I’ve recently posted an article by Doug Wilson about Gary North. Now Bionic Mosquito (B. M.) has written an interesting article on Doug Wilson.
Quotes:
Who is Doug Wilson? Douglas James Wilson (born 1953) is a conservative Reformed and evangelical theologian, pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, faculty member at New Saint Andrews College, and author and speaker.
What does he say about himself?
Theology that Bites Back: I want to advance a Chestertonian Calvinism on education, sex and culture, theology, politics, book reviews, postmodernism, expository studies, along with other random tidbits that come into my head. In theology I am an evangelical, postmill, Calvinist, Reformed, and Presbyterian, pretty much in that order.
Not someone the mainstream would embrace. Also, not someone that many Christians would embrace.
Regarding the basic, inescapable triad of religions (that of power, escape, and dominion), B. M. writes (and quotes):
The dominant religion of our day is power religion: they are after control, nothing but control, and no remainder. They want to control everything. [my emphasis, PwG]
This aligns perfectly with Jonathan Pageau’s view of leaving nothing on the fringe, of a totalizing system of control. It is the desire of Tim Cook, as presented in his speech at the ADL. It is contrary to what is written in Scripture regarding the fringe.
Leviticus 19: 9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.
Leave some room on the edge; there should always be a space for the outsider.
Returning to Wilson:
No lovers of liberty here. No sons of liberty will be welcome in the suffocating world they are creating.
Here’s a quote from the above linked article by Gary North:
This essay describes a clash between two religions, with believers in a third religion standing on the sidelines, waiting to see the outcome of the clash. The Bible presents it as the archetype clash in history between these two religions. This confrontation has been going on since the Garden of Eden.
The first of the conflicting religions is power religion, the religion of Satan and his representatives. The second is dominion religion, the religion of God and His representatives. The testimony of the Book of Exodus is clear: those who seek power apart from God are doomed to comprehensive, total defeat. The third is escapist religion, which attempts to seek a middle position between these warring camps, but which is ultimately an ally of the power religion.
Those who seek God are called to exercise dominion, and they shall be victorious over the enemies of God. But this victor takes time. It is not achieved instantaneously. It is the product of long years of self-discipline under God’s authority. The power religionists do not want to wait. Like Adam in his rebellion, sinners choose to dress themselves in the robes of authority, so that they can render instant autonomous judgment? They do not want to subordinate themselves to God.
What about escapist religion? It is a religion which proclaims the inevitability of external defeat for the people of God. The defenders of temporal impotence thereby become the allies of temporal power. This religion was dominant in the lives of the Hebrew slaves. They became easy prey for the power religionists. But when the power manifested by dominion religion overcame the pagan power religion, they grudgingly followed the victors. It is much the same today.