“Reformed” Is Not EnoughThis book by Douglas Wilson shows that many who call themselves Reformed have in fact lost the older Calvinistic teaching about the objectivity of the covenant and the promises made to Christians at baptism. Multitudes of faithless, corrupt Christians show that they do not believe what God said at their baptism. They live like adulterous husbands. But the tragedy is that many conscientious conservative Christians also do not believe what God said at their baptism.
100 CupboardsOne day, Henry uncovers one hundred cupboards that they lead to a hundred different worlds. But what lies inside those worlds?
100 Cupboards: Dandelion FireHenry has discovered that the 100 cupboard doors hidden behind his bedroom wall are actually portals to other worlds. Now he must go through the cupboards to find the truth about where he’s from and who his real parents are. Along the way, Henry is suddenly struck with a gift of magic—a magic that burns so brightly it attracts unwanted attention. As he discovers the strength of his new powers, he is chased by wizards and faeren and ultimately forced into battle with Nimiane, the evil witch-queen. And this time, the witch is not alone….
100 Cupboards: The Chestnut KingHidden cupboards behind Henry’s bedroom wall unlocked portals to other worlds that Henry and his cousin Henrietta couldn’t resist exploring. But they made one terrible mistake—they released the undying witch Nimiane. Her goal? To drain all life from every world connected to the cupboards. Henry must seek out the Chestnut King to defeat her, but doing so will force Henry to make a terrible, irreversible choice. With the fate of the worlds and everyone Henry loves hanging in the balance, will he have the courage to do what is needed to destroy the witch once and for all?
A Gospel for All NationsThe subtitle for this book is descriptive enough: “Sermon Notes on the Book of Romans.” A few years ago, I preached a series of 65 sermons through this magisterial book, and some time after that I put them all together in a big file and went through it all with some heavy grit sandpaper. The end result is something of a cross between a commentary and a series of practical devotions and/or exhortations. In hard copy, it comes in over 300 papers, but you can get it here, where it weighs virtually nothing. For a dollar.
A Parliament of PotsThis is collection of some of my more fanciful pieces — didactic parables, stream of consciousness rants, and so forth. The collection goes back many years, mostly into the Credenda years.
Affliction of Job, TheThis is a rendering of the book of Job, in blank verse.
After Darkness, LightThis book is a festschrift in honor of R.C. Sproul, containing essays from various teachers on the five points of Calvinism and the five solas of the Reformation. My contribution is on the effectual call.
Against the ChurchThe centrality of regeneration has to be affirmed, again and again. One of the reasons is that the world likes being unregenerate, and keeps coming up with reasons to try to stay there.
All the Condemnation in the WorldA statement of the gospel, that gospel which vanquishes the spirit of accusation.
And There is None BesideThis small book is a poetic rendering of Isaiah 40-48. I hope you enjoy it. Below is how it starts — it has all kinds of stuff in it, chiasms and everything.
Andrew and the Firedrake
Andrew awakens in a strange garden perched on the side of a mountain.
The boy can't remember who or where he is. But he does know that he has a task to do—and it's very important he complete it exactly the way he was instructed, no matter who—or what--tells him otherwise...
At the every step of his quest. Andrew is faced with a choice: will he do what he knows he must, or will he take a shortcut? He will meet new friends, bitter enemies, and some who are a little of both as he discovers his story is at once stranger and more magical than he thought.
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Angels in ArchitectureThis book, written together with Doug Jones, was intended as a primer or introduction to the basic approach to Christian living in community that we were striving to establish here in Moscow. It needs revision, but it is still a very good introduction to what we are attempting.
Apologetics in the VoidThis small book consists of my interactions with a range of unbelievers on a local Moscow list serve. It can be sort of like listening to one half of a phone conversation, but for the most part you should be able to figure out what kinds of things I am responding to.
Ashtown Burials: Empire of BonesCyrus and Antigone Smith have thwarted Dr. Phoenix’s plans—for the moment. They’ve uncovered a new threat from the transmortals and managed to escape with their lives. Their next adventure will take them deep into the caves below Ashtown, where they will look for help from those imprisoned in one of Ashtown’s oldest tombs.
Ashtown Burials: The Dragon's ToothPart One in the Ashtown Burials
Ashtown Burials: The Drowned VaultIt's been almost a year since Cyrus and Antigone Smith earned their places as Journeymen at Ashtown, home of an ancient order of explorers that has long guarded the world's secrets and treasures. While their studies go well, Cy and Tigs are not well liked since losing the Dragon's Tooth to the nefarious Dr. Phoenix. The Tooth is the only object in the world capable of killing the long-lived transmortals, and Phoenix has been tracking them down one-by-one, and murdering them.
