Douglas Wilson's Letter From Moscow

No Shantytown Kingdom

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 

By Douglas Wilson 

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The entire world of unbelief lies under the sway of the wicked one. Given how the god of unbelief operates — which is through accusation — it should not be surprising what kind of energy makes the system go. That energy lies in the strength of accusation. The devil is an accuser, accusing the saints day and night before the throne (Rev. 12:10). The name Satan means adversary, and he makes his accusations from behind the bench of a pretended righteousness.

And a very indignant form of righteousness it is too.

Satanic religion is not a matter of severed goat heads, or guttering candles on the floor of some goth teenager’s bedroom. Satanic religion is self-righteous, and aspires to be holier than God (2 Cor. 11:15). When Satan tempted the Lord, one of the ways he did it was by showing him all the kingdoms of this world and their glory (Matt. 4:8). The devil was not in charge of some shantytown kingdom.

Victimhoodery Run Down

A Peculiar Man

The politics of guilt and condescension parades victims everywhere.  "Victims here, victims there and not a tear to drop", wrote Coleridge.  Or he would have if he were living in our age of Victimhoodery. 

Unfortunately every now and then someone comes along who refuses to be a victim, to blame someone or something else for his plight.  When it happens it is like seeing a light in a dark place.  How strange, we muse.  How untypical.  How unlike the spirit of the age.  What school did he go to? 

Take the case of  bus collision victim, Tim Brown.  Poor old Tim walked into a bus in Wellington on Willis Street in Wellington, snapping his foot, ribs, lung, arm and shoulder.  Lawsuits beckon.  Victimhoodery about to explode forth like a Mt Tongariro eruption.

Ah, no.