John Stackhouse
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Why Isn’t Christianity Simpler?
When I moved to Vancouver in 1998, once people found out I had been a guest of various radio hosts in Winnipeg and elsewhere, the...
John Stackhouse
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What “Orthodoxy” Is and Isn’t: Some Questions about Statements
When someone sits down to specify orthodoxy, he is up to something. Count on it.
John Stackhouse
7 min read
A Dash of Cold Water for Christian Anarchism
[NOTE: This originally appeared in Geez (Winter 2012): 38-39. I sent a copy to a friend recently, and it made me think others might like...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Some Tenebrae Musings
As the time for Tenebrae (Latin “darkness”) services has come again, one thinks of the shrinking circle of light in the Passion narrative...
John Stackhouse
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Simple Is Good; Oversimple Is Bad
I happen to chair the committee that coordinates the major lectureship at Regent College, the Laing Lectures. Roger Laing, our patron, is...
John Stackhouse
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Fans, Fanatics, and Faith
Chicago Bears football fans, among which I number myself, having cheered for them since our seven years’ sojourn in the Windy City in the...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Taking Christ Out of "Kris-mass"
This time of year, preachers are constantly telling us to “put Christ back into Christmas.” Well, maybe. My beloved and I watched the...