FIRST, DO NO HARM Douglas Wilson finds much to appreciate about Anglican theologian N.T. Wright’s writing, but takes exception when it comes to his particular calls for action in the realm of global politics and economics. The former bishop of Durham is rightly concerned about economic ills such as Third World debt, but his proposed solutions are not so much cure as more disease. In N.T. Wright Rides a Pale Horse, Wilson points out the potential consequences of treating complex diagnoses with simplistic remedies. Rather than bringing peace and prosperity, such prescriptions are more likely “to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth” (Rev. 6:8). Wilson also pushes back against Wright’s critique of Christian conservatives, particularly the American ones, arguing that, though their applications have sometimes been off-base, their basic understanding of how theology and politics align is more faithful than flawed. Douglas Wilson has been the pastor of Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho, for over forty years. He and His wife, Nancy, have three children and seventeen grandchildren. Doug is the author of scores of books, including A Review of N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Scripture. You can read his blog at dougwils.com, follow him on Twitter at @douglaswils, and listen to him on the Plodcast.