Blog & Mablog - A Word to the Good People of Brazil | Doug Wilson

Blog & Mablog
Jan 17, 2024
A Word to the Good People of Brazil | Doug Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNRc9aAmU0M
As some of you all know, Nancy and I were planning to travel down to Brazil next month in order to speak at a large evangelical conference. Word got out that we were coming, and a newspaper article was published by a leftist activist named Ronilso Pacheco, accusing me of racism and advocating for slavery. That article got some traction and started something of a rumpus. As my son-in-law put it, I have achieved the honor of becoming something of a global pariah.

Because I am a minister of Jesus Christ, the one who described Himself as the way, the truth, and the life, I do have a responsibility in such circumstances to speak out. This is in order that all friends of the truth might have the opportunity to rejoice together with us. Jesus was very clear about this sort of thing. “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven . . .” (Matthew 5:11–12). I mentioned a moment ago the honor of becoming a pariah, but this is more than a lighthearted dismissal of it. It really is a grace to be disgraced. It really is an honor to be dishonored.