The surviving transmortals, led by legendary warrior Gilgamesh of Uruk, descend on Ashtown in force, demanding justice. Cy and Tigs find themselves on the run in a desperate search to locate Phoenix and regain the Tooth. In the process, they uncover an evil even more dangerous than Phoenix, one that has been waiting for centuries to emerge.
Auburn Avenue Chronicles, TheI am afraid that this book is kind of a beast. It is a collection of all my blog posts that were filed under the heading of “Auburn Avenue Stuff.” In addition, at the end I included the emails I sent as part of the summit at Ft. Lauderdale. We have removed any identifying markers from those to prevent violating any confidences.
The posts have only been lightly edited for typo-type stuff, and they appear in chronological order. Part of the reason for doing this project is that we are getting to the place where graduate students in theology might need help in tracking things down for FV research papers, and I thought it would be a kindness to put all my blogging contributions in one place.
Back to BasicsThis book has four contributors on various aspects of the Reformed faith. My section is the first, in which I argue for basic Calvinism, of the sort that doesn’t wince when articulating its own positions.
Basic Christian LivingA workbook, designed to help young people understand the basics of personal holiness. It is all about practical Christian living. What does it mean to live what we profess to believe?
Being ChristianBeing Christian: New Devotional Readings has St. Paul's ambitious goal: to present every person perfect in Christ. With that in mind, this wide-ranging devotional is full of strong texts and short teaching, all organized into bite-size readings. You will find applicable wisdom on every page. Throughout every chapter you will read a huge variety of powerful, concentrated Scriptures, covering fundamental topics like prayer, evangelism, everyday holiness, joy, love, family, and (of course) what it means to be a Christian.
BeowulfThis is my effort to render the poem in modern English in a way that feels like the Old English. Modern English is a stress-timed language, just as Old English was, and so the rhythms and cadences can work the same way. In addition, Old English poetry reinforced those stresses with alliteration. I tried to do the same here.
Bestiary of Adorable FallaciesThis was a fun exercise, written together with my son Nate. All the odd stuff in there is from him. Illustrated by the fantastic Forest Dickison, this book brings logical analysis to the zoo, where it ought to spend more time.
Beyond Stateliest MarbleA number of years ago, I contributed two biographies to the Leaders in Action series, one of Anne Bradstreet and the other of John Knox. As Cumberland House which published them is no longer in operation, the rights to publish them have now reverted to me. This I am now doing in this little Mablog shop of mine.
Black & TanAnyone who has the misfortune of googling my name will have the experience of discovering a number of interesting things about me, some of them true. Over ten years ago, there was a debate, of the junior high cafeteria food fight variety, involving certain things I was supposed to believe and hold about slavery, race relations, racism, etc. If anyone wants to get up to speed on that controversy, this is the book to get.
Blackthorn WinterI have written a series of books for children, historical fiction, intended to walk kids through American history as they accompany the Monroe family. This is the first of those books and is set on the Chesapeake in the early 18th century, and involves pirates and some gold.
Blah Blah Black SheepBlah Blah black sheep can't even get his bleats right, but he's the only one brave enough to tussle with a hungry coyote in this action-packed and hilarious adventure from bestselling kids' author N. D. Wilson.Canonball Books is the children's imprint of Canon Press. At Canonball, we believe stories are soul food, so you can expect excitement, danger, loyalty, virtue, and family in your Canonball books. Feed your kids the right books!
Blenheim Talks, TheAlmost ten years ago, I gave a series of three lectures at a conference in the UK. As a result of trouble getting an ordinary venue, we wound up hosting the conference at Blenheim Palace. Long story. I address all that in the introduction, in case you are interested. As the subtitle indicates, this is an American exhortation to the English church. What could go wrong?
Bone of My BonesThis is a collection of some of my wedding homilies. The second volume is called Flesh of My Flesh, also available here.
Book of the Seventh Seal, TheA verse rendering of the book of Revelation. Almost as obscure as the original!
Because of formatting issues, this one is only available in PDF. My deepest apologies.
But wait . . . now we have added an audio version, read aloud by me, with a recording instrument nearby.
Bound Only OnceThis is a collection of essays that I edited, and contributed to, addressing the challenges presented by the openness of God movement.
