John Stackhouse
7 min read
Is that why Christians are in the world?
Did Jesus really die on a cross merely to inspire honorable, but otherwise unremarkable, lives?
John Stackhouse
1 min read
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
John Stackhouse
3 min read
St. Mark—the Cowardly Lion
That is the uncontested ending of GMark: the earliest witnesses flatly failing for fear.
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Cornelius the Convert—and What a Convert!
Today is the Feast Day of the Conversion of Cornelius the Centurion. And, yes, it matters that he is not just “Cornelius,” but “Cornelius...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
“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
3 min read
Best Year Ever? Yes! And also…No
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has gotten a lot of attention recently for declaring that “This Has Been the Best Year Ever.”...
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
2 min read
What I Actually Told “The Walrus” about John Allen Chau
Canada’s aspiring magazine of ideas, The Walrus, recently printed a bowdlerized version of a letter I sent to them. To clip letters is...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Easter: Who Needs It?
The world’s great religions offer what millions of people want: a sensible, straightforward path to life. That’s why those religions are...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
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...
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
3 min read
Should Missionaries Just Stay Away?
The recent death of young martyr John Allen Chau has focused world attention on the legitimacy of Christian missions. Chau arranged with...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Why Gretta Vosper Isn’t the (Main) Problem
From time to time Canadian Christians look again at the Gretta Vosper phenomenon, especially the “church refuses to defrock aggressive...
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
Dangerous Dreaming
Religion doesn’t matter. At least, it doesn’t seem to matter much in Canada. Canada’s cultural magazine, The Walrus, devoted its June...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Paige Patterson, Donald Trump, and Theological Malpractice
As Christian leaders have defended Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson over this past couple of months and President Donald Trump...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Let’s First Get a Few Things Straight
Alas, Christians are denounced still today by people who are confident they know what Christians believe and practice, but who clearly don’t