God, Manhood and Ministry

John Piper’s Desiring God’s Pastor’s Conference, ‘God, Manhood and Ministry’ is currently taking place and you can find video of the talks by clicking on the image above.  Some great quotes pulled from Doug Wilson’s address are below with more available here.

“Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility.”

“Masculine toughness has to lay underneath masculine tenderness. It is a velvet covered brick.”

“If you want to preach the gospel to your wife and to your children, then die.”

“Dads, your authority was given to you as a gift to your children.”

“Fathers are speaking about God the Father constantly. They have no option to shut up.”

Dangerous children in an R rated world

The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows away. Do not try to hide your children from the world forever, but do not pretend there is no danger. Train them. Give them
sharp eyes and bellies full of laughter. Make them dangerous. Make them yeast, and when they’ve grown, they will pollute the shadows.

(N. D. Wilson, Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl, p. 157)

God’s authority over life

“Every last material creature on this globe will come to an end.  If God has the authority to invent sperm, to invent eggs, to invent DNA; if He has the authority to choose me out of a near infinite numher of possible human combinations and call me into existence out of nothing; if He has the authority to choose my parents, my race, my birthplace, my height, my intelligence, the size of my tonsils; if He has the authority to design my teeth from scratch, then He has the authority to choose my end.”

(N. D. Wilson, Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl, p. 112)