Plodcast

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers AI, data centers, and the danger of using technological fears to expand government control. He examines oinopotes , the New Testament word for a drunkard or winebibber, and reviews C. S. Lewis’s Spirits in Bondage , a collection of poetry written before Lewis became a Christian. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! P...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers the standoff with Iran and the coming midterms, examines nothros , the New Testament word for being dull or slothful, and reviews Holy Helps while commending accessible Puritan and Reformation classics for practical Christian reading. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown B...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers Sidney Sweeney, sports gambling, and the temptation for Christians to grade morality on a political curve. He continues his study of sin with nosphizomai , the New Testament word for keeping back or purloining, and reviews R. J. Snell’s Acedia , a study of sloth as a joyless loss of delight. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/  ...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers how social media can blur the line between personal and electronic identity for teenagers, then examines noseo , “to dote,” and the danger of fixating on obscure doctrines, before reviewing Churchill and the Jews and Churchill’s long support for the establishment of Israel. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Or...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson reflects on public memory of the COVID era and Fauci’s recent testimony, then examines nothos in Hebrews 12:8 and the relationship between chastisement and sonship, before offering some “judicious conjecture” about LBJ and the JFK assassination in a review of Blood, Money, and Power . For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-O...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers how the demand for AI data centers has affected climate change alarmism, then examines neophutes , or “novice,” and Paul’s warning against promoting young ministers too quickly, before reviewing John Downame’s The Cure for Unjust Anger . For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtow...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers the tragedy surrounding Jason Arday and argues that DEI systems bear responsibility for promoting unqualified people, then looks at naugeo , “to make shipwreck,” in 1 Timothy 1:19 and reviews Jeremiah Burroughs’s Contentment, Prosperity, and the Glory of God from the Puritan Treasures for Today series. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canon...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson argues for the blessings of colonialism, continues his study of New Testament foolishness with the word moros , and reviews Michael Kruger’s The Question of Canon and its case for the organic formation of the New Testament. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashto...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers when deception may be righteous, continues his tour through the sins of the New Testament with morologia and foolish talking, and reviews Peter Kreeft’s The Myth, the Mask, and the Masterpiece on C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces . For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson offers a cautiously optimistic take on the approaching midterms, continues his tour through the sins of the New Testament with moria and the foolishness of worldly wisdom, and recommends Thomas Goodwin’s The Vanity of Thoughts and the Puritan Treasures for Today series. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th in...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers Marco Rubio’s warning about left-wing political violence, examines the New Testament word moraino and the connection between folly and salt losing its savor, and reviews Steve Turley’s CivCosm and its vision of a world reorganizing around competing civilizations. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson reflects on European soccer fans discovering the hospitality of heartland America, examines the shameless and brazen nature of sin through the word mamos , and reviews P. G. Wodehouse’s intricately plotted comedy Piccadilly Jim . For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers the conflict surrounding Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham in the WNBA, explains how mocking God means revolting against the way reality actually works, and reviews The Queen You Thought You Knew , highlighting Rabbi Fohrman’s insights into Esther’s subtle strategy against Haman. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/   IT'S HERE...

In this episode, Douglas Wilson discusses the Supreme Court’s decision upholding state protections for women’s sports, examines the New Testament warnings against myths and fables, and reviews Malcolm Guite’s Galahad and the Grail . 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 .

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers the Supreme Court’s birthright-citizenship decision and possible paths forward, examines the sin of making and worshiping the golden calf, and reviews Kurt Vonnegut’s practical writing advice in Pity the Reader . For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://ca...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . In this episode, Douglas Wilson discusses the feminization of institutions and argues that the presence of women inevitably transforms male spaces. He then continues his survey of New Testament sins with quarreling—a public sin Christians often mistake for righteousness—and closes with a review of Yoram H...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . In this episode, Douglas Wilson talks about the strong evidence that links cannabis use to psychotic events, the filthiness of the flesh and spirit in 2 Corinthians, and C.S. Lewis’s Narrative Poems , especially "Dymer" and the value of writers whose phrases are sticky. For more from Doug, subscribe to Ca...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . In this episode, Douglas Wilson cautions that modern wars are fought both on the battlefield and in the media narrative. He also continues his theological word study on sin with moluno and the defiling of the conscience, and reviews Charles Spurgeon’s Lectures to My Students as a practical, warm-hearted b...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . In this episode, Douglas Wilson considers signs of populist unrest in the UK, California, and Alberta, reflects on Molech and idolatry from Stephen’s speech in Acts, and reviews Glenn Reynolds’s Seductive AI with warnings about deception, dependence, and worship. For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: h...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . In this episode, Douglas Wilson argues that exposing corruption still requires real prosecutions and consequences, continues his hamartiology series with moichos as the Greek word for adulterer, and reviews Richard Baxter’s A Call to the Unconverted as a warm, urgent, and reformed evangelistic appeal. For...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . In this episode, Douglas Wilson discusses political violence, public reactions to assassination attempts, and the need for real civic consequences rather than more dialogue, then continues his hamartiology series with the Greek verb moikeuo and its biblical treatment of adultery in the heart, marriage, lo...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . 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 romanc...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . 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 adu...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . 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 c...

IT'S HERE! Pre-Order the 4th installment of the Ashtown Burial Series at ashtownburials.com . 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 Ch...