Civil Disobedience for Christians
Even the movements under Gandhi and King provoked tremendous violence and highly ambiguous outcomes
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What's wrong? How did we get here? What shall we do?
JOHN G. STACKHOUSE, JR.
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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE
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...
Is Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” a Christmas Song?
How about Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,” instead? You might wonder if these are trick questions…. Cohen’s song was made famous by both the...
A Mild Rant about North American Education
It has been a very hard year for students everywhere, it seems, and in ways peculiar to each person. As I grade final papers, I am...
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 G. Stackhouse, Jr.
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The Seven Deadly Signs
Ministries that Think They Can Do No Financial Wrong Are Deceiving Themselves I published this article twenty years ago. I regret to say...
On “Dr. Jill Biden” & Medical Status Anxiety
The ignoramus who wrote in the WSJ about Jill Biden not being a real doctor (because she isn’t a physician, but holds a Doctor of...
Postmodernity, Critical (Race) Theory, Cultural Marxism, and You: Part 3
So what about those liberals—by which I mean, those socialists—by which I mean, those communists? Thus far in this little series (which...
Franklin Graham, John MacArthur, and Church-and-State
A few friends have seen this post on Facebook and asked me to re-post it here to make it easier for them to share. Franklin Graham...
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,...
3 Geniuses on Vacation
George Steiner, the literary critic, Wynton Marsalis, the celebrated trumpeter, and Doug Gilmour, the Hall-of-Fame hockey player, walk...
From “Guilt,” “Racism,” “Privilege,” and “Fragility” to Justice, Responsibility, Realism, and Hope
The internet is telling me that as a white person I should feel guilty for all the bad things that have happened to BIPOC people in North...
Should the Statues Come Down?
It’s easy to mock all the statue-removers as crazy mobs accomplishing nothing on behalf of the real victims of racism, past and present....
Quebec, Education, Parents, Religion: A Recipe for Conflict
The Coalition Avenir Québec continues its remarkable record of concentrating power in the provincial government on behalf of its pure...
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.”...
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...
It’s Time to Play “Political Catchphrase Bingo”!
Ah, you who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for...
“I (Don’t) Like the Leader” Isn’t the Way to Vote
Sadly, of course, both political parties and the political press insist on characterizing modern elections in just this way. Leaders, not...
It’s Such a Big, Needy World: What Can I Do?
This week we confront the appalling suffering of the Rohingya people at the hands of their fierce former neighbours in Myanmar/Burma....
Another Adolescent Decision in a Time of Grown-Up Challenges
The Baby Boomers strike again. This week, the Ontario Court of Appeal—the highest-level court in the country to consider a case of...