John Stackhouse
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Should Tax Money Go to Religious Groups?
[This is a lightly edited version of a post that first appeared on the “Context with Lorna Dueck” website.] One hears murmurs,...
John Stackhouse
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Installation Address at Crandall University
As we approach the start of a new academic year, I’ve returned to the Maritimes after a summer at home in North Vancouver to take up my...
John Stackhouse
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Power vs. THE Power
Just a quick thought as I sit in the Moncton Airport waiting to fly west. New Brunswick is Canada’s only officially bilingual province....
John Stackhouse
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Ending the Nightmare before It Starts
Preface: I’ve been enjoying working with Lorna Dueck and her excellent team on the TV show “Context with Lorna Dueck.” For the last few...
John Stackhouse
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Why I Help Addicts Shoot Up: A Christian Defense of Harm Reduction
About a decade ago, a brilliant young nurse who was studying with us at Regent College engaged me on the question of harm reduction to...
John Stackhouse
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Too Cool for the Gospel?
One could read a lot of pages of GQ (and its brethren) before one would expect to find a fair-minded portrait of evangelical...
John Stackhouse
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Allah and Yhwh…and Tash and Aslan
Just a little more on this issue of “Which God is which?” As I implied at the end of my previous post, but now will say explicitly: I...
John Stackhouse
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On Trusting God Rather than Freaking Out
I’ve been enjoying teaching the basic concepts of my book Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World to students gathered...
John Stackhouse
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Christmas Thoughts toward New Year’s Eve
Not only do I hope that the combination of Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve—two bacchanaliae designed to subvert and submerge any “Christmas...
John Stackhouse
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Christ and Cascadia: Some Gleanings
I thoroughly enjoyed the two-day symposium sponsored by the unfortunately named Fuller Institute of Theology and Northwest Culture this...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Things Hoped For
I’ve been privileged to serve as a columnist for Faith Today magazine here in Canada for two stints, the second of which continues to the...
John Stackhouse
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Ruth Padilla DeBorst at Regent This Summer
Please consider enrolling in one or both of the two courses we’re featuring this summer by Ruth Padilla DeBorst, a leading theological...
John Stackhouse
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“Not a Needy Person among Them”
Acts 4:34: “There was not a needy person among them.” No one was crushed under medical bills he couldn’t pay. No one missed a job...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Preaching that Avoids the Scandal…and the Centre
I’ve been impressed recently in reading the early chapters of the Book of Acts by the confrontational clarity and boldness of the...
John Stackhouse
6 min read
Actually, It Isn’t Just about “Being”: It’s about “Doing,” Too
A Christian friend whom I know to be godly, serious, pious…and very successful in a highly competitive and demanding career…sent me the...
John Stackhouse
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The Cultural Gap Widens
When I was a kid growing up in Ontario, our church used to teach us ways in which we could signal to unbelievers that we were Christians...
John Stackhouse
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“Jesus Camp” Goes to Uganda
I look forward to serving as the lone respondent to the local showing of a documentary that has already received notice in the American...
John Stackhouse
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Serious Study
We’re on the verge of a new term at Regent College. (Have you made your plans to join us this summer or in September? Good for you!) More...
John Stackhouse
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Just Two Is Just Fine
The following post comes from my book, Church: An Insider’s Look at How We Do It. Strangely enough, this book has sold the fewest copies...
John Stackhouse
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Yes, Faithfulness DOES Include Effectiveness–and MAXIMUM Effectiveness
This post comes in response to people who raise a perennial issue, that of whether Christians should be concerned only with...