One must avoid becoming a pipeline of other people’s thoughts, but when it comes to Doug Wilson, at times I can’t resist. Sometimes I don’t even understand what he’s saying, but even then there are always a few paragraphs that ring true. Like these: “If American Christians succeeded in having the Apostles Creed put into [...]
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Powder Puff Pulpits
“Is there a place in your preaching for such strong language? . . . In brief, in Scripture such language is designed to elicit from the hearer or reader an emotional reaction — laughter, revulsion, terror, etc. — which corresponds to the spiritual nature of the thing being described. Such language is used for its [...]
Read Until Your Brain Creaks
After watching Collision, I suspected that I might have found a new hero in Douglas Wilson, and indeed I have. Solid, opinionated, clever, and intelligent, Wilson’s online writings are the ones I least frequently skip. For example, here are 7 tips he recently offered other writers about reading. I’m sure that he would agree with [...]
On Boycotting Proctor & Gamble and Separation From “The World”
Remember the old Proctor & Gamble boycott of the 1990′s? Supposedly, the President of P&G gave financial support to the Church of Satan, so we had to boycott any shampoo, deodorant, and mouthwash made by the company. It all seemed reasonable at the time, and it was PRINTED… ON PAPER – so it HAD to [...]
Douglas Wilson – Leveling the Monks of High Art
I will quote here (at length) from Doug Wilson’s recent piece called “Humbling the Arts”, but you really should read the entire thing for yourself here. Money quotes: We have come to the point of high circularity where our culture defines art as anything done by an artist, and an artist as one who has [...]
