John Stackhouse
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Talk Is Cheap(er)
For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter, here’s an announcement of Regent Audio’s indefensible decision to offer my Regent Audio...
John Stackhouse
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Who You Gonna Call?
The following is my latest contribution to the “Ask John” feature of Wondering Fair, a blog led by Regent College graduates around the...
John Stackhouse
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Was Breivik a Christian? If So, of What Sort? Better Still, Who Cares?
Margaret Mitchell, Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School, writes a piece on all the nonsense (and worse) surrounding the...
John Stackhouse
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Now on Twitter by (Small) Popular Demand
Being what is known as a “late adopter,” waiting to see how new technologies work out before taking the trouble to add them to my life, I...
John Stackhouse
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More Free Audio…
Regent’s Marketplace Institute offers a wide range of audio recordings aimed at those who work outside the church or the academy. My own...
John Stackhouse
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Not Right Now, Please: I'm . . .
A friend of mine recently sent me an e-mail as he was preparing a speech: “If you had to choose one issue that we Christians face as we...
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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Video Clips Galore
Journalist Denise Lodde recently interviewed me and has posted that interview in a bunch of short clips (a couple of which are duplicated...
John Stackhouse
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Communicating Clearly…or Not
Here is my latest column for Faith Today on why it’s so hard to communicate matters of faith clearly nowadays and what we can do about it.
John Stackhouse
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More on CAUT, TWU, and the Public Support of Christian Universities
As some readers of this blog know, the Canadian Association of University Teachers has criticized Trinity Western University for failing...
John Stackhouse
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The Last Person to Appear on YouTube
Well, it had to happen. Eventually even your servant was going to get caught on camera and posted to YouTube. I was in the Toronto area...
John Stackhouse
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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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Our Own Worst (Media) Enemies
I’ve recently written here about how Christians, and pastors in particular, and evangelical pastors in particular particular, complain...
John Stackhouse
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Two More Posts Elsewhere
Yet another post for the National Post, this one reflecting on the recent Maclean’s article suggesting Canadians are racists. (I have to...
John Stackhouse
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"Holy Post" in the National Post
I’ll interrupt this sequence on Christian universities to gesture toward a new initiative of one of Canada’s national newspapers, the...
John Stackhouse
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Obama's Gaffe–and Mine–and Yours…
It may not be obvious at first glance, but President Barack Obama is a lot like me. We both used to live in Hyde Park and attend the...