John Stackhouse
3 min read
Space: The Final Frontier
As Elon Musk indulges in the world’s highest-altitude product placement, putting both SpaceX and Tesla into solar orbit, theological...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
The Governor-General and Good Government
The furore continues over Governor-General Julie Payette’s attempt to solve several outstanding problems in one speech. She’s only one...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Arguments from Design Don’t Prove; They Show
One can hardly get through an issue of a popular science magazine these days without having one or another of two gospels preached at...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Analytic Thinking Promotes Qualified Belief, not Disbelief
Some colleagues in psychology at UBC recently published a study that suggests that analytic thinking tends to promote religious...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
RTS, Bruce Waltke, and Statements (and Non-Statements) of Faith
Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) has dismissed Dr. Bruce Waltke because he recently stated publicly two radical convictions: (1) that...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Animal Suffering/Natural Evil before the Fall
This past week, in teaching at Regent and in lecturing at UBC, the same question came up in both contexts: What are we Christians to make...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
What Good Are Theologians?
Richard Dawkins has been quoted to me recently as such (without a citation, alas: Can anyone supply it?): “What has theology ever said...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
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
1 min read
Two Cheers for Darwin on His Birthday
My second post for “Holy Post” at The National Post–no, only terrible puns can follow from such a start. So let’s just nip that in the...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
"Expelled" and Intelligent Design: Thanks for the Help!
We weren’t able to go to “Expelled”‘s preview last night, but if I do get to see it soon (we usually watch movies at home, since some...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
"Expelled" and Intelligent Design: Help, Please
I’ve been given comp tix to see “Expelled” in a couple of days, just before it opens here in Canada. How can I not? Several of the Big...
John Stackhouse
5 min read
Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Three, Dawkins as Mirror
In this last post, I’d like to reflect on how Richard Dawkins unwittingly and certainly unwillingly helps the Christian Church, as well...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Two, Dawkins as Ethicist
Richard Dawkins has traveled the world, sowing his particular gospel of atheism, science, rational argument, and the courage to live in...
John Stackhouse
5 min read
Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part One, Dawkins as Rhetor
So someone at the University of British Columbia (UBC) decided it was a good idea to bring Richard Dawkins to campus to give a free...
John Stackhouse
6 min read
"Creation vs. Evolution": Is This a Sensible Question?
School boards in an uproar. Parents protective of their children. Teachers defensive. Students confused. And American presidential...