Boys of BlurWhen Charlie moves to the small town of Taper, Florida, he discovers a different world. Pinned between the everglades and the swampy banks of Lake Okeechobee, the small town produces sugar cane ... and the fastest runners in the country. Kids chase muck rabbits in the fields while the cane is being burned and harvested. Dodging flames and blades and breathing smoke, they run down the rabbits for three dollars a skin. And when they can do that, running a football is easy. But there are things in the swamp, roaming the cane at night, that cannot be explained, and they seem connected to sprawling mounds older than the swamps. Together with his step-second cousin “Cotton” Mack, the fastest boy on the muck, Charlie hunts secrets in the glades and on the muck flats where the cane grows secrets as old as the soft earth, secrets that haunted, tripped, and trapped the original native tribes, ensnared conquistadors, and buried runaway slaves. Secrets only the muck knows.
Building Her HouseHow does a woman build her house? Nancy Wilson begins with the kitchen table, remembering how each scratch and stain in the wood chronicles "hours of stories and jokes, questions and concerns (through courtships and pregnancies), prayers and discussions." She continues, each essay full of stories and encouragement—the beauty of imperfection, the comfort of Velveeta, the strengths of mothers- and daughters-in-law, the honesty that is submission, the laughter of reading aloud. As ever, while Nancy draws out our sins and weaknesses and sore spots, she comforts us with the favor of God and rouses us to a joyous faith.
Case for Classical Education, TheThe first book on classical Christian education was Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, written when Logos School was about ten years old. In the years after that, a great deal more happened, and so Crossway graciously allowed me to “put everything into one box.” This book is that box.
Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism, ThePastor Douglas Wilson contributes in this volume a chapter titled, Baptism and Children: Their Place in the Old and New Testaments.
Christ and His RivalsThis is commentary on the book of Hebrews, written in the conviction that Hebrews served the early church as a New Testament Deuteronomy.
Church Music and the Other Kinds
Classical Education and the HomeschoolAs we survey the educational ruins around us, classical and Christian education appears to be an idea whose time has come again. More and more Christian parents are seeing the failures of modern education, and they are hungering for a substantive alternative, one that has been tested before and found to be good. Classical and Christian education presents them with just such an alternative.
Classical Me, Classical Thee
Clean Water, Red Wine, Broken BreadThe Christian faith proclaims a standing invitation to a grand and glorious banquet. But those who wish to attend this feast must first be washed. This washing is declared by the clean water of baptism. After we are washed, we may sit down at the Lord's Supper, consisting of red wine and broken bread.
An invitation to this banquet is too gracious to be dismissed out of hand, and it is too profound to accept glibly. The Christian faith is a serious and demanding religion, founded on the gladness and delight of God. As a faith, it is an all-encompassing worldview which cannot be reduced to cute little slogans.
CollisionChristianity Today Online hosted a written debate between Christopher Hitchens and me, which was then subsequently turned into a book, found elsewhere in this list, called Is Christianity Good for the World? When that book was released, Christopher and I did a mini-release tour together in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. A camera crew followed us, and this movie is the documentary of our exchanges.
Complete Paul, TheOften we are so familiar with the words of Paul that we can let our eyes glide over the verses, forgetting how revolutionary, convicting, and encouraging they have been (and are) to the people of God. In this new reader's edition of Paul's epistles, readers have a unique opportunity to explore Paul's letters as part of an organic whole. Editor Douglas Wilson has re-structured and re-assembled all of the Apostle's words around the book of Romans, opening new windows to the themes found in Paul's epistles as a devotional aid. In this way, the reader of Scripture has an innovative new resource for looking at the large-scale organization and major subjects of Paul s thought.
Confessions of a Food CatholicYou can sin with food in many ways -- by not sharing it, by eating way too much of it, by throwing it across the restaurant table... But you do not sin with food by bowing your head over it, saying grace with true gratitude in your heart, and tucking in. Sharp-edged but humorous, Confessions of a Food Catholic addresses the unscriptural approach to food that many Christians have developed in recent years. (By the way, a "food catholic" is somebody who accepts all eaters of all foods, even if he or she doesn't actually eat quinoa.) Specifically, the book addresses divisive threats to Christian table fellowship, the know-it-all pride of newfangled "health food" rules, and the dislocated moralism that makes "organic" and "natural" the signs of righteousness while disdaining the brethren who buy their beef at Stuffmart.
Cousin CompanionsThis is a small collection of the exhortations I give to my grandchildren at our weekly Sabbath dinner. We have hard copies made to give to the kids each year, but I thought we could make the e-forms of the booklet available to you all here.
Death by LivingA poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life.
