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“When we revolt against God’s world, we must not be surprised when His world wins. Our efforts forts are futile and will not change the way things are. We may hurt ourselves in the attempt, but the attempt will not achieve its end. We may tire ourselves out throwing snowballs at the sun. As we lie there exhausted, perhaps we will reflect, and learn wisdom.” — Douglas Wilson, Angels in the Architecture by @thewilsonite

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“When we revolt against God’s world, we must not be surprised when His world wins. Our efforts forts are futile and will not change the way things are. We may hurt ourselves in the attempt, but the attempt will not achieve its end. We may tire ourselves out throwing snowballs at the sun. As we lie there exhausted, perhaps we will reflect, and learn wisdom.” — Douglas Wilson, Angels in the Architecture by @thewilsonite

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“Each home is to be a small republic, with a representative head who represents that family, and who in a covenantal sense is that family. “ - Douglas Wilson, Angels in the Architecture by @thewilsonite

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“The word federal comes from the Latin word foedus, which means ‘covenant.’” - Douglas Wilson, Angels in the Architecture by @thewilsonite

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Doug Wilson’s Future Men provides five offices of manhood/masculinity:

1. Lords
2. Husbandmen
3. Saviors
4. Sages
5. Glory-bearers by @thewilsonite

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“This pattern of fending off a threat of wounded pride through excuse-making is typical of males in sin, and yet is thoroughly unmasculine. A refusal to make excuses is right at the heart of scriptural masculinity.” — Douglas Wilson, Future Men by @thewilsonite

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“He who says, ‘free from’ must also assert a specified ‘free to.’ A man cannot turn away from something without simultaneously turning to something. Liberty always assumes an appeal to law… Christian Liberty is nothing other than slavery to God.” — Douglas Wilson, Future Men by @thewilsonite

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“He who says, ‘free from’ must also assert a specified ‘free to.’ A man cannot turn away from something without simultaneously turning to something. Liberty always assumes an appeal to law… Christian Liberty is nothing other than slavery to God.” — Douglas Wilson, Future Men by @thewilsonite

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“Dragon-lore is truer than therapy-speak.” — Douglas Wilson, Future Men by @thewilsonite

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“Canaan was a land filled with giants. The invasion of Canaan was a war of giant-killing, and a type of the giant-killing Gospel. Giant-killing is a motif throughout Scripture… we all know the story of David and Goliath — but it must also be seen as part of a larger, ongoing war on giants. In the New Testament, Christ bound the strong man: what we find in the life and death of Jesus Christ is not an example of a godly giant fighting a puny devil. Rather, Christ became one of us, and, as a son of David, He bound and defeated the Goliath of that age. Christ takes all the strong man’s armor (his panoply) and divides his spoil. The Christian faith is a religion of world conquest. Are the giants who confront us big enough to qualify as giants? And have we taught our sons what they are supposed to do when they grow up? Part of fulfilling the Great Commission involves climbing the beanstalk.” — Douglas Wilson, Future Men by @thewilsonite

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“The Bible is a story about a dragon fight.” ~ Douglas Wilson, Future Men by @thewilsonite

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“We need a theology of fist fighting... A time will come when spears are beaten into pruning hooks. A time will come when men no longer study war. This is the end result of the Gospel’s fruitfulness in the world. But until the time when men will learn war no more, they must still learn it.” — Doug Wilson, Future Men by @thewilsonite

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