John Stackhouse
7 min read
Why Christianity Is Believable: Part Three
One might well object to the foregoing thus: “The New Testament is our only record of these events, and it’s hopelessly biased and...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Why Christianity Is Believable: Part Two
Fun as it would be to argue over various perennial questions in the long, long debate over the intellectual credibility of Christianity,...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
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
2 min read
Did Jesus Really Exist?
From time to time I get asked this question–Did Jesus really exist? Recently, a student of mine in a University of Manitoba class more...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Beyond Sentimentality, Moralism, or Mysticism: A "Crucifiable" Jesus
I once encountered a Marxist debater who was slicing and dicing a mild-mannered Christian speaker in London’s Hyde Park. The Marxist was...
John Stackhouse
6 min read
"Zeitgeist the Movie": The New "Chariots of the Gods"
One of the greatest thrills of my boyhood was happening to turn on the TV one day to find that a major corporation was about to present a...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
The Shack 3: Theological Concerns (Part 2)
Let’s pick up where we left off, so . . . Fourth, The Shack skims briefly over the surface of theology of religions, raising the question...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
"Let There Be Peace on Earth…"
As 2008 dawns in the midst of the Twelve Days of Christmas, how we long for peace: for shalom, that great Biblical word for the...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Jesus, Muhammad, a Sudanese Teddy Bear, Irshad Manji, and Me
Irshad Manji, a Canadian activist who cajoles and confronts her fellow Muslims from the theological left of Islam, recently asked some of...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
"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
2 min read
Jesus, I'm NOT in Love with You
One of the blights upon the hymnological landscape today is the continued presence of what we can fairly call the “love song to Jesus”...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
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
5 min read
What’s Good about (Bloody) Good Friday? Some Thoughts on the Atonement
A correspondent recently wrote: “I’m more baffled than ever about the Atonement. I sometimes feel like banging my head against the wall...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Shults & Stackhouse on Violence and God
I don’t know that I have met Dr. LeRon Shults, but he is a highly respected American theologian who recently took a job in Norway. He has...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Define your terms–such as, say, "Jesus"
Last night I enjoyed speaking on the question, “Who Is Jesus?” to a full lecture hall at the University of British Columbia (UBC), with...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Is the New Testament Reliable?
During my recent talk at the University of British Columbia on “Who Is Jesus?” I promised a short bibliography for those interested in...