Doug Wilson: Ghastly Simplicity
Doug Wilson tackles how the talk of death and resurrection relates to American politics and body politic. State Chairman Ricardo Davis recommended this as an Easter message with direct application to current challenges of American culture.
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Introduction
Some things cannot be said without presupposing other things. All words require a speaker. All laws require a legislature. All design presupposes a designer. All morality assumes a standard.
And this means that America can have no salvation without a Savior. And His name is Jesus.
In order to do anything, or to be able to receive anything, we must be able to stand somewhere. And where we must stand is on the earth God created, and we must do so as one of His creatures.
God is the God of causation. God is the God of preconditions. God is the God of prerequisites. God is the God of cause and effect, supply and demand, and all necessary and sufficient conditions. God is the God of seed time and harvest. God is the God of B following A.
Our God is the God of the sine qua non.
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