Decluttering Your MarriageHave you ever felt your marriage get cluttered up with sins and cumulative wrongs? Do you wish that you could deal with it, but don't know where to begin? Douglas Wilson loves to point out that the way you fix these sorts of sin pile-ups is the same way you declutter a garage: Begin with the first layer, work to the bottom, and then keep it clean. That's because the key to a good marriage is honest, complete, and humble confession of sin. This short little book, coming from a pastor with forty years of experience, offers concrete practical suggestions about how to confess sin properly and how to avoid other snares that married people tend to get snagged on, usually depending on whether they're the man or the woman. Decluttering Your Marriage will give you much gospel advice, with much gospel encouragement. Features an extra checklist to help implement this book in your day-to-day lives.
Defending the Trinity in the Reformed PalatinateThis study begins with an examination of Girolamo Zanchi's De Tribus Elohim (1572), setting this important defense of the doctrine of the Trinity in the immediate context of the recent rise of antitrinitarianism within the Reformed Palatinate. De Tribus Elohim focused on the grammatical peculiarity of the Hebrew word Elohim (God) in order to refute the biblicism of its contemporary antitrinitarians. In doing so, Zanchi's argument followed an exegetical thread common within the late medieval case for the doctrine of the Trinity, but which ran contrary to the exegetical sensibilities of many of Zanchi's own Reformed colleagues. This disagreement over the correct interpretation of the word Elohim, then became a touchstone for distinguishing between two different approaches to the Hebrew text with the Reformed Church of the late sixteenth century, and becomes a significant piece in understanding the development of Reformed exegesis.
Deluded Atheist, TheThis small book is a chapter-by-chapter response to Richard Dawkins’ book called The God Delusion.
Dragon and the Garden, ThePrepare to see the Garden of Eden as you always wished you could tangible, leaves rustling, the scent of fruit on the breeze. N.D. Wilson and Peter Bentley weave the story of our first parents with wild realism, but also a childlike honesty and clarity that bring new depth to an old truth.
Easy Chairs Hard WordsThis book should best be described as an introduction to basic Calvinism. It is written in a dialog format, as an older, experienced pastor walks through the basic issues involved with a young man who has lots of questions.
Education (Chrestomathy)This small book is a collection of my quotations on the subject of education, taken from sources all over tarnation. The word chrestomathy refers to a collection of quotations. As with the entire Chrestomathy series (and there will be a series), as time goes on, the book will be revised and expanded, but we had enough to go with here.
Empires of DirtThis book is explained in the subtitle, which is “Secularism, Radical Islam, and the Mere Christendom Alternative." In the book I interact with many Christian voices that beg to differ — men like Darryl Hart, Greg Boyd, Jason Stellman, et al.
European Brain Snakes"Seeping postmodernism" is Doug's topic in this book, in which "we surmise that the brain is Ireland and we call for St. Patrick." Don't be intimidated by this important word (or topic) any longer.
EvangellyfishThis satiric novel won the Christianity Today Best Fiction Award for 2012, if you can figure that out. It is about a corrupt megachurch pastor who is accused of pretty much the only thing he didn’t do, and about a faithful pastor of a small church across town, who is a reluctant Jonah figure. Called to help, but doesn’t wanna. My goal in this book was to be “funny, dark, and redemptive.”
Eve in ExileEve in Exile sets aside all stereotypes of mid-century housewives, of China-doll femininity, of Victorians fainting, of women not allowed to think for themselves or talk to the men about anything interesting or important. It dismisses the pencil-skirted and stiletto-heeled executives of TV, the outspoken feminists freed from all that hinders them, the brave career women in charge of their own destinies. Once those fictionalized stereotypes are out of the way -- whether they're things that make you gag or things you think look pretty fun -- Christians can focus on real women. What did God make real women for?
Excused AbsenceThis book is intended to persuade Christian parents to take their children out of the government schools.
Faith Once Delivered, TheThis small book contains a number of notes, comments, and observations on the Apostles’ Creed. The Creed is a model of brevity, but it is amazing how much truth has been compressed in so small a statement. This book is designed to help the average believers unpack some of its riches.
Father HungerThis is a book that addresses the costs of abdicating fatherhood. Those costs are spiritual, cultural, political, economic, emotional, and more.
Federal HusbandFederal thinking is foreign to the modern mind. Federal has come to mean nothing more than centralized or big. Because our federal government has become so uncovenantal, it is not surprising that the original meaning of the word is lost. But federal thinking is the backbone of historic Protestant theology, and the Church needs to recover the covenantal understanding of federal headship. Husbands are to lead their families, taking responsibility for them as covenant heads--as federal husbands.
