190 Quotes by Douglas Wilson

Certain grammatical rules are arbitrary, but the need to have these arbitrary rules is not arbitrary.

Reformers must remember always that religion shapes culture, and culture trumps politics.

I’m opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don’t waver.

Secular conservatism is like trying to use your pocket handkerchief to slow you down after the main chute has failed. This.

Our God is able to deliver us, but even if He does not, be it known, o king, that we will not consent to applaud the use of a man as though he were a woman.

Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn’t realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

We need to make sure we are doing what Jesus said and not what we thought Jesus must have said. The textbook case against Christian activism can be made in one word – Prohibition – the word that would have made the Lord Jesus at Cana into a moonshiner felon. We did a great job there of setting aside the Word of God for the sake of our tradition.

One of the most important things we can learn from Scripture is how to see ourselves accurately in the story in which we find ourselves. What story is God telling, and how does it concern us?

We’re able to influence younger generations on design and art. They might not have realized they were an artist.