One of our graduates, a Reformed pastor and church planter in the Mediterranean region, pointed me today to a troubling blog. The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) is planting congregations in Europe, exporting the FV to Europe, and attempting to recruit . . . Continue reading →
Moscow
Beyond Plagiarism: The Politics Of A Cult
Wilson was gracious to me in all of these private interactions, but he made it clear that if I disagreed with him publicly I would be undermining his work for God’s kingdom. As he wrote in one e-mail, “either you remain out . . . Continue reading →
Greg Looked Behind The Curtain: You Should Too
I’m not so sure the FV folk haven’t maintained unity between Moscow and Birmingham. The connections are still there….. So who is the Davenant Trust? Of the five board members two (Rick and Bradford (M.A., New Saint Andrews College) Littlejohn, father and . . . Continue reading →
A Little Leaven Infects The Whole Thing
The danger that I see in this is that many people who do not share Doug Wilson’s views on theology, history, slavery, patriarchy, marriage, sex, etc. may be allowing him to teach his views to their children without being aware of it. . . . Continue reading →
Rachel Miller Investigates The Omnibus
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Straight Out Of Münster
I think I first read about “web logs” about 1995, when I was teaching at Wheaton College. Then they were the domain of people writing about what they had for breakfast. They were daily, public journals where people recorded online their most . . . Continue reading →
What If Everyone Does Not Want To Live In New Christendom?
This documentary was premiered in 2004 and appeared on YouTube a little more than a decade ago. After some years it disappeared and then reappeared on moscowid.net. I do not necessarily share the film maker’s social, philosophical, or theological views but the . . . Continue reading →
A Smear Memorialized
This is the portion of the trailer for the video By What Standard? released by Founders Ministry in which video, known in the business as “B-roll,” of Rachael Denhollander is used to illustrate the words, “always having the powers, the spiritual powers . . . Continue reading →
The Smear Was Intentional
“[Rachael Denhollander] was in an image, basically blurred, it was an out of focus shot that had some artistic design to it to show that there’s something going on here. I knew you would know who that was, okay? I wasn’t surprised . . . Continue reading →
Kirk Pulls Publicity Stunt. Social Media Falls For It: No Religious Liberties Were Harmed During The Filming Of This Commercial
There are places where religious liberties are being trampled, where Christians (and members of other religions) are not free to gather and to worship God according to Scripture or conscience. In such places people face arrest or worse simply for gathering to . . . Continue reading →
“Peaceful” Moscow Protests Heat Up (UPDATED Again)
There are good reasons why both social and news media types should be cautious about narratives. In the Pacific Northwest there is a history of serious and even deadly tension between law enforcement and survivalist types. Many no longer remember the Ruby . . . Continue reading →
It Is Not Edgy, Interesting, Or Lasting
There are socially conservative evangelicals who want to “take back America.” They are looking for a Christian version of the “Bad Orange Man” to critique the culture and to defend them from unbelief, feminism, and the social revolution. Like the social radicals, who are burning down businesses in pursuit of their eschatology, this evangelical apologist burns fields and pickup trucks.
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Worth Reading To Connect The Dots
I found one minor error and the tenor of the piece is typically alarmist. Continue reading
Do You Know Who Is Influencing Your Classical School?
“Parents, however, may wish to do a little homework of their own, asking about the level of affiliation and influence of Doug Wilson before entrusting the formation of their children to an ACCS school.” Continue reading →
Stankorb Understands Wilson
This November, Wilson’s month of antagonistic blog posts (usually printed later as anthologies sold for $6.95) did not evoke his anticipated fear and trembling. For Wilson watchers and critics, some days online it felt like Wilson’s annual firestorm might have finally reached . . . Continue reading →
Rachel Shubin’s Analysis Of Wilson’s Pastoral Errors In Two Very Serious Cases (1)
Mr. Wilson notified no one, including the members of Christ Church, that Mr. Sitler had been molesting children in Christ Church’s congregation until after Mr. Sitler was incarcerated. Continue reading →
Rachel Shubin’s Analysis Of Wilson’s Pastoral Errors In Two Very Serious Cases (2)
Mr. Wilson could not possibly know whether or not Mr. Sitler was holding any-
thing back or not without at least attempting to independently verify Mr. Sitler’s
claims. Continue reading →
Rachel Shubin’s Analysis Of Wilson’s Pastoral Errors In Two Very Serious Cases (3)
The report goes on to detail the increasingly atrocious nature of Mr. Sitler’s molestation of several of his host family’s children. Continue reading →
Rachel Shubin’s Analysis Of Wilson’s Pastoral Errors In Two Very Serious Cases (4)
“But I … I think it’s a reasonable restriction that he not reside with his wife and child, in the future, if in fact they have children.”—Judge Stegner Continue reading →
Rachel Shubin’s Analysis Of Wilson’s Pastoral Errors In Two Very Serious Cases (5)
“Despite Mr. Wilson’s protestations that Christ Church ensures that Mr. Sitler is chaperoned when he attends church and that the church’s highest concern is for protecting children, one child is conspicuously absent from this concern – Mr. Sitler’s own son….” Continue reading →