- 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
#crazy
It’s crazy that in all my bizarre, embarrassing, foul scandals, the same individual always pops up.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) May 13, 2016
Pedophiles are people too, you small-breasted wetnurse harridan harpy shrew lumberjack dyke biddies.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) August 18, 2016
“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
Humpty Dumpty Was #Wordsmithy
He “had a great fall”
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master — that’s all.”
— Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
HT: Rich Gall
“The penalty for rape is death for the rapist.”
The penalty for rape is death for the rapist.
Douglas Wilson
Reforming Marriage
I’m writing a sequel to “Reforming Marriage”: “The Glory of State-Approved Line-of-Sight Chaperones in Covenant Homes.”
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) August 17, 2016
“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?
Father Hunger
There’s no father hunger like the cravings of a pedophile who hasn’t been allowed to touch his son in a year.
— Not Doug Wilson (@KirkCEO) August 16, 2016
“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
Rachel Miller: Christian Publisher Addresses Plagiarism Allegations, Withdraws Books from Print
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company discovered that one of their authors committed plagiarism in his contributions to one of their commentary sets. Rachel Miller has the details Christian Publisher Addresses Plagiarism Allegations, Withdraws Books from Print. Rachel has too much . . . Continue reading
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
“we do believe that he, his wife, his chaperons, his ministers and elders, his fellow church members, his probation officers, and the state of Idaho, have reason and cause to be wary”
We do not believe that the temptations that earlier led Steven to molest children are out of his life, and we do believe that he, his wife, his chaperons, his ministers and elders, his fellow church members, his probation officers, and the state of Idaho, have reason and cause to be wary.
Douglas Wilson