It is NOT AN APOLOGY if you can’t identify what was done wrong and the consequences that resulted. Stop saying you are “sorry it happened”. Apologize for what your people did that LET IT happen. With specificity. MSU. USAG. USOC. #Churchtoo.https://t.co/iTietyTeHH
— Rachael Denhollander (@R_Denhollander) May 25, 2018
“In Titus 1, and 1 Timothy 3, God’s requirements for leadership are strict — and clear. According to those requirements, John Wesley was not qualified to be a leader of God’s people; he was not ‘blameless’ in the text’s sense. He stole the words of another and did not acknowledge that he had done so.” — Douglas Wilson Continue reading
Gary Greenfield resigned his household’s membership from the Kirk, telling Doug Wilson directly to his face: “You are a cult leader.” Since then he has learned the hard way that Mr. Wilson does not appreciate such candor. Continue reading
Douglas Wilson did not tell the complete truth; he omitted salient facts. Continue reading
“I have this absolute standard that I appeal to.” — Douglas Wilson Continue reading
“A repentant man who had done these things would evidence his repentance in his whole-hearted desire to be executed. . . . 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.” —Douglas Wilson
On October 27, 2015, Christ Church held a church-wide heads-of-households meeting to address questions raised by the sex-abuse scandals that had recently come to light. This post is a verbatim transcript of the first half of this meeting. Continue reading
Canon Press is not a ministry. It is a privately owned company and, judging by the life & doctrine of its chief author, it has very low standards. Canon Press has determined that Randy Booth committed multiple counts of plagiarism . . . Continue reading
This excerpt is taken from “A Profile of Pedophilia: Definition, Characteristics of Offenders, Recidivism, Treatment Outcomes, and Forensic Issues” by Ryan C. W. Hall, MD, & Richard C.W. Hall, MD. Originally published by MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS. Continue reading
But, of course . . . the fact that a repentant sex offender can repent and can be truly forgiven does not mean that his professed repentance is genuine. We are not required to live in la-la land. Forgiveness and trust are two very different things, and 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. Forgiveness doesn’t mean that a registered sex offender is made a Sunday School teacher, any more than a convicted embezzler is made the church treasurer. And one of the ways true repentance is manifested is that the person involved is not at all offended by this necessity, and understands completely that although his sin is forgiven, certain consequences necessarily remain.
Douglas Wilson
Trust but verify. Continue reading
Nothing quite like getting blindsided by men you trust. Continue reading
“Assume your opponent is wrong, and then explain his error, and the world will be at your feet.” Continue reading