John Stackhouse
5 min read
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
2 min read
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.
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Southern Baptists Expand the “Baptist Faith and Message”
LOUISVILLE, KY — (Baptist Press) Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, CEO, and Oracle of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Review of Atherstone and Jones, eds., MAKING EVANGELICAL HISTORY
I’ve recently reviewed Andrew Atherstone and David Ceri Jones, eds., Making Evangelical History: Faith, Scholarship and the Evangelical...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Salacious Stupidity
I’d love to pile on Jerry Falwell, Jr. for engaging in, and then happily Instagramming, a yacht party (!) in which he, family members,...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Evangelicals in Canada versus Evangelicals in the USA
I’m only going to say this one more time. Canadian evangelicals are not identical with our American cousins and not all aligned with the...
John Stackhouse
19 min read
Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues
how Christians are to understand other religions, the destiny of the unevangelized, the basis for salvation, the nature of general and spec
John Stackhouse
18 min read
Evangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"
What is at stake goes far beyond the question of evangelical missionary work.
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Is Christianity Anti-Semitic?
The recent synagogue shooting in Poway, California, has focused attention on an abiding question regarding Christians and Jews: Is...
John Stackhouse
12 min read
Rest in Peace, David Martin (1929-2019)
I’ve only just heard that my latter-day mentor in the sociology of religion, David Martin, passed away last month. I confess that I...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Franklin Graham Starts “Super-Group”
CHARLOTTE, NC (Associated Press) — Franklin Graham, son of famous Christian preacher Billy Graham, announced today he was forming a...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Evangelicals, Ethics, and Supporting Donald Trump
Evangelicals—at least, we white ones—are having a hard time in the public eye these days. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Jerry Falwell, Jr.,...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Why Slain Missionary John Allen Chau Might Be a Martyr
[The following appeared first via Religion News Service] Now that many more details have emerged about how John Allen Chau prepared for...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Advice for Students in Unsafe Places
“But, Professor, I learned in church that God wrote the Ten Commandments himself on stone tablets and gave them to Moses. Isn’t that what...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Scandals, Scandals Everywhere: What Can Be Done?
It’s been a bad season for Catholics and evangelicals. Catholics are embroiled in a global scandal about who knew and did what about...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Different Schools for Different Folks—or Not? Reflections on Trinity Western’s Law School
No political issue in Canadian history has been more important, contentious, and complex than schooling, and particularly the question of...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Canadian Christians’ Trumpian Moment
“Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Ravi Zacharias and the Case of Christian Credential Inflation
If you listen to podcasts, you might want to take in this one. Christianity Today interviewed me recently and thus let me explain in some...
John Stackhouse
6 min read
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
3 min read
Some Matters Really Are Beneath (Christian) Contempt
The redoubtable Oliver O’Donovan offers us wise words for these times. They were posted and re-posted, you won’t be surprised to learn,...