Whenever these two things are found together — strong Calvinism and pietistic conversion — children are regularly mangled by the covenant people of God instead of nurtured by them. Jesus pronounced a solemn warning against anyone who would stumble the little ones, and this is a warning that ought to be heeded in our circles far more thoughtfully and submissively that it is.
Douglas Wilson
Steven Sitler
“Jesus pronounced a solemn warning against anyone who would stumble the little ones, and this is a warning that ought to be heeded in our circles far more thoughtfully and submissively that it is.”
The man without a verse: “Don’t I need a verse or something?”
“Such a man is held responsible in a striking way. If he scandalizes ‘one of these little ones,’ it would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea. In other words, what is actually going to happen to him is going to be a whole lot worse than that.”
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“The protector must not be one that the protected needs protection from.”
The protector must not be one that the protected needs protection from.
Douglas Wilson
On skandalizō
A dead man lying drowned at the bottom of the ocean has the advantage over a living person who has scandalized a child. Continue reading
Better off dead
“And whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.” Matthew 18:5–6
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.” Mark 9:42
“He said to His disciples, It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.” Luke 17:1–2
On Official Kirk Protocol & the Marriage of Serial Pedophile Steven Sitler
“. . . our focus here is on setting protections in the extreme cases. . . . The elders will investigate the situation, counseling any and all as possible. If the elders discover no good grounds to hinder the relationship from proceeding toward marriage, then the elders can refuse to bring disciplinary action against the couple seeking marriage, in effect, granting them permission to be married without the threat of negative ecclesiastical discipline.” — Christ Church Book of Faith, Worship, and Practice Continue reading
“those who are willing to defend such predators should be ashamed of themselves”
The recent revelations of homosexual abuse of boys by various predatory priests over the course of many years is the kind of problem that I think should be addressed (in the civil realm only) with a tall tree and a short rope. Not only am I not ashamed of thinking this (because of Leviticus, in context), I believe that those who are willing to defend such predators should be ashamed of themselves.
Douglas Wilson
Dean Wullenwaber Out
Lead counsel for Steven Sitler withdraws
According to yesterday’s entry in the Idaho Supreme Court Data Repository, Dean Wullenwaber notified the Court that he has withdrawn from the case. That is, Mr. Wullenwaber no longer represents serial pedophile Steven Sitler as legal counsel. Mr. Sitler retained . . . Continue reading
Video: “I’ve always wanted to ask Doug Wilson . . . How should a church handle repentant sex offenders?”
Doug Dissembles
“I’m not authorized to offer the safety of the little kids in the church to someone who is not being supervised carefully enough. . . . So I can’t — I can give — we can give in the church — and must give — but only to the extent that we’re not stealing from somebody else, in order to subsidize it.” — Douglas Wilson Continue reading
“Rapists are hardly a good pool for selecting fine sons-in-law.”
Rapists are hardly a good pool for selecting fine sons-in-law.
Douglas Wilson
Moscow Pullman Daily News Letter to the Editor
Another member of the community bears witness to Doug Wilson’s lasting cultural legacy. Continue reading
Loose Ends in the Sitler Archive
What Money Can Buy
After their client underwent ten years of psychotherapy from two different clinics, Team Sitler heralded expert testimony from four paid witnesses to recommend that the Court give Steven Sitler free access to his son. And two weeks later, a $500 polygraph test revealed more about Steven Sitler’s behavior and thought process than all the hired guns combined: He’s a fixated pedophile and he acts according to his nature. Continue reading