We received a question for our Ask Doug video feature, and I thought it might be wiser to answer it here. The question has to do with what a husband and wife may do sexually when they are separated for an extended period of time. Military deployments provide a good case in point. It is …
Ashtown Release
What: Release Party for Ashtown III, Empire of Bones When: October 22, 2013 Where: Book People of Moscow Whether you’re here in Moscow, ID or on the other side of the globe, you can pre-order signed copies for 20% in store or on the web, http://www.bookpeopleofmoscow.com/ashtown-burials-3-empire-bones-signed-nd-wilson. Here’s what the School Library Journal had to say …
Rabbits Should Know What Hawks Look Like
I was talking with a friend about the political monkey house that is our time, and the subject moved to the condition of the church in all of this. First, some ball park data. About one quarter of the electorate self-identifies as evangelical, and I am talking here about the white, born-again types. Please note …
Of a Novel, Not a Collection of Short Stories
“If the history of the world is a story, then theology is a type of literary criticism” (God Rest Ye Merry, p. 11).
The Distinguished Charles Krauthammer
I must rise to differ with the distinguished Charles Krauthammer. You may have noticed that I have been remarkably silent about the government shutdown shenanigans. This is not because I have nothing to say — indeed, every day that passes without government, I feel that Great Society ache in my bones lightening. And the crick …
Sacramental Living
“Though there are only two sacraments, they give sacramental significance to our entire lives” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 146).
School Rules Are Not the Answer
One of the great challenges faced by classical and Christian schools is the challenge of growth swamping that which is the cause of the growth. If there is one three-man lifeboat in the water, and a hundred people also in the water, the thing that makes the lifeboat an object of desire is the same …
Down the Trunk of the Jub Jub Tree
This morning, I read this little snippet at the Bayly Blog, and thought I needed to add my two cents. Here is my first penny. Note that a “first couple” is not required by the text of Scripture, but that it is required by the theologians. Well, then . . . all rise! If the …
Father Hunger Audio
For those of you with a commute, there is an audio version of Father Hunger out.
Morality and Moralism
“There is a stark difference between morality and moralism. The problem we face in the conservative church can be seen in treatments of subjects like this one . . . “What about the children?” Let us consider the question this way: Is the book of Leviticus PG-13? Is the Song of Solomon an R? What …