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John Stackhouse

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How to Decide about the Big Questions

My last post answered questions from Down Under about why we should trouble ourselves to try to answer life’s most troubling questions:...

Is that why Christians are in the world?

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

Is that why Christians are in the world?

Did Jesus really die on a cross merely to inspire honorable, but otherwise unremarkable, lives?

Gender & Realized or Over-Realized Eschatology

John Stackhouse

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THEOLOGY

Gender & Realized or Over-Realized Eschatology

What would our understanding of gender look like, however, if we took the “already, but not yet” principle seriously?

A Theologian & Historian's Take on "Jesus Revolution"

John Stackhouse

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CURRENT EVENTS

A Theologian & Historian's Take on "Jesus Revolution"

Jesus Revolution is a good film. Not great, but not bad, either. Professor Stackhouse wonders, though, about the hole in the middle, where

And…He’s Out: A Riposte to Daniel Silliman’s Attempted Assault on Bebbington’s Quadrilateral

John Stackhouse

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EVANGELICALISM

And…He’s Out: A Riposte to Daniel Silliman’s Attempted Assault on Bebbington’s Quadrilateral

Daniel Silliman, news editor at Christianity Today magazine, recently took on some big leaguers without, alas, making much contact....

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

Civil Disobedience for Christians

Even the movements under Gandhi and King provoked tremendous violence and highly ambiguous outcomes

John Stackhouse

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BIBLE

“And the Word Was Made Flesh…”

Today is the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. You will appreciate that I have some affinity with and affection for a Christian writer...

John Stackhouse

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BIBLE

Cur Deus Homo?

Mark 14:22-25 isn’t a typical Advent passage, but it provides a few clues about the coming of the Lord: “While they were eating, Jesus...

When Theological Disputation Is Too Much…

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

When Theological Disputation Is Too Much…

Observation: If you hear the first nine, it doesn’t matter about the tenth. The conversation is already over. Only politics remains.

A Bestselling Thriller Author Gets Good Friday Wrong

John Stackhouse

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BIBLE

A Bestselling Thriller Author Gets Good Friday Wrong

In his popular recent novel, The Order, thriller writer Daniel Silva decides in the name of Judaism to launch a missile at Christianity....

John Stackhouse

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CHURCH

Expectations for Christian Leadership

I’ve had reason recently to consider patterns of Christian leadership among evangelicals around the world. And among fast-growing...

Franklin Graham, John MacArthur, and Church-and-State

John Stackhouse

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APOLOGETICS

Franklin Graham, John MacArthur, and Church-and-State

A few friends have seen this post on Facebook and asked me to re-post it here to make it easier for them to share. Franklin Graham...

In the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering

John Stackhouse

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In the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering

[This was originally posted in April 2019] What’s the real story of the Sri Lankan bombings? Is it that Christians are being persecuted...

Christianity Is Weird, but Perhaps Not as Weird as Your Think

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

Christianity Is Weird, but Perhaps Not as Weird as Your Think

Christianity has what I sometimes call a “double weirdness problem.” Elements of its teaching that are truly strange—such as the...

Gretta Vosper and the United Church of Canada: What’s Going on?

John Stackhouse

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CURRENT EVENTS

Gretta Vosper and the United Church of Canada: What’s Going on?

Self-declared atheist Gretta Vosper held on to her pulpit in the United Church of Canada last week as denominational executives decided...

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

News Flash: Dog Doesn’t Bite Man

Exactly zero news agencies would bother reporting that a local man encountered a dog who didn’t bite him, as he had feared it would, but...

John Stackhouse

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BETTER SPEAKING AND WRITING

When You Invite a Visiting Speaker…

Since most people who invite speakers (and the same goes for musicians, I daresay) are not themselves professional speakers, and...

What “Orthodoxy” Is and Isn’t: Some Questions about Statements

John Stackhouse

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THE CHRISTIAN WAY

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.

A Dash of Cold Water for Christian Anarchism

John Stackhouse

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ETHICS

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

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VOCATION

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...

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Thoughts on CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!

Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.'s blog has moved to www.thinkbettermedia.ca/blog as of August 2023 visit there for the latest posts and news!