John Stackhouse
4 min read
My Lunch with David Suzuki
David Suzuki, Canada’s leading figure on matters of science and environmental responsibility, is in the news again because the University...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Arguments from Design Don’t Prove; They Show
One can hardly get through an issue of a popular science magazine these days without having one or another of two gospels preached at...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Animal Suffering/Natural Evil before the Fall
This past week, in teaching at Regent and in lecturing at UBC, the same question came up in both contexts: What are we Christians to make...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
The Implications of a Hotel
I’m working this week in St. Andrews by-the-Sea, a gorgeous little town on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick. The...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
"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
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
Yellowstone Park and the Black Hills: Preservation versus Cultivation?
We’ve recently taken a 5000-mile road trip, from home in Vancouver, BC, to our middle son’s college in suburban Chicago. Along the way,...