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Ask Doug: Autism, ADHD, and Fad Diagnoses

June 20, 2011 / Ask Doug, Church & Ministry, Family, Featured, The Christian Life, Theology, Worldview/Culture

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson answers the question: “Several family members have come to believe that our youngest son (age 5) has Autism. This is mainly because he was a late talker, though he talks almost incessantly now, and seems well-adjusted socially. Thomas Sowell and others have argued that autism is becoming something of a fad diagnosis, and that the autism “spectrum” allows many children to be diagnosed who probably shouldn’t. It kind of reminds me of how

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Ask Doug: Defending Rob Bell with MacDonald and Stott

May 25, 2011 / Ask Doug, Featured, Theology, Worldview/Culture

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson answers the question: “Many people point to the universalism of George MacDonald and John Stott in an attempt to defend Rob Bell. Were these men universalists? If so, why are they not dennounced as strongly as Bell? If not, how was their theology different from Bell’s?&#

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The End of the World, May 21st, 2011

May 20, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology, Worldview/Culture

According to Harold Camping, the rapture will happen tomorrow, May 21st, 2011. Doug Wilson is holding off plans to mow his lawn just in case

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Ask Doug: End Times Hardships?

May 19, 2011 / Ask Doug, Featured, Theology, Worldview/Culture

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson answers the question: “How do Postmillennialists deal with passages (like 2 Tim. 3) that seem to warn us to expect horrible conditions in the last days? How are passages like that harmonized with the far more abundant passages filled with optimistic language of growth and triumph?&#

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The Federal Vision and Other Reformed Theology

May 2, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson talks about the differences between the Federal Vision understanding of covenant theology and other streams of covenant theology

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Ask Doug: Kinism

April 18, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology, Worldview/Culture

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question: “Please give your thoughts on Kinism, and the so-called Biblical foundations for this view.&#

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Ask Doug: Federal Vision vs Traditional Covenant Theology

April 8, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question: “What are the primary differences between the Federal Vision and traditional covenant theology?&#

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Ask Doug: Sin nature before the fall?

April 5, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question “How are we to think about the inward nature of Adam and Eve pre-fall? God’s creation was “good,” but Adam and Eve sinned. So was this “capacity to sin” there from the beginning, and if so, is there some sense in which we could say that Adam and Even were created with sin natures that were dormant before God’s instruction and the Serpent’s temptation?&#

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Ask Doug: What did Francis Schaeffer mean by ‘Antithesis’?

April 2, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology, Worldview/Culture

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question: “What did Francis Schaeffer mean by ‘Antithesis’?” View the mobile version Ask Doug (2:39) video

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Ask Doug: Rob Bell and CS Lewis – Both Universalists?

April 1, 2011 / Ask Doug, Featured, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question: “In discussions about Rob Bell’s recent book, Love Wins, there have been arguments that his position is similar, if not the same, as CS Lewis’ position in The Great Divorce. Can you discuss the similarities and/or distinctions between Bell and Lewis?” Watch Doug Wilson’s initial response to Rob Bell’s book, “Love Wins,” and this Parody Video by C.A.S.T (Credenda Agenda Street Theater)

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Ask Doug: Rob Bell and Arrogance

March 28, 2011 / Ask Doug, Church & Ministry, Featured, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question: “Following up on your response to Rob Bell, how would you respond to the many Christians who are offended by those Christan leaders (John Piper, Justin Taylor, yourself, and others) who respond to bell in a decisive way? It seems common to be offended and angry by the “arrogance” of asserting what you think is orthodoxy over heresy; how do to you respond without seeming arrogant yourself?” Watch Doug

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Ask Doug: Dispensationalism resources

March 22, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson responds to the question: “I am a “by default” dispensationalist. That is to say that I have grown up under dispensationalist teaching my whole life and just recently have been studying the covenental view point. Can you give me some resources explaining the covenental versus dispensational views and any words of advice as I try to clarify what I believe?&#

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Conversation with a Federal Vision Pastor

March 16, 2011 / Ask Doug, Conversations, Theology

Pastor Wes White, a critic of the Federal Vision, posted an imaginary conversation with an Federal Vision minister, which he claims represents the Federal Vision. He was challenged on his understanding of what a pastor and advocate of the Federal Vision would say, and therefore put together a series of quotes to back up his claims here. We believe that he does not treat these texts in their proper context. Pastor White appears to be unwilling to admit that he

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Ask Doug: The Unpardonable Sin

February 15, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson answers the question: “What is the ‘Unpardonable Sin’?” View the mobile version Ask Doug (2:03) video

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Doug Wilson on Paedocommunion (2 of 2)

February 12, 2011 / Ask Doug, Theology

In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson talks about the biblical basis behind the practice of Paedocommunion. Paedocommunion is the practice of giving communion to all baptized members of the church, specifically the small children in the congregation. Click HERE to see Part I View the mobile version Ask Doug (1:40) video

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