John Stackhouse
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American Evangelicals and Politics
I discuss a number of recent books by American evangelicals on politics in Christianity Today magazine here. I also take some time to...
John Stackhouse
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Caption Contest
This is a Very Serious Blog—at least, it is most of the time. But every once in a while, we take a walk outside and have a little fun....
John Stackhouse
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Sarah Palin and the (White) Evangelical Binary Mind
The question I set before myself today is the one I threw out a few days ago to y’all, namely, what does it say about American...
John Stackhouse
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If Sarah Palin Is What It Takes to Galvanize American Evangelicals…
…well, what else is there to say?
John Stackhouse
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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
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C. S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer . . . and Larry Norman
Larry Norman, “father of Christian rock,” has gone home. After suffering a severe heart attack and other ailments, he slipped away at 61....
John Stackhouse
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Evangelical Elites Avoiding Church?
Much has been written about Michael Lindsay’s recently published study on evangelical elites in America, summarized here in a USA Today...
John Stackhouse
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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
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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
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New Research Initiative on Canadian Evangelicals
Here’s an excerpt from a press release issued by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada earlier this week: The Centre for Research on...
John Stackhouse
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"Red-Letter Christians": A Bad Idea with a Bad Name, Alas
Being a “red-letter Christian” sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? Tony Campolo, professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University,...
John Stackhouse
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Overstepping? Evangelical Leaders and a Palestinian State
A number of American evangelical leaders, among whom I count several friends, recently wrote an open letter to President Bush urging a...
John Stackhouse
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"Evangelicals Are Just as Worldly as Everyone Else!": Well, No, They Aren't
I recently heard yet another sermon (no, it wasn’t in my home church) telling the congregation that “statistics show” that North American...
John Stackhouse
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Christian Groups in High Schools: Good Boundaries Make Good Neighbours
Recently, a friend wrote about a problem at the high school he serves as a teacher. Apparently, a staff worker with a well-known...
John Stackhouse
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Some Musings on Missions…
One of my favourite magazines is Books & Culture, a sort of Christian New York Review of Books. Its editor, John Wilson, is perfectly...
John Stackhouse
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Christianity and the Politics of Weakness
Over the last few years, American evangelicals have been making news by saying that they’re not all on the political right. Some are on...
John Stackhouse
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Cartoons & Caricatures: Falwell on Tinky Winky and Dobson on SpongeBob
I was preparing this morning for my fourth interview on the life of Jerry Falwell when I thought I’d look into the strange case of his...
John Stackhouse
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Jerry Falwell, Father of the Religious Right
The Reverend Jerry Falwell has gone to his reward. He departs this life with a significant résumé in public life. And if it weren’t for...
John Stackhouse
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There's No Such Thing as a Catholic Evangelical
Recently, Francis Beckwith, a respected philospher at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, announced his return to the Roman Catholic...
John Stackhouse
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Evangelicals, Numbers, and Success
We evangelicals are a funny bunch when it comes to numbers. Some of us sectarian types–and I was raised among such, in a little church in...