This book is a part of Douglas Wilson's series of books on the family, which has helped many people trying to deal with the on the ground messes that come with sinners trying to live under the same roof. This book on covenantal headship contains much practical and biblical wisdom that is never more timely than now, but which we will always need to be reminded of again and again.
FidelityThis book was written in the conviction that sexual purity is too important to leave it for the prudes to defend. Often what young men need is some straight talk, administered with a cricket bat.
Fit to BurstIn this follow up to Loving the Little Years, Rachel Jankovic pushes her parenting "field notes" out onto the skinny branches of motherhood. Fit to Burst is chock-full of humorous examples and fresh advice covering issues familiar to every mom such as guilt cycles, temptations to be ungrateful or bitter, and learning how to honor Jesus by giving in the mundane things. But this book also addresses less familiar topics, including the impact that moms have on the relationships between dads and kids, the importance of knowing when to laugh at kid-sized sin, and more. Fit to Burst will help us to be moms who parent with the story in mind rather than snapshot, who know how to both give and require much from their children in the everyday mayhem, and who understand the importance of biscuits.
Five Cities That Ruled the World
In Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities ―Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York.
Flags Out Front
Tom Collins, mild-mannered president of a dwindling southern Bible college, becomes a target when a drunk prankster swaps his campus's American flag with the Christian one, and Dr. Tom refuses to "fix" the situation. Big media, exuberant students, petty enemies, and pretty secretaries all play a part in this happy-go-lucky satire for the twenty-first century.
Flesh of My FleshThis is a collection of some of my wedding homilies. The other volume is called Bone of My Bones, also available here.
For Kirk and Covenant
Forgotten Heavens, The
Future MenAs much as it may distress us, our boys are future men. When Theodore Roosevelt taught Sunday school for a time, a boy showed up one Sunday with a black eye. He admitted he had been fighting and on a Sunday too. He told the future president that a bigger boy had been pinching his sister, and so he fought him. TR told him that he had done perfectly right and gave him a dollar. The stodgy vestrymen thought this was a bit much, and so they let their exuberant Sunday school teacher go. What a loss. Unbelief cannot look past surfaces. Unbelief squashes; faith teaches. Faith takes a boy aside and tells him that this part of what he did was good, while that other part of he did got in the way. "And this is how to do it better next time." As we look to Scripture for patterns of masculinity for our sons, we find them manifested perfectly in the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one who set the ultimate pattern for friendship and courage, for faithfulness and integrity.
Glory and a Covering, For AThis was originally a series of 39 sermons on marriage, which one wit in our congregation described as the “40 stripes save one” series.
God Is
God Rest Ye MerryThis is my Advent and Christmas book. It addresses why Christmas is important, how to celebrate like a Puritan, and asks the question, “How then shall we shop?”
Grace Upon Grace
Nine Decades of Stories . . .
Jim Wilson has been given an eventful life. Fortunately, he likes to tell stories, and so this book is filled with stories -- of his life as a Nebraska farm boy, his enlistment in the Navy, his conversion while at the Naval Academy, his time served in the Korean War, and a very eventful life of evangelism after the Navy.
HadassahThis is the book of Esther in the form of a screenplay, in a steampunk setting, by someone who has never written a screenplay before. Leave me alone.
Heaven MisplacedThis book is my foray into eschatology. Why am I optimistic about the future of our world?
Hello NinjaSoon to be a Netflix animated TV series!
Are you longing for adventure? Mischief? What about sandwiches?
Tag along with one sneaky ninja who is happy to share his busy day (but not his lunch) with curious kids everywhere in this rhyming picture book great for fans of The Three Ninja Pigs and 10 Little Ninjas. Written by bestselling author Nate “N.D.” Wilson and gorgeously illustrated by newcomer Forrest Dickison.
Perfect for reading aloud and shared story time!
Her Hand in MarriageThe modern dating system is bankrupt. It does not train young people to form a relationship but rather to form a series of relationships, hardening themselves to all but the current one. Recreational dating encourages emotional attachments without covenantal fences and makes a joke of a father's authority. The disrespect children have for their fathers in this area is an echo of the disrespect fathers have for their own office.
In this book, Douglas Wilson argues that biblical courtship provides a wonderful freedom. It involves familial wisdom and godly protection. Grounded upon the involved authority of the father, courtship delights in its public connection to the lives of families. Sexual purity is a great inheritance for a marriage, and part of a father's job is to guarantee and protect that heritage.
