“More on Old School Marriage” (Doug Wilson)

==More on Old School Marriage Culture and Politics – Sex and Culture Written by Douglas Wilson Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:27 am My recent post on old school marriage has generated some questions about the biblical necessity of marriage vows. I had argued that a marriage is constituted when two elements are both present — [...]

Doug Wilson on “old school” marriage.

Something recent by Wilson that I wanted to comment on. ==Sexual Intercourse, Old School Culture and Politics – Sex and Culture Written by Douglas Wilson Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:34 am In order to do a better job defending marriage we have to do a better job defining it. What is marriage anyway? Because false [...]

Orthodox Pharisee? (2)

More from Doug Wilson on the “orthodox [allegedly--CD] Pharisee”: A Polecat in a Hollow Tree N.T. Wrights and Wrongs Written by Douglas Wilson Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:40 pm As many of you know, the most recent issue of Tabletalk is devoted to N.T. Wright and the New Perspective. My intention in this space is [...]

Orthodox Pharisee? (1)

Of course from the following passage, we see clearly that the Pharisee is set in stark contrast with the tax collector. From Jesus’ very words we see that the Pharisee is damnably heterodox while the tax collector is blessedly orthodox. Obviously from the context, the Pharisee is unjustified because he was relying on himself that [...]

To major on minors (part 2)

The following was a response by Marc to my comments on Doug Wilson’s post at his blog entitled, “Major and Minor.” Here is the response: To Douglas Wilson, there are really no majors. ==There are Lutherans who don’t agree with me on what it means to be born again, but that’s all right because they [...]

To major on minors (part 1)

The following by Doug Wilson is nothing new — he said pretty much the same thing with his, “Better Christians than Logicians” post. This time Wilson uses an analogy of a licensed electrician compared to a little child reaching the light switch. The minister is like the electrician and the lay person is the little [...]

Doug Wilson on the Lord’s Supper (Part 2)

Doug Wilson writes: ==In our celebration of the Lord’s Supper, some may ask about our use of leavened bread. Remember we are no longer eating the bread of affliction (v. 3), but rather the bread of heaven, the bread of paradise.== [C-Dunc]: Wilson is expounding here on Deuteronomy 16:1-17. He references verse 3: “You shall [...]

Doug Wilson on the Lord’s Supper (part 1)

The following are quotes from Doug Wilson regarding his view that the Lord’s Supper should be alcoholic wine (i.e., fermented wine) and leavened bread (i.e., fermented bread). My comments will be interspersed. ==The Bible teaches that the elements to be used in this observance are bread and wine. When Christ instituted the meal during the [...]

Comments on Doug Wilson’s “Fidelity.”

“Fidelity: What it means to be a one-woman man” was printed in 1999. Doug Wilson comments on the following verse (1 Corinthians 6:15-17): “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make [them] the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? know ye [...]

Comments on Doug Wilson’s “Reforming Marriage.”

Reforming Marriage, written in 1995 by Douglas Wilson. In the Introduction heading he quotes Ephesians 5:2. He sums up by saying that a man who worships, rather than loves his wife, loses his wife. Well, of course a man who loves his wife as Christ loved the Church is going to strive to love her [...]