The Helpful Strangeness of Jesus
A friend recently confided in me that he was afraid of dying. A lifelong Christian, he has recently been plagued by doubts, and...
John Stackhouse
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Why Christianity Is Believable: Part Four
Two data: That’s all I need. The two facts are (a) an empty tomb, and (b) enthusiastic disciples. Let’s see what might follow. After his...
John Stackhouse
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Why Christianity Is Believable: A Reply to Dawkinsians and Their Ilk (Part One)
A couple of posts ago, I replied to Richard Dawkins’s charge that theologians don’t do anything useful. I replied in a couple of respects...
John Stackhouse
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Finding the Will of God–or–Not Getting Lost in the Forest
Last December my family and I moved to North Vancouver, to a house surrounded by trees on the shoulder of Mount Seymour. Settlement ends...
John Stackhouse
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Don't "Expect a Miracle"
Amid the many lessons people are drawing from the financial crisis we’re all enduring, one lesson emerges as particularly poignant: Don’t...
John Stackhouse
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The Shack 4: Some Celebrations
Having defended the genre of The Shack, and having offered some theological demurrals, let’s conclude with some delight in the good...
John Stackhouse
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The Shack 2: Some Theological Concerns (Part 1)
The Shack dives into the deep end of the religious pool, swimming around in the Biggest Questions: the divine nature, the Trinity, the...
John Stackhouse
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The Shack 1: In Defense of Ideological Fiction
Regent College recently sponsored an evening with the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Shack. William Paul Young talked about the...
John Stackhouse
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When People Do Bad Things to Us . . .
A friend and former student wrote recently of having her heart broken by a man who had told her he loved her and wanted to make a life...
John Stackhouse
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A Prayer of Dedication
Friends, I’m heading off to Bangalore, India, for the next week to teach pastors and graduate students at Dr. Ken Gnanakan’s ACTS...
John Stackhouse
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Do You Have to Choose between Your Brains and Your Beliefs? No, No, and Sort of, but No
In this short series, I’ve responded to the common charge by the current crop of atheists about Christians being not too bright (Richard...
John Stackhouse
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Do You Have to Choose between Your Brains and Your Beliefs? No, Part Two
Much of the confusion in this discussion surrounds the question of faith. Faith is typically seen as non-rational or even irrational by...
John Stackhouse
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Do You Have to Choose between Your Brains and Your Beliefs? An Impatient Prologue
I was privileged to offer a public lecture this past week on the UBC campus on this question. I’ll write more about the topic soon, once...
John Stackhouse
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Terminology Time: What Is an "Inclusivist"?
A friend recently read my piece mentioned below, “A Bigger–and Smaller–View of Mission,” and asked this good question: “You say you are...
John Stackhouse
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Both Christian and Muslim? Sort of…
The Seattle Times reports that Rev. Dr. Ann Holmes Reading, an Episcopal priest, has announced that she has been a Muslim for the last...
John Stackhouse
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Faith and Magic
A correspondent recently posed a series of good, tough questions about the nature of faith. One of them had to do with just how a...
John Stackhouse
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