include Shaky Town, winner of the Best Political Film at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF), and The Monstrous Regiment of Women, which also won the Best of Festival award there. He most recently co-directed/wrote and produced the documentaries IndoctriNation: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity in America and Captivated: Finding Freedom in a Media Captive Culture, winning first and second place in the documentary section of the SAICFF. He most recently directed, wrote, produced, and directed Wait ‘til its Free