John Stackhouse
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And Now for a Little Controversy…
Readers of this blog know how I abhor ruffling the tiniest feather on the teeniest birdie. Nonetheless, I yank out a few–and get mussed...
John Stackhouse
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John R. W. Stott (1921-2011): We'll Miss You, Uncle John
John Stott died today, aged 90. He had withdrawn from almost all public life for some years, but it is still sad to think of him gone....
John Stackhouse
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New Research on Canadian Evangelicalism
I’m on vacation for one more week and will post some new stuff after that. In the meanwhile, however, here is a link to several excellent...
John Stackhouse
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Prosperity "Gospel" in Canada…
…and much more. I’m ‘way overdue in notifying you of the release of Church & Faith Trends, the publication of the Centre for Research on...
John Stackhouse
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The Latest Radio Bit…
I’ve been off-blog for a while, doing things like–well, like this: giving an interview to Drew Marshall, who runs an unconventional radio...
John Stackhouse
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Marci McDonald, "The Armageddon Factor": Part 3: Conclusions (UPDATED)
I have argued so far that Marci McDonald’s book has so many evident problems that it is hard to trust what she says in any areas one...
John Stackhouse
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Marci McDonald, "The Armageddon Factor": Part 2: Interpretation
In the previous post, I suggested that Marci McDonald blurs important distinctions among various religious groups, movements, and...
John Stackhouse
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Marci McDonald, "The Armageddon Factor": Part 1: Information
Marci McDonald is described on the flyleaf of her new book, The Armageddon Factor (Random House Canada), as “one of Canada’s most...
John Stackhouse
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Marci McDonald’s "The Armaggedon Factor": The Unravelling Begins
Marci McDonald, who has won many prizes and held many prestigious positions in Canadian journalism, has just released a very bad book on...
John Stackhouse
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The Amazing Shrinking Bookstore…
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has long enjoyed a reputation within North American evangelicalism as a relatively large, relatively...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
RTS, Bruce Waltke, and Statements (and Non-Statements) of Faith
Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) has dismissed Dr. Bruce Waltke because he recently stated publicly two radical convictions: (1) that...
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
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A Wiki Bibliography on Canadian Evangelicalism
I’ve posted on this before–about a year ago, in fact–but I’ve just had contact with some more researchers on Canadian evangelicalism who...
John Stackhouse
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Evangelicals and Catholics (Mostly) Together
Here, in a recent number of First Things, itself a place of conversation between evangelicals and Catholics, is a special recent...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
A Scientist Who Believes in God! That's Real News!
Well, no, it isn’t. But with Francis Collins being named head of the National Institutes of Health by President Obama, a number of media...
John Stackhouse
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Chris Tomlin's Worship Songs: We Have Got to Do Better
Since I have been complaining about loud music in church, I’ll stay in the groove and complain now about bad lyrics in church. And I have...
John Stackhouse
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Does TV Simply Preclude Good Preaching?
The news this week is that the struggle between Robert Schuller père et fils continues to diminish the ministry that has made them both...
John Stackhouse
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Christians and the Public Good
Can Christian organizations insist that their employees believe Christian doctrines and practice Christian ethics? Not as often as they...
John Stackhouse
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When Is a Conservative (Evangelical) Not a Conservative?
(I know I just wrote I have to sign off until the New Year, but I just can’t help myself this morning…) Over the last several decades,...
John Stackhouse
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A Research Breakthrough in Canadian Evangelicalism
It has been my honour to help guide the new Centre for Research on Canadian Evangelicalism (CRCE), a venture of the Evangelical...