In the midst of Republicans and Christians retreating in the face of relativist attacks on God, Doug Wilson shows us the path to success with principled opposition to the left in the culture wars today. And he does it with great style and humor. One day Tom Collins, the well-meaning president of a financially sound but…
Month: January 2018
God’s Grace and Donald Trump: A Theory
Douglas Wilson, whose musings on Trump have been spot on from the beginning, proposed a Trump Theory on his latest Plodcast. Its premise is based on James 3:11-12: “Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs?…
Freedom of the Will
Jonathan Edwards says that people have a free will, the freedom to choose, but that “the mind chooses as it does because of motives.” John Gerstner puts it this way: “Your choices, as a rational person, are always based on various considerations or motives that are before you at the time. Those motives have a…
Psalm 8 – A Study on the Kingdom of God (1 Week)
David opens Psalm 8 with these words: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. (ESV) Yahweh is proclaimed here…
Being a One Woman Man – A One Week Study
Our hearts may be willing, but our flesh is weak. Download this one week study designed to help men focus on their calling of Being a One Woman Man. With special thanks to Douglas Wilson for his fine work on this topic, which provided much guidance for this study.
The Parable of Futile Resistance
A New Creation: A Homily on Genesis 3:1-19
How many of you have heard of Curious George? Almost every night when my son goes to bed, he wants me to read the story of Curious George to him. Of course, it always starts out the same way: “This is George. He was a good little monkey. And always very curious.” And each story…
Race in America: Liberalism’s Attack on Minorities and the Church
We live in a world at war. A war that has been waging since Adam defied God and abandoned Eve to Satan’s deceit to get a taste of the forbidden fruit. Unfortunately, the church too often also falls for this deceit and retreats, unable to recognize the battles lines forming around us. Race in America:…
Best of the Best – Commentators
Occasionally I’ll provide my thoughts on the best of certain things. Today I’d like to talk about political commentators. When I say political commentators, I don’t just mean talking heads on Fox News and media outlets that talk about the news of the day. I also include in the category those who can bring a…
Today All Whites are Racists
In his “Dear White America” letter to The New York Times, Emory University Professor George Yancy wrote, “If you are white, and you are reading this letter, I ask that you don’t run to seek shelter from your own racism. Don’t hide from your responsibility. Rather, begin, right now, to practice being vulnerable.” He also…