Proverbial Wisdom
A Foundation of Lies
“Too many people in their marriages, families, and friendships try to build koinonia fellowship on the foundation of lying. They want peace, and so they will make peace by apologizing when they don’t think they need to, or they will give a soft answer when a straight answer was requested. Don’t lie for the sake of a superficial peace.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 22
Think Ahead
“If you are going to run a marathon, you don’t get ready for it by running around the block the day before.”
Liberty Is Not Ethereal
“We have forgotten that liberty must be understood in terms of durable goods.”
Don’t Italicize Their Point
“You can’t ask someone if you have a short temper and then blow up (or stop talking to them for six months) if they say yes.”
Keep Your Kids, p. 21
Calibrated Wealth Preferences
Introduction: We saw in our last installment on wealth that such resources can be a blessing from God, and that affluence is something that represents the goodness of God to us. But like all ...
Politicians Who Say Arrrgh
“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.”