Filed under: Apologetics, creation, doug wilson
February 28, 2013 • 9:37 am 1
Is civil marriage for gay couples good for society?
Douglas Wilson, pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, ID, and Andrew Sullivan, British author, editor, political commentator and blogger, debate the question: “Is Civil Marriage for Gay Couples Good for Society?” Peter Hitchens will moderate the debate. Full video of the event will be over at CanonWired.
Filed under: Apologetics, Culture, Marriage & Family, doug wilson
December 5, 2012 • 8:48 am 0
The sort of thing carnal kings worry about
And so your celebrations are all to be conducted in the name of Jesus, of course. He is the reason for the season. But more than this. He Is the Lord of the season. He is the Lord of the season because He is the Lord of the earth. He did not come down here, He was not born on this earth, in order to work out a power sharing arrangement with Caesar. So let your Christmas celebrations be joyful all the way down to the ground. But in order for it to be the right kind of joy, those celebrations should be one of the most political things that you do. It should be the sort of thing that carnal kings worry about. (Wilson, God Rest Ye Merry, 66-7)
Filed under: Sermon prep, christmas, doug wilson
September 12, 2012 • 9:21 am 0
Why you’re probably not a bigot
So Nick Clegg was almost brave enough to say what he thinks about those of us who hold opposing views to him and thus demonstrate just how tolerant he really is.
The fact is many people think Christians who oppose gay marriage are bigoted, and my guess is that with all the cries for equality and fairness hurled against us, not a few Christians may by now be beginning to doubt their stance and wonder if the Bible really is bigoted.
Isn’t the fair position for marriage to be open to all?
Not if the word marriage refers to a specific relationship. Just after I’d heard about Clegg’s dishonest two-step shuffle, I read this on Doug Wilson’s blog.
I cannot think of a single genuine right that I have that homosexuals do not have together with me, and for the same reasons.
At this point in the proceedings, someone clears his throat and says, “Umm, marriage? You have a right to marry, and they do not.” But “marry” is not an unspecific verb with no direct object. I have the right to marry a woman, and so do they. A man and a woman together is what marriage is. The fact that they don’t want to marry a woman is their look out. I have a right to own a gun and so does your spinster Quaker aunt. The fact that she doesn’t want to own a gun is perfectly acceptable. But what she is not free to do is redefine everything, and say that gun ownership is very important to her, but that for her, gun ownership means owning a quilting rack.
I’d highly recommend reading the whole blog post here.
Filed under: Apologetics, Culture, Marriage & Family, doug wilson
June 13, 2012 • 5:12 pm 0
An evening of eschatology
Tonight at church, we are having a question and answers session on the first half of the book of Revelation, which we’ve been studying on Sunday mornings and at home groups during previous months.
There are some good questions and I’m hoping this will be a helpful evening. Studying Revelation can leave us somewhat confused and yet we’re told
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near – Revelation 1:3
The video above shows how Evangelical Christians with differing views on how to interpret much of the Book of Revelation, can maturely discuss their differences. It’s two hours long but honestly it’s better than an Agatha Christie Miss Marple – and you don’t have to sit through adverts!
Filed under: On the links, doug wilson, john piper, Revelation
June 11, 2012 • 8:16 pm 0
Visible Submission
With thanks to Doug Wilson
“If a husband were to ask his wife to put on her best red dress so that they could go out to a fancy restaurant, she would not say, ‘Honey . . . I submit.’ The place where submission is tested is always at the point of significant disagreement. When we think we have only two options — complete agreement or open defiance — we have left out the greenhouse where true humility grows. That greenhouse is a place of cheerful compliance with a legitimate authority that is believed to be mistaken” (A Primer on Worship and Reformation, p. 18).
Filed under: Biblical Manhood, Marriage & Family, doug wilson
May 31, 2012 • 8:00 am 0
Because He wrote a book
The Resurgence have posted the next in their series of outtakes from “Collision”. It really is worth taking a bit of time not only to watch the video, but additionally to read Wilson’s accompanying notes which are found after the link, where he highlights the reasons for and the shape of the difference in views.
Filed under: Apologetics, christopher hitchens, doug wilson
May 14, 2012 • 3:13 pm 0
Love Your Enemies, Huh?
The Resurgence have posted the next in the series of ‘deleted scenes’ from the Collision DVD here, in which Christopher Hitchens and Doug Wilson debate whether Christianity is good for the world. What’s so helpful here is Wilson’s analysis below the video where he highlights Hitchens’ advocacy of how we are to treat our enemies, whist condemning that very same attitude in God.
Filed under: Apologetics, Evangelism, christopher hitchens, doug wilson
May 3, 2012 • 7:36 am 0
Your preachers and your pastor
“Your parishioners listen to other preachers on the radio, watch them on TV and on the Web, and download podcasts to their iPods. Like it or not, you are not the best preacher that your people have listened to this week. Your congregation has compared and contrasted you with the best-known preachers of the day . . . People in the pews want the electronic perfection projected by the religious superstars of our day. And we cannot give it to them. The electronic media have made it easier to compare preachers today than ever before” (Edwards, Deep Preaching, p. 6).
HT Doug Wilson
Filed under: On the links, doug wilson, preaching
April 30, 2012 • 9:05 am 0
By what standard?
A few years ago Christopher Hitchens and Doug Wilson organised a series of events around the question Is Christianity Good for the World? Here’s a clip that didn’t make the 90 min DVD, with Wilson showing us what it looks like to make a defence of our faith.
Filed under: Apologetics, On the links, christopher hitchens, doug wilson
