‘Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones’ (Luke 17:1–2). . . .
In the passage from Luke, Jesus warns against stumbling or offending little ones. He attaches one of the most dire warnings in the Bible to this caution (v. 2). Jesus said a lot of things about children that are routinely ignored today, just as the first disciples tended to ignore them.
Douglas Wilson
Steven Sitler
“without natural affection” II
“. . . without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, brutal, fierce, despisers of those that are good. . .” — 2 Timothy 3:3 Continue reading
“without natural affection”
“. . . without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. . .” — Romans 1:31 Continue reading
Albert Barnes on “without natural affection”
“. . . without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. . .” — Romans 1:31 Continue reading
“all pro-homosexual arguments are pro-pedophile arguments”
Even though not all homosexuals are pedophiles, all pro-homosexual arguments are pro-pedophile arguments. Name me one that isn’t.
Douglas Wilson
On Postmillennial Biblical Republic Flimflam
“In a hypothetical biblical republic, I would support the death penalty for child rape, but that republic is not yet upon us.” — Douglas Wilson Continue reading
“A repentant man who had done these things would evidence his repentance in his whole-hearted desire to be executed.”
- A genuinely repentant man in such circumstances must confess everything, fully and completely, and this would include any crimes he has not been charged with. The chances are good that the authorities do not know everything he has done. He must plead guilty in court to any crimes he committed, publicly declare that he has sought God’s forgiveness, and ask for forgiveness from the families of the victims. . . A repentant man who had done these things would evidence his repentance in his whole-hearted desire to be executed. . . .
- If in substance he manifests repentance this way, that repentance should be accepted by his brothers and sisters in Christ, and he should willingly go to his death a communicant member of Christ Lutheran Church. If he does not do these things, if his declared repentance is only an emotional sorrow that does not bear the marks of true repentance, then he should be excommunicated from his church.
The Babysitter
“Before his conviction in 2005, he babysat for several members of his church congregation, Doug Wilson’s Christ Church.” — Moscow-Pullman Daily News Continue reading
“If a shepherd is gentle with wolves, he is being harsh with the sheep.”
If a policeman is gentle with the rapist, he is harsh with the rapist’s victim. If a shepherd is gentle with wolves, he is being harsh with the sheep. We must learn when and how we are to be gentle (for we are to be gentle people), and we must also learn when and how we are to be hard (and as pointed) as nails.
DOUGLAS WILSON
“The penalty for rape is death for the rapist.”
The penalty for rape is death for the rapist.
Douglas Wilson
“21 Questions for a Prospective Suitor”
- Have you ever participated, whether experimentally or otherwise, in any sexual perversions? Homosexuality? Molestation of children? Bestiality?
- Have you ever been in any kind of trouble with the law?
“Churches that specialize in superficial reconciliation”
But on the other hand, if we make the mistake that many other Christians make — that of confounding forgiveness and trust — we will throw open the doors of the church blindly ‘because Jesus,’ and will unwittingly create a climate that favors the creepers, and which excludes and punishes the vulnerable. Churches that do this are really good at blaming the vulnerable whenever something goes wrong — because the vulnerable are the only ones who will put up with that crap. Churches that specialize in superficial reconciliation do this in numerous ways — demanding that the spouse who was sinned against pay all the practical consequences (‘no divorce, sorry’), or, on the basis of one ‘sorry about that’ email, requiring a molested niece to look at her uncle continuing to serve communion.
Douglas Wilson
Repentance in La-La Land
For some people certain consequences necessarily do not remain
“So when a convicted sex offender is brought into fellowship with the rest of the congregation, it must be done in such a way that no parent has any reasonable cause to be worried about what could happen.” — Douglas Wilson Continue reading