“Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: maggots are spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.”
Isaiah 14:9–11
The Soviet Union is, first, the enemy of her own people, and secondly, the enemy of everyone else. Totalitarians are not just a ‘little different.’. . . Perhaps we should take off our blinders. The Soviets are good at what they do, and one or things they do is lie convincingly to invertebrates.
Douglas Wilson
Rapists are hardly a good pool for selecting fine sons-in-law.
Douglas Wilson
“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”
Titus 1:15–16
Like a Seed
‘Every culture has a religious center, and every religion, like a seed, given water, sunlight, and nutrients, grows up into a particular plant’ (Writers to Read, p. 62).
Douglas Wilson
So let us start with where the world wants to go — which can readily be ascertained by looking at where the world is in fact going. Just within the last week, Washington State instituted their new ‘No Perv Left Behind Act,’ which allows any male student who self-identifies as a creep to use the girls’ locker room at the neighborhood government junior high school near you — in order to get a better view when ogling your daughter. And our heart really should go out to that poor girl. She has quite a hard go of it — she has a creep for a stalker/suitor, mountain orcs for civil magistrates, and idiots for parents.
Douglas Wilson
“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”
Jeremiah 8:20
Liars are usually clever — you have to give them that. And one of the things the really smart ones know how to do is to use the last lie you caught them in as a basis for getting you to believe the lie they are currently telling. Douglas Wilson
Today, I choose hatred. I choose exclusion. I choose mocking the suffering of my seminarians’ rape victims.
Today’s like any other day.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) July 2, 2016
If I find out who has called me ruthless I will destroy him.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) June 30, 2016
Jesus: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone at her.
Me: ::dumps eleven tons of loose bits of granite & limestone on the biddy::
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) December 9, 2015
But you really ought to register for yet another Wordsmithy conference, despite my utter inability to write a nonsensical book or blog!
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) May 7, 2015
Looking forward to my #Wordsmithy conference, which won’t be even slightly tainted by my extensive record of plagiarism.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) June 30, 2016
When we begin to lie, we are the first liar, but we are also frequently the first dupe. We don’t start by telling other people lies. We begin by telling ourselves that we are not lying — which is the first lie.
Douglas Wilson
Guide to courtship for @newsaintandrews men & Greyfriars:
1. Talk to her dad
2. If you already raped her, I’ll urge the judge to be lenient— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) September 15, 2016
God does not only prohibit the invention of such lies, He prohibits us from circulating them. ‘You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness’ (Ex. 23:1). As Thomas Watson put it, very bluntly, it makes little difference if we carry the devil around in our mouth or in our ear.
Douglas Wilson