Civility 3/4

Ground Zero Mosque: It's a Simple Question

Controversy continues to rage over whether moderate Muslims should build, and should be allowed to build, a mosque or a community centre...

John Stackhouse

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An 18C Exhortation to 21C Zealots

Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) was one of the leading lights of the 18C revival, a protegé of Isaac Watts whose writing helped convert...

John Stackhouse

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CHURCH

"Hate the Sin, but Love the Sinner"? We're Not Ready for That

I’m now completing a quarter-century of journalism, having started writing for Christianity Today magazine, the late, lamented TSF...

John Stackhouse

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The Manhattan Declaration: A Waste of Everybody's Time?

Friends and students have asked what I think about The Manhattan Declaration. Not all friends or students have asked, to be sure! Indeed,...

John Stackhouse

1 min read

And Now for Something Completely Different: A Moderate Voice on Abortion

I’m both a feminist and a prolife advocate, and I mourn the almost total loss of the early linkage between those two movements (e.g.,...

John Stackhouse

1 min read

APOLOGETICS

Taking the Cross Out of the Classroom

Here‘s my most recent contribution to the National Post’s religion blog: I’m defending the recent European Court’s direction to the...

John Stackhouse

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APOLOGETICS

The Bus Wars

We all now know about the city bus ad campaigns, first started in Britain by secularists who encouraged readers that “There’s probably no...

John Stackhouse

1 min read

CHURCH

Praying for Your Enemies

One of Jesus’ most unexpected and difficult commands comes to mind as both Canada and the United States are embroiled in elections, and...

John Stackhouse

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The Boomerangs of Sarcasm and Self-Righteousness

I’ve been struck in the exchanges some of us have been having about American politics (see the previous entry and comments) about the...

John Stackhouse

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"Expelled" and Intelligent Design: Thanks for the Help!

We weren’t able to go to “Expelled”‘s preview last night, but if I do get to see it soon (we usually watch movies at home, since some...

John Stackhouse

2 min read

At Last: An "Evangelical Manifesto" That Doesn't Punch Someone in the Face

A few correspondents have asked me what I think of the new “Evangelical Manifesto,” recently released by a group of evangelical leaders...

John Stackhouse

5 min read

Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Three, Dawkins as Mirror

In this last post, I’d like to reflect on how Richard Dawkins unwittingly and certainly unwillingly helps the Christian Church, as well...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Two, Dawkins as Ethicist

Richard Dawkins has traveled the world, sowing his particular gospel of atheism, science, rational argument, and the courage to live in...

John Stackhouse

5 min read

Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part One, Dawkins as Rhetor

So someone at the University of British Columbia (UBC) decided it was a good idea to bring Richard Dawkins to campus to give a free...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

Jesus, Muhammad, a Sudanese Teddy Bear, Irshad Manji, and Me

Irshad Manji, a Canadian activist who cajoles and confronts her fellow Muslims from the theological left of Islam, recently asked some of...

John Stackhouse

3 min read

Why I Signed the Yale Response to "A Common Word"

Over the last few weeks, various Christians have contacted me because they are troubled over encountering my name amidst dozens of other...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

APOLOGETICS

To D. A. Carson on the Emerging Church: Leave Me Out of It

A couple of years ago, a few students brought to my attention the fact that D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity...

John Stackhouse

4 min read

Why John Tory Is Right–and Wrong–about Religious Schools

The great province of Ontario, Canada’s richest and most populous, is in the throes of an election. As many Canadians know, one of the...

John Stackhouse

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