Contradictions and Shifts in Doug Wilson’s Teaching
Examples of internal contradictions or shifts in Wilson’s teaching.
Doug Wilson Says ‘The Great Commission’ ‘Means Christian Nationalism Everywhere’
“The direction was set for us in the Great Commission, which requires us to disciple all the nations—which means Christian nationalism everywhere. We are under orders.” — Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘The Christians Who Owned Slaves in the South Were on Firm Scriptural Ground’
“The radical abolitionists maintained that slave-owning was inherently immoral under any circumstance. But in this matter, the Christians who owned slaves in the South were on firm scriptural ground. May a Christian own slaves, even when this makes him a part of a larger pagan system which is not fully scriptural, or perhaps not scriptural at all? Provided he owns them in conformity to Christ’s laws governing such situations, the Bible is clear that under such conditions Christians may own slaves...” — Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘A Christian Education for Christian Kids Is Mandated by Scripture’
“When it comes to the question of education, I have argued for years as a pastor that a Christian education for Christian kids is mandated by Scripture (Eph. 6:1–4).” — Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘A Woman’ ‘Rejecting the Patriarchy’ ‘Amounts to a Tacit’ ‘Acceptance of the Propriety of Rape’
“They think they are rejecting the patriarchy, or some other icky thing, but when they have walked away from the protections of fathers and brothers, what it amounts to is a tacit (implicit, in principle, not overt) acceptance of the propriety of rape.” – Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘Children of Obedient Believers Will Become Believers’
“Now many children of believing parents do not become believers themselves. At the same time, children of obedient believers will become believers. ‘Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it’ (Prov. 22:6). The sovereign God uses means to accomplish His purposes in election, and His appointed and revealed means for the conversion of covenant children is obedient parents–not elect parents who are disobedient in how they bring up children.” — Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘Raise Your Hand If You Knew That the Westminster Confession Taught Baptismal Regeneration’
“Raise your hand if you knew that the Westminster Confession taught baptismal regeneration...Baptism means that the one baptized has a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, has been grafted into Christ, has the sign and seal of regeneration and forgiveness of sins, and has the obligation to walk in newness of life...baptism is efficacious. But the efficacy of the sacrament is not tied to the moment when it is administered. By means of baptism, this efficacious grace is conferred on the elect at the appropriate time, the time of conversion, and it is the applied grace of their baptism.” — Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘To Prevail in Conflict Is Not Possible Without Deception’
“To prevail in conflict is not possible without deception. Where you are weak, he should think you are strong. Where you are strong, he should believe you are weak.” – Doug Wilson
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