190 Quotes by Douglas Wilson

Nonbelievers can teach the truth in any given area only on the basis of common grace – that is, if they borrow Christian categories on the sly in order to do so. But when nonbelievers grow increasingly aware of their epistemological assumptions, they begin rejecting the very concept of truth – every manifestation of it – and they embrace the absurd. And this is why the only place where academic integrity can flourish over time is in a Christian school. The.

Most of what is shaping you in the course of your reading you will not be able to remember. The most formative years of my life were the first five, and if those years were to be evaluated on the basis of my ability to pass a test on them, the conclusion would be that nothing important happened then, which would be false. The fact that you can’t remember things doesn’t mean that you haven’t been shaped by them.

But the important test question here isn’t whether Christianity teaches egalitarianism or an old earth, but what if it clearly didn’t? Would we be embarrassed then? What if Scripture really taught all those horrible things mocked so loudly by moderns-would we be ashamed? This is a wonderful personal test. Think of the most horrible moral or scientific accusation raised against the Christian faith and then ask, what if it’s true? Would we be embarrassed to stand by Christ?

Read constantly. Read the kind of stuff you wish you could write. Read until your brain creaks.

The reign of Christ has been established. The nations who object to this settlement trouble the decrees of God about as much as dogs barking at the moon trouble the moon.

The brain is not a shoebox that ‘gets full,’ but rather a muscle that expands its capacity with increased use. The more you know, the more you can know.

We confess that Jesus is Lord. He is not simply Lord of a spiritual zone somewhere, but He is Lord of the nations.

Your writing advances a particular view of the world. Pretending that it does’t just confuses everybody, starting with you.

Use plants to bring life.