My wife Lauren recently sent me a link on Facebook to a post by a certain Facebook page which seems dedicated to exposing all the worst and nastiest scandals related to Moscow, Idaho pastor Doug Wilson. Titled 'A Timeline of Controversial Pastor Douglas Wilson of Moscow, Idaho,' there is an ever-loving lot of material here, complete with many insinuations as well as several links.
Having some experience with controversial pastors, and having some experience being a somewhat controversial commentator on social, political, and theological questions, plus also having read and listened to and recommended Doug Wilson resources in recent years, I couldn't very well decline to read through the link, not least because my wife sent it to me.
What follows in this episode is certainly the longest single episode of this podcast I've ever published, but it needs to be as long as it is. And if I thought I could get away with a longer episode still, I would try it. But considering the average attention span, as well as time constraints which are placed on me and you alike by virtue of life in the modern world, this will have to suffice for now. And perhaps in future some follow-up treatment of certain particulars is in order, but I trust my audience and the good Lord will give guidance regarding that.
But let me just say up-front that I like and admire Doug Wilson from afar, all the while recognizing that the situation on the ground can vary significantly from the carefully cultivated image presented online. That holds true for you and me, and it holds no less true for someone as intelligent and well-spoken as Wilson. Yet all the more rather than less, because I like him there is a certain feeling of weighty responsibility in encountering a long list of accusations and allegations against him and his institutions.
May I never become accustomed to flattery or partiality, nor accused of the same.
