"...In other words, in another situation, Joseph was righteous and his brothers were consumed with envy (Acts 7:9). The fact that we share the difficulty that his brothers had with him ("Now why did he want to go and tell them that dream for?") should tell us a little something unsavory about ourselves. We probably would have helped throw Joseph down into that pit."
The above quote is from Douglas Wilson's article "The Genesis of Church Splits", from Vol. 18, No. 3 of CREDENDA AGENDA.
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Want another taste? How about Douglas Wilson on picking a text to preach from:
"I am fifty-three years old. I have been doing this for about thirty years.There are 66 books in the Bible, and I have preached through about a third of them. That means that if the Lord lets me preach until I'm 116, I should be able to wrap this up. Of course, I would then have to start over again, in order to go back and fix all the screwy things I said when I was in my twenties."
Last tidbit. Wilson on growing up and the illusion of being cool:
"The difference is the difference between love and pride. A sixth-grader, motivated by love, can talk to a fourth-grader and say, "Just wait until you get to read that. I really liked it." A sixth-grader interested in puffing himself up will take the advantages that two trips around the sun gave to him and say, "That is so stupid. But I understand why they would make you read it." The two sixth-grades can both have "grown out of" what the fourth-graders will enjoy. But love rejoices in them enjoying it, while pride uses the occasion to win some kind of grotesque competition with them. And the difference is affection, what Chesterton called loyalty to the world."
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