Faith, Foolishness, and Fanaticism
Last week I chided the CBC’s Neil Macdonald for his outburst against people of faith whom he clearly would prefer to keep out of sight in...
John Stackhouse
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Treasure in Heaven: A Review of Gary Anderson’s “Charity”
In his fine study of Sin: A History (Yale, 2010), Notre Dame professor of theology Gary Anderson rendered an understanding of his subject...
John Stackhouse
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Harrison Ford Teaches Us a Lesson
Harrison Ford has acted in a lot of roles. But recently, he played a part in a real-life morality play. And thereby he can teach us all a...
John Stackhouse
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Did God Choose President Trump?
ICYMI on my blog for “Context with Lorna Dueck”: The inauguration of President Donald Trump was replete with prayers, scripture readings,...
John Stackhouse
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The Dangers of Forgiveness
[This is another reposting from the blog I have over at “Context with Lorna Dueck“] Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts we can give...
John Stackhouse
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Theology and the University
The following is the penultimate draft of an essay recently published in the Canadian journal Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses....
John Stackhouse
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What Would It Take to Forgive Mel Gibson?
Mel Gibson is still among the most reviled people in Hollywood. We all know about his bitter, violent anti-Semitism. And there’s more in...
John Stackhouse
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Holy Week Posts 2016
I’m late publishing this kind of post this year, but in case you’d like some material for further reflection this Eastertide: On...
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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Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
Prof. Larycia Hawkins of Wheaton College, Illinois, made news when she said she would wear a headscarf (or hijab) through Advent in...
John Stackhouse
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American “Evangelicals” and Heresy
Christianity Today is reporting on a new poll that shows that many self-described “evangelicals” say that they believe doctrines varying,...
John Stackhouse
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Actually, No, You Are NOT “My Everything”
Robert Louis Wilken’s magisterial study of The Spirit of Early Christian Thought concludes, as it ought, with the highest of concerns...
John Stackhouse
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Heaven, Hell, and Everything In Between
We have just added a new course to our summer offerings on “Heaven, Hell, and Everything In Between.” And I’ll be teaching it. Here are...
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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“Hell and Mr. Fudge”: Available Now on DVD
I have been privileged to come across a number of interestingly independent thinkers among more-or-less orthodox Christians over the...
John Stackhouse
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Freedom of the Child vs. Freedom of the Adult
LIke, I expect, most of my contemporaries, I wrestle with the concept of freedom. I have resisted the claim of certain philosophers and...
John Stackhouse
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C. S. Lewis and the Test of Coherence
In Miracles (the book that gets my vote as the best generally overlooked book by C. S. Lewis), Lewis makes a point about the plausibility...
John Stackhouse
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What Christianity Means (Note: Not “to Me”)
One of the insidious developments among my students, readers, auditors, and interlocutors is consumerism about theology. Instead of...
John Stackhouse
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Holy Week Posts
Over the last few years, I’ve posted several reflections pertinent to Holy Week. Some of you (especially those of you preparing sermons!)...
John Stackhouse
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“Why, God?” Asked the American People, and Would Not Stay for an Answer
The number one column on the New York Times website right now is Maureen Dowd’s “Why, God?” It features counsel on the problem of evil,...
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