How to Be Free From BitternessIn this collection of short articles, Jim Wilson and others discuss what it means to live as "imitators of God." As the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians, we have been called to leave the bitterness and anger of the world and instead embrace the love and compassion of our God. The authors remind us that we are to forgive others just as we have been forgiven, pointing to Scriptural admonitions and examples as they offer sound teaching on the trials and temptations of everyday life.
How to Exasperate Your WifeMarriage is not a vending machine, and love is not two quarters to put into it. It's a manner of life, not an exchange of commodities. So what does it look like when a man loves a woman?" Douglas Wilson answers that question in How To Exasperate Your Wife and Other Short Essays for Men, and his responses are as wide-ranging and humorous as they are incisive and down to earth. He explains why men's distorted view of wisdom handicaps their understanding of their wives, and he exposes rigid (and wrong) approaches to marriage and relationships. He gives practical advice for identifying unhappy households ("Mom is ignored") and replacing abdicating dads with true leaders ("Measure strength not in decibels but performance"), all combined with hot tips on how to exasperate your wife (you may start with leopard underwear).
Both realistic and insightful, How to Exasperate Your Wife and Other Short Essays for Men points husbands (and wives) towards a passionate married love that is particular, sacrificial, sacramental, and muy caliente.
In the Time of NoahBefore the Flood, there was a world dominated by giants, bloodthirsty and merciless. God was grieved. He would judge the world. But He would also save the world.
This book, written by Nathan Wilson and beautifully illustrated by Peter Bentley chronicles the history of Noah's obedience, from the building of the ark and the taming of the beasts, to the grounding at Ararat and the promise of the rainbow. The Old Stories series are designed to help children (and adults) re-imagine biblical stories, seeing things they have never seen before. Ages 4 and up.
Introductory LogicStudying formal logic can be intimidating without the right help, but knowing how to think logically isn't just for "experts." Logic should be your secret weapon. It's the tool for learning how to use other tools. It's the bones that give a clenched fist its structure (and knuckles). With that in mind, we have painstakingly designed Introductory Logicfor everyday students, teachers, and parents who've never tackled syllogisms or fallacies before, but who know just how important learning logic is.
Is Christianity Good for the World?
Joy At the End of the Tether
Justice Primer, AA basic introduction to the principles of biblical justice.
Learning ContentmentIn Learning Contentment, Nancy Wilson looks to the Bible and Puritans like Jeremiah Burroughs, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Watson, and Charles Spurgeon to help us develop the practical, spiritual strength and the perspective that comes from contentment's deep satisfaction with the will of God.
Leepike Ridge
Letter from a Christian CitizenThis book is my answer to Sam Harris, and his Letter to a Christian Nation.
Letter from a Christian CitizenI am pleased to announce that we are now able to reissue some of my replies to various atheists. In this series, Street Level Apologetics, I will be taking on Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and hopefully more. This first ebook is a reply to Sam Harris’ book, Letter to a Christian Nation. Hope you find it edifying.
Letters on Homosexual DesireIn this series of (fictional) letters, a pastor is writing a young Christian with a homosexual background about how best to understand and resist his impulses and temptations.
Letters to a Broken GirlThis book is a series of letters to a fictional girl, one who had been abused by her father. All the particular circumstances in this work are fictional, but the sins that are described are unfortunately not.
Loving the Little Years
Mere Fundamentalism
Mother Kirk
My Life for Yours
No Quarter November (A.D. 2018)There is a time for rhetorical qualifications. That time is not No Quarter November. During November 2018, Douglas Wilson hoisted the Jolly Roger and went merrily swashbuckling his way through the culture and the church. Where he might usually make careful qualifications and check all the "on the other hand" boxes, in this notorious month he instead wrote a series of blog posts that slashed right to the heart of various matters; no prisoners taken, no holds barred. From the worst of the worldly (sexual chaos and atheistic evolution) to the frailties of the faithful (lame church music and foppish liturgical garb), both foes and friends got skewered. This book is the resultant shish-kebab.
Not as the ScribesThis book is practical commentary on the Sermon on the Mount. Years ago I preached through the Sermon on the Mount, and just recently went back through my notes and polished them up, and filled in some gaps that had somehow mysteriously appeared. I hope that my debts to Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Studies in the Sermon on the Mount) and Thomas Watson (The Beatitudes) are obvious, but in case they are not, I want to acknowledge them here.
