Loving the Standard
Introduction: When it comes to parenting, our parental responsibility does not consist in getting young people to grit their teeth and conform to the standard. The task before us is to bring up our children in such a way as to love the standard. This is not possible to do with externally driven rules. It …
Athletics and Christian Community #5
Introduction: We all have a very natural tendency to become evangelists for things we love. This applies obviously to evangelism in the gospel, but we also tend to become very “evangelical” about anything we care deeply about. This can apply to a great restaurant you found, a hot band you discovered, a wonderful book you …
A Never-Ending Worship Service? | Doug Wilson
Athletics and Christian Community #4
Introduction One of the most natural and valuable affections that we find in the created order is the affection that parents have for their children. It is good and right and noble. God compares ...
Did CS Lewis Give Pagans A Pass? | Doug Wilson
Athletics and Christian Community #3
Introduction: We have already noted that egalitarianism is a problem in conservative Christian circles, particularly when it comes to the realities of meritocracy that athletic competition forces us ...
Christians Lying in Games? | Doug Wilson
Athletics in the Christian Community #2
Introduction As Christians we all need to learn what Augustine was referring to with the phrase ordo amoris—the structuring of your loves. How do you prioritize all the things you do, and how do they rank when it comes to your love for Christ? At the same time, this must be balanced with Paul’s instruction …
Athletics and Christian Community #1
Introduction: One of the things we have wanted to do in our community is to figure out how to be “a Bible people” in all the details as we live together in the modern world. This entails learning how to think in biblical categories, and how to apply biblical principles to modern situations. And as …