190 Quotes by Douglas Wilson

Men are created to exercise dominion over the earth; they are fitted to be husbandman, tilling the earth; they are equipped to be saviors, delivering from evil; they are expected to grow up into wisdom, becoming sages; and they are designed to reflect the image and glory of God. Some of these following terms may seem somewhat cumbersome, but let’s call them lords, husbandmen, saviors, sages, and glory-bearers.

I’ve had rooms that didn’t come out to my liking.

Sins are like grapes; they come in bunches.

Liars are experts in chopping logic and missing the truth slightly – ‘Did God say not to eat from any tree?’ In order to pin a liar down, words must be defined in the most careful manner available.

I’m very flattered, but I don’t think I’m the sexiest man on the planet.

Plod diligently. Plodding generally goes in the same direction, while pottering doesn’t.

The point of a true education is to, by the grace of God, learn how to refuse to let the soul get old.

I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn’t worked.

We sometimes do not appreciate the magnitude of the problem here. How could the eternal Word of the eternal Father take on limits? How can infinitude and finitude marry? The doctrine of the Incarnation proclaims frankly and without embarrassment the most stupendous miracle that can be imagined. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, hail the Incarnate Deity.