John Stackhouse
1 min
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
4 min
From Multiculturalism to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Multiculturalism was pronounced dead a decade ago. Say the word “diversity,” however, and little explosions detonate in everyone's mind.
John Stackhouse
2 min
ChatGPT and the Turing Test: Biblical Studies Version
My inventive colleague, Dr. Isaac Soon, recently offered a constructive counterpart to all the handwringing in academia about ChatGPT....
John Stackhouse
3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
3 min
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...
John Stackhouse
11 min
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...
John Stackhouse
2 min
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...
John Stackhouse
2 min
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...
John Stackhouse
2 min
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,...
John Stackhouse
2 min
Whose Issue?
City streets are filling with demonstrators on behalf of black and indigenous victims of police brutality, and against racism generally....
John Stackhouse
5 min
3 Geniuses on Vacation
George Steiner, the literary critic, Wynton Marsalis, the celebrated trumpeter, and Doug Gilmour, the Hall-of-Fame hockey player, walk...
John Stackhouse
4 min
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....