Honest praise for Doug's fiction that even CT published out loud, once upon a time.
"Before I dipped into this novel, I was told it was a satire. What satire? I was a pastor for 10 years, and reading this made me squirm. Wilson grasps the untold ambiguities that contemporary pastors experience. This is realistic fiction. No, make that just realistic." ~Mark Galli, Senior Managing Editor, Christianity Today
"Scathing....Insightful....Hilarious...." ~Tim Challies, Author and Book Reviewer, Challies.com
"Wilson's almost medical precision with the human soul makes Evangellyfish a fantastic read...." ~The American Conservative, May 2012
"I have no desire to read yet another Elmer Gantry knockoff about a sex-obsessed preacher and his congregation of hypocrites. Fortunately, Evangellyfish isn't one more on the pile. Doug Wilson isn't writing about 'those crazy Christians,' he's writing about us crazy Christians. When you start this short novel, you'll want to believe it describes that big church across town. By the time you finish, you'll remember that it describes the bigger church you're a part of, that scandalous body that God keeps calling his. Wilson understands better than most that 'judgment must begin at the house of God,' and that God still dwells there despite the most squalid conditions." ~Ted Olsen, Managing Editor, News & Online Journalism, Christianity Today
"Why does reading Doug Wilson sometimes feels like a guilty pleasure? Well, I read his new novel last Saturday, and it was a jolly read." -Andy Naselli, The Gospel Coalition
"an amusing novel with a P.G. Wodehouse flair that will delight those depressed by the sight of Christians perpetually playing defense."" ~Marvin Olasky, World magazine
"In the midst of Republicans and Christians retreating in the face of relativist attacks on God, Doug Wilson shows us the path to success with principled opposition to the left in the culture wars today. And he does it with great style and humor.... a must read for anyone tired of watching the left advance practically unopposed by America’s political and religious establishment." -Books and Culture
"Flags out Front is a funny, clever, political feel-good novel that most anyone would enjoy, particularly if you want to be inspired as to how Christians can do politics differently. I’ve foisted this off on a number of friends and family (and read about half of it out loud to my wife) and the response has been enthused all around." -Reformed Perspective
"Some books only merit a quick read, others should be slowly savored, and a select few are so good you just have to read them out loud to your wife. This is that third sort!" ~John Dykstra, Reformed Perspective
There are no safe spaces in Douglas Wilson's stories. Ride Sally, Ride proves it is just as true in his near future sci-fi as it was in his skewering of worldly evangelicalism in Evangellyfish. ~ Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D., Author and Dean at Union University
What satire? . . . Wilson grasps the untold ambiguities that contemporary pastors experience. This is realistic fiction. No, make that just realistic. ~ Mark Galli, Senior Managing Editor, Christianity Today, on "Evangellyfish"
Scathing . . . Insightful . . . Hilarious. . . Evangelicalism is ripe for satire and Wilson does it well. ~ Tim Challies, Challies.com, on Evangellyfish
Doug Wilson isn't writing about 'those crazy Christians' He's writing about us crazy Christians . . . Wilson understands better than most that 'judgment must begin at the house of God,' and that God still dwells there despite the most squalid conditions. ~ Ted Olsen, Managing Editor, News & Online Journalism, Christianity Today, on Evangellyfish
Not a Christian insider novel . . . And it's not gentle. It cuts deeply and shamelessly. . . But it will make sense to anyone who's witnessed the horrifying antics, political quagmires, and social foolishness common to American experience and to its Christian evangelical subculture in particular. ~ -Aaron Belz, Books and Culture, On Evangellyfish
Wilson's almost medical precision with the human soul makes Evangellyfish a fantastic read.... -The American Conservative, May 2012
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