Sometimes the “pirates” are actually the legitimate emperors
Doug Wilson responding to R. Scott Clark.
I happen to be a Reformed Christian in my doctrinal beliefs, and worship. So I’m going to say something that will sound horribly arrogant. I think the Reformed Churches rule the world. They really do. The world moves in response to our actions, decisions, and traditions. I don’t mean that everyone sees what we do and imitates us. I mean God rewards us with peace when we do right and when we do wrong he judges us by bringing our own sins on our heads.
So why has God suddenly revealed that the parliamentary democracies that rule over us are nothing more than ponzi schemers and bailout artists and fraudulent insurance execs and growth bubblers? In other words, why have we suddenly learned that we are ruled by a oligarchic corruptocracy? I think it is because we have officially decided that all our denominations are to be run in the same manner.
God is giving us what we deserve (or a small and appropriate piece of it). And naturally, Saul always claims that David is a usurper.
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July 13th, 2009 at 12:16 am
I’m not quite sure I like the quote. I agree Christian Churches rule the world, and I wouldn’t really have a problem if Pr. Wilson had said that part of the problem is that Christian Churches don’t have good solid worship reflecting Reformed Doctrine–I’d disagree, but I could respect the position–but when he says that Reformed Churches rule the world, it sounds distinctly like Phyletism. Why don’t Orthodox Churches? Catholic Churches? Lutheran Churches? You can reply that those Churches have problems, and so don’t rule effectively. But his point is that the Reformed Churches have problems, and so don’t rule effectively. Christ’s Church rules the world. And Christ’s Church is no more of Calvin (or Heidelburg or Dort or Westminster) any more than it is of Paul or Apollos.
July 13th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Not a quote from Doug Wilson. That was myself responding off the cuff to the things linked.
July 13th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Oh ok.