The Tulip Driven Life

 "He addeth forthwith that his children must be faithful, not accused of riot, nor rebels. This is well worth the marking: for in the epistle to Timothy also, we see that St Paul contented not himself with the minister's person, but would have their wives to be in good order, insomuch that if a man for his own part live honestly, and without reproach, yet if his wife be of a naughty conversation, this fault returneth to him: though the wife be to be blamed, yet men continually say thus, "See, such a minister's wife is of lewd behavior, and we see there are many vanities and dissolutions which the husband might remedy well enough. Therefore he is to be blamed for all the fault." For if he cannot govern his house (saith St Paul) how shall he govern the house of God? How can he govern a whole people, both men and women, both great and small, when he cannot govern his wife? And therefore let us mark that in this place, when he speaketh of children, it is to the end w

This is from a thread on Twitter, it can be found here as well: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1780261391133278227.html  On @douglaswils and the @TuckerCarlson interview, Christian Nationalism, and whether the solution is in fact political or not. This will be lengthy, and I'm writing on the fly. So here goes:  I've been more critical in the last year or so of Doug Wilson than I've ever been. I've defended him in the main for close to a decade on the whole FV controversy, the "pedophile" stuff, and the slavery stuff. I don't agree with all his theology and practice, but he's faithful.   I've been most frustrated recently with his expressions on homosexuality/"gay but celibate" stuff as seen in his discussions with @jaredhmoore and others. It's not Sam Alberry bad, but he has supported him before. Kind of like how he's not FV Dark but but does defend them.   The Jewish Question, as it is put, is also frustrating. I've not y