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Doug Wilson

Quotables: Standing on the Promises

Standing on the Promises:A Handbook of Biblical Childrearingby Douglas Wilson [W]hile we may trust God for the character of our children, He has not promised us anything about our children’s intellectual capacities. Suppose parents have undertaken a rigorous program of homeschooling, or they plan to enroll their child in a world-class private Christian school. Having done so, they announce to their friends that their child is going to be a NASA scientist, or that he’ll be reading the Greek Continue Reading…
October 28, 2010
Quotables: Standing on the Promises

Standing on the Promises:A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing The first thing to note is that effective discipline is painful. Hebrews 12:11 says it this way: “Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” Short-term discipline is painful. The long-term result of discipline is the peaceful fruit of righteousness. God disciplined the Hebrew children in the wilderness for their grumbling. Continue Reading…
October 22, 2010
Quotables: Angels in the Architecture

Angels in the Architecture:A Protestant Vision for Middle Earthby Douglas Jones and Doug Wilson Part of learning to celebrate includes learning how to splurge and not be so tightly utilitarian. Our culture is so wicked in its neglect of savings and its slavery to plastic credit that we, with some right, run the other direction. But if your house is in order, it’s time to learn how to splurge at times. Beauty isn’t cheap… {p. 83-84} The Bible tells us Continue Reading…
February 20, 2010
Books & Reading, Educational Philosophy, Mother's Education
Embracing Paideia, Expanding the Kingdom

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Greek in this verse is very enlightening. The word translated as discipline here is one of my favorite Greek words: παιδεία {paideia}. Paideia has no true English equivalent because our idea of education is so truncated, so narrow. I love what Doug Wilson says about paideia in his book The Paideia of God: Now were we to Continue Reading…
October 29, 2009