Note from the Tilt-a-Whirl (DVD)
Notes From the Tilt-a-Whirl
Omnibus I
Omnibus II
Omnibus III
Omnibus IV
Omnibus V
Omnibus VI
Our Mother Tongue
Outlaws of Time: The Last of the Lost BoysAlex always thought his life was boring at best. But when he learns that his favorite time-traveling heroes Sam and Glory are his real parents, Alex realizes he never needed to dream of an elsewhere. Just an elsewhen. But when Alex sets out to find Father Tiempo, he is ambushed and transformed into the powerful villain El Terremento. Now there’s not a second to waste. Unless Sam and Glory Miracle can stop the son they didn’t even know they were going to have—let alone lose—history will be unhinged, for good.
Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam MiracleSam Miracle’s life is made up of dreams, dreams where he’s a courageous, legendary hero instead of a foster kid with two bad arms that can barely move. Sometimes these dreams feel so real, they seem like forgotten memories. And sometimes they make him believe that his arms might come alive again.
But Sam is about to discover that the world he knows and the world he imagines are separated by only one thing: time. And that separation is only an illusion. The laws of time can be bent and shifted by people with special magic that allows them to travel through the past, present, and future. But not all of these “time walkers” can be trusted. One is out to protect Sam so that he can accept his greatest destiny, and another is out to kill him so that a prophecy will never be fulfilled. However, it’s an adventurous girl named Glory and two peculiar snakes who show Sam the way through the dark paths of yesterday to help him make sure there will be a tomorrow for every last person on earth.
Outlaws of Time: The Song of Glory and GhostSam Miracle never thought that his future could lie in the past. But after leaping through centuries at the side of a mystical time walker, Sam and his best friend, Glory, know that the next morning’s sun could belong to yesterday as easily as tomorrow. But no day is safe. Since the Vulture escaped, Sam and Glory’s greatest nemesis has left no time nor place unmarked by his path of destruction. At least Sam and Glory have Peter, the youngest version of their mentor, Father Tiempo, to help repair the sands of time ... until they don’t. Determined to save their friend from the Vulture’s clutches, Sam and Glory put their trust in Ghost, a creature from before time itself. But now, the sidekick must fill the legend’s shoes, the hero must play backup, and the powers they have yet to discover might just hold the key to protecting every last second for eons to come.
Paideia of God, The
Papa Don’t Pope
Partakers of Grace
Persuasions
Pomosexuality
Praise Her in the Gates
Primer on Worship and Reformation, A
Principles of War
Evangelism is a battle. Fight to win.
In the study of warfare, great men have concluded that there are some overriding principles which, if followed, will always tend toward success in battle, and if neglected or ignored, will tend toward defeat or even destruction. These principles have been entitled the "principles of war." But not all warfare is waged on a battlefield: every Christian is called to be a soldier. Our fight is against Satan, our objective is the acknowledgment and fulfillment of God's commands, and our ammunition is the power of the Holy Spirit. In Principles of War, longtime evangelist and preacher Jim Wilson outlines the time-tried, fundamental principles of war and explains how we can employ them in our daily spiritual battles as we fight a war which our commander in chief has already won for us.
Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning
Reforming Marriage
Repairing the RuinsThis is a collection of essays I edited (and I contributed some) on the application of classical principles to all the different subjects found in the curriculum of the average school.
Rhetoric Companion, TheThis textbook is basically the curriculum for the Rhetoric class at New St. Andrews, as developed by me and Nate.
Right Behind
Riot and the Dance: EarthJoin in the glorious uproar of creation with Dr. Gordon Wilson as he traverses the planet, basking in God's masterpieces found throughout the animal kingdom.
Rudiments of Anglo SaxonThis book is just what it sounds like — an introductory course to the basics of Anglo Saxon, designed for Christian and homeschools.
Rules for Reformers
Same Sex Mirage
Serrated Edge, AAmong our FAQs, one of the most common concerns our use of satire. Is that Christian? Is it okay? Our first reaction to all such questions should be, “Let’s see what the Bible says . . .”
Skin & Blood
What is racism? Why is it sinful? How should we respond when we find it in ourselves and in our culture?
Police shootings and protests have filled the news in recent years, leaving us with no illusions that America is free of racial problems. Skin and Blood invites us to look honestly at both white sins and black sins…and to look hopefully at the red blood of Jesus, which is their only cure.
So Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ
Song of ShulamithThis is a version of the Song of Solomon, set in modern English verse.
Standing on the PromisesThis book was originally one with To A Thousand Generations. I broke them into two books to make the work on parental promises available to baptists.
Study Guide to Calvin’s Institutes, AJust what the title might indicate — this presents study questions for each section of Calvin’s Institutes, set by set.
