“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 48 My father-in-law likes to joke that fifty percent of all doctors graduated in the lower half of their class at med school. And if there were a school that all businessmen and retail merchants had to graduate from, then …
The Worst Kind of Puritans
Yesterday Nathan Wilson and Aaron Rench released another press release on the zoning mess in Moscow. As a public-spirited citizen, I am happy to post that press release here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2005 The Future of the Zoning Complaint Industry in Moscow Public Statement from Aaron Rench and Nathan Wilson We have filed …
Cookie Cutter Diversity
Radical application of the Scriptures does not consist of taking one set of verses and applying them like crazy, while leaving another set of verses entirely neglected . It can look radical, but that is because we tend to associate the words extreme and radical. Jesus said that if your hand causes you to sin, …
A Little Seven On Five
This morning I filed a public records request with the City of Moscow. In that request I asked for “all notes or records of communication between city council members and any other person, regarding a ‘neo-confederate’ resolution and Black History Month proclamation entered at the Moscow City Council meeting of February 3, 2004.” I also …
No Countermeasures
I will be visiting some of the saints in Enterprise, Oregon this morning and thus will not be preaching for Christ Church in Moscow. Our pulpit here will be filled by Joost Nixon from our sister congregation in Spokane. Please pray for him and for me, that we would preach the Word of God as …
A Persecution Complex
The other day I was coming out of a local building supply, and was headed for my truck. I heard a voice behind me, an inquiring voice, saying, “Douglas Wilson?” That was a correct identification, so I turned around, indicating yes. A middle-aged woman I did not recognize was standing there, about to go into …
Subscribe Today!
A little self-promoting tub-thumping here. I wrote an article on the emerging American Empire, and the need for American Christians to stay out of imperial idolatries. The article is being featured in the June issue of Chronicles, a magazine of American culture. For those not familiar with the magazine, it can be found here, and …
Doing It Right
Dr. Bryan Chapell of Covenant Seminary has written a very reasonable treatment of the New Perspective on Paul, which can be found here. He distinguishes things that need to be distinguished, he knows what central issues of the faith need to be defended and preserved, he criticizes without hysterics, and his admonitions to all parties …
Dysfunctional Zoning Codes
The recent zoning complaint against the Moscow Food Co-op has just been rejected, and the obvious question for Nathan Wilson and Aaron Rench (the gentlemen who filed the complaint) is whether they will appeal. The following is a press release that they issued this morning. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2005 Moscow Men Have Zoning …
Worship With Anticipation
Gracious Lord and God, we thank You now for yet another Lord’s Day. We look forward to worship with anticipation, and we are grateful to be able to show that anticipation through eating and drinking in Your presence. You are a holy God, and we are grateful that You receive us in the holiness of …