“Where do I get the authority to relegate the mighty ones who pass our tax laws (in their august and solemn assemblies) to the status of those who say arrrgh, and who have a parrot on their shoulders.”
A Metaphor for Your Spiritual Condition
“Too many Christians have adopted a foolish approach to automotive maintenance. ‘Don’t lift the hood if you don’t want to know.’ That’s not the way to go. It means you’re not trying to deal with the problem until it’s desperate. There are a lot of problems that can be corrected with minimal intervention—but if you put it off, put it off, put it off, then the engine freezes and everything blows up. Just change the oil now, and this won’t happen.”
Keep Your Kids, pp. 19-20
Letters, As You Have Come to Expect Them
Letter to the Editor: As soon as I read news about the White/Mahler debate, the first thing I thought was, "I wonder if Doug Wilson will have something to say about this?" Just as I ...
Theft Presupposes Property Rights
“I cannot commit adultery is there is no marriage. I cannot murder if there is no right to life. I cannot bear false witness if there is no truth. And, bring this to the point, I cannot steal or covet unless there is such a thing as my neighbor having a right to whatever is modified by his very own personal pronoun. To adapt the nouns from the tenth commandment—his house, his servants, his livestock, or anything else that is HIS.”
Three Years After the Congregation Took a Vow
“But in three years, that very same child might be careening around the cookie table like a chimpanzee on meth, with both fists full of cookies. If one of our parents remembers the vow we all took back in that heartwarming moment and attempts to talk with you about your child, how easy is it to get defensive? The answer: very easy. Your heart and your mouth are full of arguments that are, on paper, good arguments. This person doesn’t know your child’s name. This person doesn’t know your child’s favorite food (it’s cookies). This person doesn’t know your child’s bedtime (they don’t have a bedtime).”
Keep Your Kids, pp. 18-19
“Right You Are, Chief!” The White/Mahler Debate
Introduction: One of the things my father-in-law used to say was, "who has more fun than people?" This old observation of his came back to me for some reason when I started to think about ...
The Sure Mercies of David
Acts of the Apostles (29): Sermon Video Introduction: We are here given an outline of the sermon Paul preached in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch. This sermon was preached to Jews and Gentile ...
Of Necessity
“When there is no standard above the state, then the state becomes the standard. If there is no God above the system, then the system becomes god.”
Leaning the Wrong Way
“We should always remember our propensity to guard against the sin we are least likely to fall into. The indulgent parent is all on guard against tyranny, and the tyrannical parent is very careful not to be too soft.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 17