Gatekeeping and "The Evils of Pietism"

by Doug Wilson

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. When we put on tender mercies, when we put on Christ, then and only then is it safe to put on a homeschool jumper or a classical Christian school uniform. Then and only then is it safe to have an opinion of rock and roll. Then and only then is it appropriate to think about whether there were too many deaths in that action movie. Then and only then is it wise to teach your children anything at all.

Men, we must be careful not to "keep the gate" to the white-washed sepulchre... but first to our own flesh, then to the gospel of Jesus Christ in the lives of our wives and children.

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