“So here is my proposal…read this little book as though it were a work of fiction. Just for a short while, I am asking for that willing suspension of disbelief. And if that request is granted, then I believe that a striking feature of this kind of historical optimism will become plain. Every Christian can agree on one thing at least. Wouldn’t it be glorious if this really were true?”1 — Doug Wilson
Want More Context?
Here are some links to other blogs and podcasts dealing with this and other issues in more depth:
https://tottministries.org/christian-nationalism-and-eschatology/
https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts/simply-put/exegesis-and-eisegesis
https://petergoeman.com/optimistic-vs-pessimistic-eschatology-an-unhelpful-paradigm/
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/courses/#biblical-theology
https://bredenhof.ca/2023/07/03/doug-wilson-the-bad/
https://bredenhof.ca/2023/07/10/doug-wilson-the-ugly/
Footnotes
Footnotes
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Douglas Wilson, Heaven Misplaced: Christ’s Kingdom on Earth, Canon Press, 2008, loc. 27, Kindle Edition, Original emphasis was shown with italic. Doug describes the book as “lyrical theology” (loc. 62), but it reads like a theology book. ↩