Direct Quotes from Doug Wilson Analyzed in Context
A meta-category collecting posts directly quoting Wilson’s own words, contextualizing them, and allowing readers to evaluate his statements firsthand.
Doug Wilson Says We ‘Were Declared to Be Heretics’
“On June 22, 2002...the four of us were declared to be heretics.” – Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘Men Fall Away Because Their Salvation Was Contingent upon Continued Faithfulness in the Gospel’
“...men fall away because their salvation was contingent upon continued faithfulness in the gospel...” – Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says a Man ‘Conquers’ a Woman Through the ‘Sexual Act’
“In other words, however we try, the sexual act cannot be made into an egalitarian pleasuring party. A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts....True authority and true submission are therefore an erotic necessity.” – Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says ‘Promises are Apprehended by Faith’ and Also by ‘Works’
“I have argued that promises are apprehended by faith, not faithfulness or fidelity, but, of course, faith in the biblical sense is inseparable from faithfulness. Faith is invisible to the human eye, but faith’s constant companion—faithfulness—is not invisible. Nevertheless, it is faith that receives the promises, overthrows kingdoms, and stops the mouths of lions. If we adopt the shorthand of James, we could say that faithfulness (works) does these things also, but we would be using his shorthand.” — Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says If Your Wife ‘Continues to Rebel’ by Not Doing the ‘Dishes,’ ‘Call the Elders’ for a ‘Pastoral Visit’
“What course should a man pursue?....he should require something very simple, i.e., that the dishes be done after every meal before anything else is done....If she continues to rebel after patient effort, he should at some point call the elders of the church and ask them for a pastoral visit.” — Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says If You Make ‘Venomous’ Comments About Me and ‘Don’t Repent’ ‘You Are Lost Forever’
“You need to repent of all the venomous comments you made over the last week, directed at us, and there were quite a few of them. If you don’t repent, you are lost forever. Revilers will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” — Doug Wilson
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