Thank you Dani! This is refreshing - there are too few responses and too little pushback against Doug Wilson's theology on singleness, sexuality and marriage, a lot of which is harmful (and I've witnessed the tragic effects it's had on a marriage).
Thank you for this post and the series of posts your put out on celibacy! The brief summary of the history of interpretation was very helpful.
I'm currently serving in ministry as a single man in my upper 20s, about to graduate from seminary (I'm in the middle of my final class!), so this topic is one of interest to me. Do you happen to have any articles you'd recommend which address the 1 Corinthians and Matthew passages in detailed exegesis?
I don't know if Doug or Michael will answer you but, as someone who shares their views (mostly, obviously. In some areas I speak more strongly than they do) I would be open to having this discussion anytime. Perhaps a series of letter exchanges.
What a loving attitude Wilson bears towards these unmarried women. He should take comfort in the fact that most won't stay for more than a Sunday or two once they find out how much loathing and disdain the members of the Moskow Brethren hold for them. "Unlikeable" and "attention seeking" makes it clear he doesn't want those people in his pews. Does Doug think being unmarried and female means they can't tell when they are unwanted and people dislike talking to them?
Even if we aren't attractive, we aren't stupid either! And we tend to be far more sensitive to this kind of thing than the Doug Wilson's of the world realize.
And they're full of an abundance of pent-up love too. Ugh. What can Doug Wilson's church do with all that nasty surplus of love and empathy?
I would advise these spinsters and widows to not stay where they're unwanted but move on to a church that wants them and what they have to offer. I love my new church home that welcomes "life's losers" and doesn't despise the weak more than the unrepentantly sinful.
Thank you Dani! This is refreshing - there are too few responses and too little pushback against Doug Wilson's theology on singleness, sexuality and marriage, a lot of which is harmful (and I've witnessed the tragic effects it's had on a marriage).
How do you measure a life? The stuff you have? The family you have? I can assure you that Danielle’s life has had its ups and downs like most peoples but she certainly does not live a tragedy. She has joy from knowing Jesus, she deeply cares for those she ministers with and uses her skill in academia to call people out for discrimination.
Goodness. I'm far from perfect, but regardless of what else you've said your second line is simply flat disobedience to Jesus (Ephesians 4:29 if anyone really needs a verse to 'prove' that this is so).
I don't know you (obviously!) but could I humbly suggest that if Christ is your lord that you consider retracting it in love and obedience to Him?
They really do just make up their own definitions (and assert them so confidently).
Indeed they do.
This post of mine makes me nostalgic for the days when naive Dani had basically no idea who Doug Wilson was!
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Thank you Danni. I appreciate your perspective.
Thank you Dani! This is refreshing - there are too few responses and too little pushback against Doug Wilson's theology on singleness, sexuality and marriage, a lot of which is harmful (and I've witnessed the tragic effects it's had on a marriage).
Thank you for this post and the series of posts your put out on celibacy! The brief summary of the history of interpretation was very helpful.
I'm currently serving in ministry as a single man in my upper 20s, about to graduate from seminary (I'm in the middle of my final class!), so this topic is one of interest to me. Do you happen to have any articles you'd recommend which address the 1 Corinthians and Matthew passages in detailed exegesis?
Thanks again!
Garrison
I don't know if Doug or Michael will answer you but, as someone who shares their views (mostly, obviously. In some areas I speak more strongly than they do) I would be open to having this discussion anytime. Perhaps a series of letter exchanges.
What a loving attitude Wilson bears towards these unmarried women. He should take comfort in the fact that most won't stay for more than a Sunday or two once they find out how much loathing and disdain the members of the Moskow Brethren hold for them. "Unlikeable" and "attention seeking" makes it clear he doesn't want those people in his pews. Does Doug think being unmarried and female means they can't tell when they are unwanted and people dislike talking to them?
Even if we aren't attractive, we aren't stupid either! And we tend to be far more sensitive to this kind of thing than the Doug Wilson's of the world realize.
And they're full of an abundance of pent-up love too. Ugh. What can Doug Wilson's church do with all that nasty surplus of love and empathy?
I would advise these spinsters and widows to not stay where they're unwanted but move on to a church that wants them and what they have to offer. I love my new church home that welcomes "life's losers" and doesn't despise the weak more than the unrepentantly sinful.
Well stated..perhaps us men need to stand corrected…
Thank you Dani! This is refreshing - there are too few responses and too little pushback against Doug Wilson's theology on singleness, sexuality and marriage, a lot of which is harmful (and I've witnessed the tragic effects it's had on a marriage).
Do you have a repsonse to Doug's latest: https://youtu.be/I1NLEfAmwVk?
How do you measure a life? The stuff you have? The family you have? I can assure you that Danielle’s life has had its ups and downs like most peoples but she certainly does not live a tragedy. She has joy from knowing Jesus, she deeply cares for those she ministers with and uses her skill in academia to call people out for discrimination.
Goodness. I'm far from perfect, but regardless of what else you've said your second line is simply flat disobedience to Jesus (Ephesians 4:29 if anyone really needs a verse to 'prove' that this is so).
I don't know you (obviously!) but could I humbly suggest that if Christ is your lord that you consider retracting it in love and obedience to Him?
I wouldn’t mind a few such children. Mine are not nearly as interesting.
LOL.