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Real Gingerly

Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2026Tuesday, April 14, 2026 by Douglas Wilson
“If someone is caught up in an immoral lifestyle, should we seek to help them? Well, of course, but in the same way we would want to help someone out if they had fallen into a sewage lagoon. Gingerly.”

No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 49

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April Bringeth Forth Her Letters

Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2026Tuesday, April 14, 2026 by Douglas Wilson - 22 comments

Letter to the Editor: I just finished watching your debate with Joe Heschmeyer on Sola Scriptura and had a question about Zechariah.In Joe's cross-examination of you (around the 1:33:40 mark), ...

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The Rest of the Word

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2026Monday, April 13, 2026 by Douglas Wilson
“I used the full text of the n-word just now because it is one of the words that is being used as an ideological slug, as evidenced by its banishment from real literature and its mandatory inclusion in rap music.”

No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 45

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Secularism as Protestant Heresy

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2026Monday, April 13, 2026 by Douglas Wilson

Introduction: It is an old error, and an old trick, to blame the straight road for the behavior of those who veered off it. This is like blaming a math class for those who flunked out of it. And while there are times when an orthodox math class had a terrible teacher, and consequently shares …

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An Appropriate Curse

Posted on Friday, April 10, 2026Friday, April 10, 2026 by Douglas Wilson
“So of course the expression should never be used because the guy in front of you on the freeway is driving too slowly. But if a false teacher is spreading soft buttery lies about LGBTQ and + . . . then God damn that guy.”

No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 39

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The Sin of Not Swearing

Posted on Thursday, April 9, 2026Thursday, April 9, 2026 by Douglas Wilson
“There are many occasions where it would be unrighteousness to swear. The prohibitions are in Scripture for a reason. But we must also keep in mind the fact that there are many occasions when it would be unrighteousness not to swear.”

No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 31

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Carry the Concept With You

Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2026Wednesday, April 8, 2026 by Douglas Wilson
“It is not legalism to understand the principle and apply it in new territory.”

No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 19

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So . . . Pete Hegseth and the Iran War

Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2026Wednesday, April 8, 2026 by Douglas Wilson

Introduction: So the war in Iran has been going on for a little over a month now, and enough of it has unfolded that I am now being asked on the regular what I think of the big picture. This ...

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One or the Other

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2026Tuesday, April 7, 2026 by Douglas Wilson
“Jesus says that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matt. 12:34). Is our speech a fresh water spring or a sewage pipe?”

No Such Thing as Bad Words, p. 18

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Letters Abounding

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2026Tuesday, April 7, 2026 by Douglas Wilson - 70 comments

Letter to the Editor: More on the definition of “Artificial Intelligence.”Artificial sweetener is chemical. What makes it artificial is that it emulates natural sweetener. Artificial ...

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