May 2016

Here's the first sentence of the article running at the top of the Google News page just now:

The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo in order to save a child who fell in its enclosure has sparked nationwide outrage.

Worship of the creation rather than the Creator is on constant display in our world. No wonder men are lying with men, rather than women, and our women are lying with one another. Refusing to give thanks to God, He has given us over to utter degradation. And sadly, most Christians will read the above sentence from CBS News and feel neither revulsion nor fear of God. Similarly, when our cats scratch visitors' legs with their claws and our dogs bite visitor's legs with their teeth, we parade our shame by cooing over them. We make it clear to all that we love our pet—not our neighbor—as we love ourselves.

It sickens me how many Christians are nicer to their animals than they are to...

When I speak with fathers whose wives are pregnant with their firstborn, I warn them the birth of their child will be an adjustment and they may feel a wee bit jealous of their newborn son or daughter. "It's normal," I tell them. "Your bride is about to become a mother, and after your child is born your relationship with your wife will change. She will no longer be your bride and lover. She will have become your child's mother and you will be relegated to a distant second place in her priorities." (Yeah, I'm overstating it, but work with me here.)

From the moment your newborn infant is placed in your wife's arms and begins to nurse, that child will own her, body and soul. Don’t make the mistake of thinking of her as merely a "parent." She is now a mother. Other than a fool caught in his folly, there's no more cosmic force on earth...

A European friend used to tell me how much he disliked Chancelor Merkel. And it wasn't her politics that turned him off, but what he saw as her naked ambition in every policy decision she made. He said Merkel was that consummate brand of politician who knows no principal other than popularity. If the wind is blowing in this direction, he sets sail for this direction, and if it blows in that direction, he cames about and sets sail in that direction. We here in the States who remember when Bill Clinton was in the White House know the type. President Clinton was known for turning on a dime, especially after an electoral defeat. He had no principles; only the most intense desire for popularity that I've seen in any politician in my lifetime which had a particular aspect we won't rehash just now.

Then, this past year my European friend told me he had somewhat of a change of heart concerning Chancellor Merkel. He said he had been amazed at her response to the refugee crisis. Despite her political base being opposed to the government allowing refugees into the country, Chancellor Merkel planted her feet and said she would not allow Germany to refuse these sojourners trying to cross their borders and make Germany their home. He was so proud of her.

If these United States elect The Donald as our next president, no one will have voted for him because they think he's a principled man. On the contrary... 

Don't know how or why I get e-mails like this, but this one arrived today and I thought readers might get a kick out of it. Now we know what Doug's been doing on vacation. What I can't figure out, though, is why no mention of Nancy? My Dad and Mud always shared the cooking, but when I've been at the Wilsons for a meal... 

[Note added by TB on May 25, 2016: Here's how Rachel Miller's feminist supporters have just summarized Son Joseph's blog post below: "the Bayly Blog post that accused Rachel Miller of countless sins — albeit without evidence." Well, read on for the non-evidence.]

When Rachel Miller took over the Aquila Report, longtime readers noted a decline in the site's Biblical commitments. Ms. Miller pushed the edge of the doctrinal envelope in a number of places, yet it was possible to think it was simply her attempt to liven up the site.

But then there was sex. This is the place where Satan is focussing his attack on God's law today, and it became apparent that Ms. Miller's editorial leadership was most toxic here. She showed her feminism on the Aquila Report, but Ms. Miller kept the worst parts of her sexual rebellion for publication on her own website titled A Daughter of the Reformation.

Feminists who want to hold onto conservative Christian credentials claim they submit to their husbands at home, in private. Occasionally they trot their husbands out online to testify to their submissiveness at home. But in their online attacks on men, these women take no prisoners. You can see it on all the Reformed sites: women condemn pastors and elders without a hint of modesty or shame.

No one suffers from these attacks more than Pastor Doug Wilson. Some of their attacks are focussed on...