John Stackhouse
- 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 Stackhouse
- 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 Stackhouse
- 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...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 5 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 8 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 2 min
Expectations for Christian Leadership
I’ve had reason recently to consider patterns of Christian leadership among evangelicals around the world. And among fast-growing...
John Stackhouse
- 4 min
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
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,...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 4 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 4 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 2 min
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,...
John Stackhouse
- 4 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 1 min
“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...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
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...