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Introducing Pastor Doug Wilson, his debate history with Christopher Hitchens, his theocratic views, and his growing political relevance.
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Yeah. Doug Wilson is a pastor who was not all that prominent when I first heard of him.
He debated my friend Christopher Hitchens in a series of debates, and they actually published a book together that was, I guess, the transcript or the edited transcript of one of their debates.
And then they went on tour with it and
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The importance of grace and engaging with differing views over rigid ideological purity tests and a defense of idealism.
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Like with the news? Yeah. They've already done things that I'm upset about, but then if I had integrity, maybe I would stand up and go, I'm out. Or maybe the integrity thing to do would be to stay in it and keep fighting in the foxhole.
Like I love a good argument. I love differing points of view in all facets of things, but I also love grace.
I've
... See moreThe reality is that members of the American left have, whether they like it or not, become the new conservatives. At least in economic policy, they are usually the defenders of the status quo. In contrast, some of the so-called “conservatives” are the radicals seeking major change; at a recent public event, I heard two African American
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is the American belief in decency and justice and progress, and the value of individual liberty, because of the rights conferred upon each of us by our Creator, that will carry us through….There must be something in the heart as well as in the head.