John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
- 2 min
Pastoral Pay
Churches across Canada—and across the U.S.A., the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and beyond—are going without pastors because churches aren't
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
- 3 min
Pithy Theology
Professors tend to be long-winded. (I'll give you a moment to collect yourself after absorbing that shocking news.) I can't think of...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
- 4 min
Revival at Asbury—and Then What?
As the revival of repentance, confession, prayer, and worship continues at Asbury University, Kentucky, some historical and theological...
Why Don't Christians Build Grand Churches Anymore?
A Facebook friend recently featured the following post: I replied thus: I've wondered that too, as I have had the privilege of giving...
When Jesus Shows Up at Church
One of the most astounding promises in a Book full of astounding promises is the Lord Jesus Christ’s promise to attend any gathering of...
As the Pandemic Continues…
With the omicron variant stirring things up in new ways, we face the discouraging prospect of moving back into more restrictions as Year...
Expectations for Christian Leadership
I’ve had reason recently to consider patterns of Christian leadership among evangelicals around the world. And among fast-growing...
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...
Should Tax Money Go to Religious Groups?
[This is a lightly edited version of a post that first appeared on the “Context with Lorna Dueck” website.] One hears murmurs,...
Do Sports Matter to God?
With the National Football League season just underway, pennant races on in MLB, university and high school teams soon moving from...
Ending the Nightmare before It Starts
Preface: I’ve been enjoying working with Lorna Dueck and her excellent team on the TV show “Context with Lorna Dueck.” For the last few...
Too Cool for the Gospel?
One could read a lot of pages of GQ (and its brethren) before one would expect to find a fair-minded portrait of evangelical...
History Matters
Adam Gopnik, reviewing a book on the Paris Commune of 1871 in The New Yorker, offers this powerful observation: Historians from the right...
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,...
Christ and Cascadia: Some Gleanings
I thoroughly enjoyed the two-day symposium sponsored by the unfortunately named Fuller Institute of Theology and Northwest Culture this...
Things Hoped For
I’ve been privileged to serve as a columnist for Faith Today magazine here in Canada for two stints, the second of which continues to the...
No “God of the Gaps”…in Life
This post carries on from the last one: God is not our “everything.” God made us, in fact, with lots of needs that must be filled in lots...
“Not a Needy Person among Them”
Acts 4:34: “There was not a needy person among them.” No one was crushed under medical bills he couldn’t pay. No one missed a job...
Evangelical Women and Pastoral Ministry
For (too) many evangelicals, this title contains a contradiction, if not an outright scandal: Evangelical women are not supposed to...
Pope to Sell Vatican
(Reuters) Vatican City – Pope Francis I, widely regarded as “the people’s pope” and as an advocate for the poor, announced in a...