John Stackhouse
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Stephen Harper Isn’t Evangelical ENOUGH
Opponents of the Prime Minister sometimes link him with a spooky, sinister Religious Right that is quietly scheming to turn secular,...
John Stackhouse
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It’s Time: Have a Debate and Sort This Out
Christians all over the English-speaking world, as well as many beyond, are discussing the legitimacy of same-sex marriage and a whole...
John Stackhouse
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On Trusting God Rather than Freaking Out
I’ve been enjoying teaching the basic concepts of my book Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World to students gathered...
John Stackhouse
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Franklin Graham Converts to Islam
ASHEVILLE, NC (RNS) — In an announcement that has shocked the evangelical world, evangelist Franklin Graham, son of the world-famous...
John Stackhouse
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News We’d Like to See
Law Society Approves New Religious Law School by Irshad Chan-McCoy, Diversity Editor (TORONTO) (OF COURSE) To the surprise of many...
John Stackhouse
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American “Evangelicals” and Heresy
Christianity Today is reporting on a new poll that shows that many self-described “evangelicals” say that they believe doctrines varying,...
John Stackhouse
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Things Hoped For
I’ve been privileged to serve as a columnist for Faith Today magazine here in Canada for two stints, the second of which continues to the...
John Stackhouse
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Well, Maybe, Sister Anne…
Concerned friends have asked me about Anne Graham Lotz’s recent call to prayer that will culminate tomorrow (July 7) in a 7-hour time of...
John Stackhouse
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Ruth Padilla DeBorst at Regent This Summer
Please consider enrolling in one or both of the two courses we’re featuring this summer by Ruth Padilla DeBorst, a leading theological...
John Stackhouse
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Evangelical Women and Pastoral Ministry
For (too) many evangelicals, this title contains a contradiction, if not an outright scandal: Evangelical women are not supposed to...
John Stackhouse
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C. S. Lewis and the Test of Coherence
In Miracles (the book that gets my vote as the best generally overlooked book by C. S. Lewis), Lewis makes a point about the plausibility...
John Stackhouse
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“God Loves Uganda,” but Its Director Doesn’t Love Me
Oh, boy, does he not. HERE is the Christianity Today version of the remarks I made at Vancouver’s DOXA film festival. HERE is Roger Ross...
John Stackhouse
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“Jesus Camp” Goes to Uganda
I look forward to serving as the lone respondent to the local showing of a documentary that has already received notice in the American...
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...
John Stackhouse
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Gospel Coalition, Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Reveal Huge Prank
(AP) Deerfield, Illinois — Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) co-founders D. A. Carson and John Piper revealed today in a...
John Stackhouse
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Canadian Christians and the New Office of Religious Freedom
Canadian readers of this weblog will know that the current federal government has been considering establishing an Office of Religious...
John Stackhouse
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A Few Notes on the "Spectrum" Book
The book I mentioned a little while ago, The Spectrum of Evangelicalism, is now officially released by Zondervan. Looking it over, now...
John Stackhouse
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Why Evangelicals Should Be Glad We Weren't Asked to Pray at 9/11 Services
Evangelical Christians have been complaining about not being included in various commemorations of 9/11, whether in New York City,...