Doug Wilson, Purity, and the Art of the Possible

Is faithfulness to God’s standard a luxury that only critics can afford? In a recent Canon Press video, “Why Can’t Conservatives Handle Winning?”, Doug Wilson argues that ideological purity is easy when you’re out of power, but governing requires compromise because “politics is the art of the possible.” In this episode, Chris Hume responds from a Lancastrian theonomy perspective. He argues that Wilson’s framework rests on a hidden assumption: that the legislature is the tool for building Christendom.