Flannery O’Conner wrote that everything that rises must converge, but this must also be said of everything that is circling the drain. The shared worldview of our chattering classes appears to me to be nothing more than a vast epistemic sinkhole. This is the kind of thing that could make Turretin exclaim, were he present …
Up to Our Knees
In my recent reply to Matthew Vines, one of my responses that got kind of a reaction in a number of places was my answer to his sixteenth question. 16. Do you think supporting same-sex marriage is a more serious problem than supporting slavery? Yes, far more serious. This was taken by some as a …
7 Follow-On Thoughts to Crimson Carnage
Occasionally something I write slips the leash and I have to spend a couple hours looking for it. That was the case here and so I thought it necessary to add a few follow-on thoughts. 1. Bryan Loritts said this on Twitter about my article: “@douglaswils blog is like using a eulogy to preach on …
On Getting Your Conscience Out of the Dumpster
At first I was tempted to call this post “A Little Race Rant,” but I don’t think I will do that. It will be more like a sermon than a rant. It will only seem like a rant to some because I am going to say a few things that it seems to me many …
A Shakedown Gone Wrong
Well, you can’t say that NYC doesn’t know how to make it worse. Ramsey Orta, the man who took the footage of Eric Garner’s arrest and death, has been indicted on a gun charge. In response to my point in the previous post, someone answered my question about what Brown and Garner were both doing …
So the Punk Is New York City
On the surface, the situations in Staten Island and Ferguson – two instances of a grand jury’s refusing to indict a white cop for the death of a black man – are quite similar. But other than that one factor the situations are dramatically different. Actually, there is one other significant similarity – Al Sharpton …
A Final Wrap-Up: Thabiti Anyabwile and Douglas Wilson
Introduction When our discussion first started, we were both surprised at how well it went, and both of us are very grateful to God, and to one another, for this great blessing. We have also been grateful to the readers and commenters who participated in this discussion in the same spirit, praying with us, and …
Nothing In My Experience Like It
Thabiti and I have been discussing a volatile subject for a few weeks now, and nothing has blown up. This morning he published a very gracious and very helpful assessment of the conversation up to this point, which you may find here. He and I are going to attempt, by God’s grace, to bring this …
Hecklers Gonna Heck
I responded briefly to Thabiti’s most recent post on Saturday. He wrote here, and I responded here. But there was one important point he made that required more time than I had, and with everyone’s permission I will get to it now. “Reading your last post, however, I wonder if you might not be stumbling …
Another Rose Hedge Awaits
There are a couple things in Thabiti’s most recent post that I would like to respond to immediately, and then perhaps pick up the thread of the discussion on Monday — after we have all celebrated the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, the one in whom all nations, kindreds, peoples, and tongues may dwell …