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A Double-Dog Dare at the Dead Sea

In this episode, Douglas Wilson discusses Israel’s promotion of a pride event near the Dead Sea, continues his hamartiology series with the Greek noun moichea and its biblical treatment of adultery as a matter of the heart, and reviews Georgette Heyer’s These Old Shades as a well-plotted historical romance with suspense, action, and careful period detail. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/ IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.

The Great Op

In this episode, Douglas Wilson talks about what he calls “the Great Op,” arguing that recent dissension on the right, Candace Owens, and the SPLC indictment point to a larger pattern of manufactured extremism and fundraising incentives. He then continues his study of hamartiology with a discussion of adultery in Matthew and Mark, before reviewing his father Jim Wilson’s Principles of War and its application of military principles to strategic evangelism. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/ IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.

Mean Girls and False Teachers | (Ep. 422)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson opens with commentary on Candace Owens and the fallout surrounding Charlie Kirk's assassination, then turns to Scripture’s language about an evil and adulterous generation, spiritual unfaithfulness, and the way false teachers exploit lust under religious pretenses, before closing with a review of David Talcott’s Plato and a reflection on whether Plato deserves a more sympathetic reading than he is often given. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/ IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.

Fair and Square | (Ep. 421)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson reflects on the birth of modern Israel, tracing the Balfour Declaration, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, British promises to Jews and Arabs, and the wars that followed, before turning to a study of hatred in Scripture—how it marks the natural man, contradicts life in Christ, and yet can be righteous when directed against sin and iniquity—and closing with a review of Blood, Money, Power, a book arguing that Lyndon B. Johnson may have had a role in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/ IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.

The Problem with Edgelords | (Ep. 420)

In this episode, Douglas Wilson opens with an observation about the edgelords on the right who know how to attack but do not know how to govern, then continues his hamartiology series with a study of the New Testament word for hate and Christ’s command to return good for evil. He closes with a review of How the British Invented Communism (and Blamed It on the Jews), a provocative book about British intrigue, the Bolsheviks, and the Russian Revolution. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/ IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com.

Conquered, Not Stolen | (Ep. 419)

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com. In this episode, Douglas Wilson reflects on the domestic political fallout of the Iran war and argues that what voters reject is not war itself so much as “forever war.” He then turns to the New Testament word miasmos to describe the “lust of uncleanness” as a deepening pattern of moral slavery, and closes with a review of Not Stolen by Jeff Fynn-Paul, a historical response to the claim that America is simply “stolen land.” For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

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You are the Carbon They Want to Reduce | (Ep. 418)

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com. In this episode, Douglas Wilson celebrates the Trump EPA’s rollback of the greenhouse-gas endangerment finding as a blow against economic overreach, then turns to hamartiology and the New Testament word miasma to reflect on moral pollution, false conversion, and the danger of falling back into sin. He closes with a warm recommendation of A Gentleman in Moscow as a deeply engaging novel about life in captivity under communism. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

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The Jury’s Still Out | (Ep. 417)

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com. In this episode, Douglas Wilson argues that the jury is still out on Trump’s tariffs, and the predicted instantaneous ruin did not materialize. He continues his hamartiological curriculum on miaino, or defilement, tracing its use from ceremonial uncleanness to moral corruption, bitterness, and false teaching, before closing with a review of Augustine and the Jews by Paula Fredrickson. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

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