John Stackhouse
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What Christianity Means (Note: Not “to Me”)
One of the insidious developments among my students, readers, auditors, and interlocutors is consumerism about theology. Instead of...
John Stackhouse
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A Good Definition of Forgiveness
I have blogged about forgiveness in some detail before, notably here and here. Today I came across a particular detail that is good...
John Stackhouse
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Before You Oppose It…
Sen. Rob Portman is making news as the first Republican notable to come out for the legalization of homosexual marriage in the United...
John Stackhouse
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In Case You Missed It: Here’s a Course NOT to Miss This Summer
There are lots of good reasons to make Regent College spring and summer programs part of your planning for 2013. Our website is full of...
John Stackhouse
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The Supreme Court Protects the Hateful “Hate Speech” Law
A rump of the Supreme Court of Canada (several justices did not participate in the ruling) voted unanimously to uphold parts of...
John Stackhouse
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Feminists for the Unborn: Speak Up
On the 25th anniversary of R. v. Morgentaler, some feminists are understandably worried that the rights of certain women—childbearing...
John Stackhouse
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What Christmas Is All About, Charlie Brown
The Van Pelt family has taught more people about the true meaning of Christmas than any preacher you can name, including probably the...
John Stackhouse
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Grading as Truth-Telling
A false balance is an abomination to Yhwh, but an accurate weight is his delight. (Proverbs 11:1) Grading papers is among the most...
John Stackhouse
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A Scripture for This Campaign Season–and Every Season
As our American neighbours’ political campaigns are now at fever pitch, there is great danger of evil being committed in the name of...
John Stackhouse
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Basic Category Mistake, Madame Minister: “Legal” Doesn’t Mean “Good”&#
We don’t turn to our politicians for fine points of ethical reasoning. Politicians are supposed to be good at other things, such as...
John Stackhouse
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Seriously, Mr. Toews? Christian Chaplains Providing “Generic” Services?
ITEM: “Public Safety Minister Vic Toews mandated that the federal prison system’s 71 full-time chaplains, who are overwhelmingly...
John Stackhouse
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Feminists for the Unborn: Speak Up
As Parliament has finally allowed itself to discuss who, or what, qualifies as a human being—however briefly, and to no effect—some...
John Stackhouse
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The Anti-Islamic Movie and Cartoons: Let’s Not Defend Literary Litter
What is the point of the cartoon? The “journalists” at Charlie Hebdo published cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad. They’re stupid...
John Stackhouse
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“Pussy Riot” and Churchly Hypocrisy
I’ve been tweeting occasionally in disgust over the way the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church has been responding to the “Pussy...
John Stackhouse
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The Rules and the Code: Reflections on Olympic Badminton–and Hypocrisy
As everyone knows now, four pairs of female badminton players, among the best in the world, were tossed out of the Olympic games for...
John Stackhouse
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Should the Studio Have Pulled “The Dark Knight Rises”?
(This post is co-authored with my eldest son, Trevor, who is a graduate of Capilano University’s film program and Simon Fraser University...
John Stackhouse
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Hoping to Get Noticed
I don’t get enough attention. You might think I do, but I don’t. Do you? I’ll bet you don’t, either. Some people get more attention than...
John Stackhouse
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One of These Things Is Not Supposed to Be Like the Others
Having spent considerable effort demonstrating that American evangelicals are not as bad as some people (including prominent American...
John Stackhouse
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Evangelicals Not as Bad as (We) Reported: The Article Reprinted
Here is the article to which I refer in the following post, originally published in Books & Culture. ====== What Scandal? Whose...
John Stackhouse
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It's Just Not True: American Evangelicals Do Not, in Fact, Behave as Badly as Everyone Else
Christian Smith has written about it briefly. Brad Wright has written about it at book length. And I’ve written about it in a nice, big...