Surprised by Scripture: ReviewFrom time to time at Mablog, I do a detailed review of a book, working through it chapter by chapter. This is a collection of my observations about N.T. Wright’s book Surprised by Scripture.
Susan CreekThis is the second in the Monroe family series.
Taking Men AliveComing from decades of faithful witnessing as a pastor, a U.S. Navy officer, and a door-to-door evangelist, Taking Men Alive: Evangelism on the Front Lines shares Jim Wilson's extensive wisdom on evangelism. Jim's insights have been gleaned from a huge variety of personal interactions and straightforward (yet surprising) exegesis of biblical accounts of evangelism.
Entertaining and intensely practical, Taking Men Alive is an inspiring evangelistic meditation and a powerful handbook for determining what spiritual state your neighbor is in and how you should approach taking his heart for the Lord Jesus Christ. Taking Men Aliveis the third and final handbook in the Practical Evangelism series, following Principles of War and Weapons & Tactics.
The Doors of the Sea: ReviewFrom time to time at Mablog, I do a detailed review of a book, working through it chapter by chapter. This is a collection of my observations about David Bentley Hart’s book Doors of the Sea. This is a book that tackles the problem of natural evil.
The Fruit of Her Hands
The Man in the Dark
The Neglected Qualification
The Other Side of the Coyne
The Pillar of Truth
The Seven Deadlies
The Silver Lining
Three ChainsThe enemy of our souls wants to bind us with the chains of guilt, fear, and shame. Individuals and cultures tend to be more strongly susceptible to one or another of the three, but in Christ, we have been set free from all of them. Douglas Wilson examines each chain and points to the true liberation that Jesus brings.
To A Thousand GenerationsThis book presents the case for covenantal infant baptism. Believe it or not, I wrote most of it while I was still a baptist, still trying to work through the issues for myself.
True Companion
Two WilliamsThis book is the third in the historical fiction series that I have written concerning the Monroe family. The plan is to work my way through American history. We’ll see how it goes.
Untune the SkyI suppose this makes me a published poet, but that’s not the sort of thing I put on the resumes that I send out to accounting firms.
Virtuous
Weapons and Tactics
Westminster in VerseThis offering is submitted an part of my efforts to find the ultimate niche product. And what better contender for that title than to render the Westminster Confession into blank verse? Now if nobody buys this thing, that would simply be an old-fashioned failure. But if one to three people buy it, then that would be a bona fide niche product. If ten thousand buy it, then that is simply another kind of failure. Don’t let me down, people!
Westminster SystematicsThis book developed out of the notes I used to teach the systematics course for our Greyfriars students in their theology course. It covers everything the Westminster Confession does.
What I Learned in NarniaThis book was originally a series of talks for the kids in my church. Fun stuff.
Whatever Happened to the Reformation?Too many evangelicals believe methodology and results trump theology. To reach a postmodern society, they too readily adopt an unbiblical view of God that many Americans find more palatable. Or they subsume Bible study and preaching to secondary status. Whatever Happened to the Reformation? urges us to turn to the theology of the Reformers and allow it to shape every aspect of church and family life. Take it and read!
When Shall These Things Be?I contributed one of the essays for this — on the relevance of creedalism to the question of hyper-preterism.
When the Man Comes AroundIn this commentary, Douglas Wilson provides a passage-by-passage walkthrough of the entire book, showing how John’s most notorious prophecies concern the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Explaining symbols and characters as he goes, Wilson shows from the text that not only is this book not an elaborate code, but that Revelation is not even ultimately concerned with the end of the world as we know it. Revelation is about the triumph of the Church, which always happens when the Man comes around.
White Horse King, The
Why Children Matter[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QWdAga1dJM[/embed]
In the Garden of Eden, there was only one "No." Everything else was "Yes."
In this short book on Christian childrearing, Douglas Wilson points out that we have a Father who delights in us and makes it easy for us to love and obey Him. If that is the kind of Father we have, shouldn't we earthly parents do the same? Wilson explains how parents should not just try to get their kids to obey a set of rules or to make their house so fun that following the rules is always easy. Instead, he calls for parents to instill in their kids a love for God and His standards that will serve them well all their days.
This book also features an appendix in which Doug and his wife Nancy answer various parents' questions about various applications of the principles discussed in this book.
Why Christian Kids Need a Christian EducationThis small book is an introduction to the complicated (and yet still simple) question of why it is that Christian kids should be brought up as Christians.
Why Isn't a Pretty Girl Like You Married?
Why Ministers Must Be MenThis small book gives a brief explanation of the statement contained in the title. A lot is at stake with this one.
