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...
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THINKBETTER
What's wrong? How did we get here? What shall we do?
JOHN G. STACKHOUSE, JR.
Thoughts on
CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
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...
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...
On Honoraria for Pastors in Weddings
Today, two e-mails on exactly the same issue from two pastors in the United States, one from the Midwest and one from Texas: Pastor #1:...
Some Early Thoughts on the Pope’s Resignation
• As Cardinal Ratzinger, this pope had intimate knowledge of the declining years of John Paul II, even commenting at least once that that...
“Pussy Riot” and Churchly Hypocrisy
I’ve been tweeting occasionally in disgust over the way the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church has been responding to the “Pussy...
Stop the Presses: John Piper Thinks Christianity Is Masculine
If you’re connected with the great big family known as American evangelicalism, you might have heard of pastor and author John Piper’s...
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