The Beatitudes by Way of Deuteronomy
Scholars of the Bible recognize the pattern of blessing + cursing in the Book of Deuteronomy. As Jesus gave his Beatitudes, I wonder if...
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THINKBETTER
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
Civil Disobedience for Christians
Even the movements under Gandhi and King provoked tremendous violence and highly ambiguous outcomes
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...
Sez Who?
In Mark 9:33-37, Jesus asks his disciples what they were talking about on the road. What they should have been talking about was what he...
When Theological Disputation Is Too Much…
Observation: If you hear the first nine, it doesn’t matter about the tenth.
The conversation is already over.
Only politics remains.
Throw Away All Your Ravi Zacharias Books? Or All Your Luther?
A friend grieves the news of a report on Ravi Zacharias’s awful sins. And there are more on the public record now that don’t show up in...
Churches and COVID-19
I’ve held fire on this subject until now. But a number of folk have asked me to comment, and the court cases are increasing across...
Why I Attack Certain Public Figures
A couple of friends have asked me why I’m uncharacteristically mordant about certain people I have dealt with on social media. These...
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...
Whose Issue?
City streets are filling with demonstrators on behalf of black and indigenous victims of police brutality, and against racism generally....
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....
How Can We Stop Evil from Happening? Or Is the Question, Will We?
Why did Gabriel Wortman, the Nova Scotian murderer and arsonist, indulge himself repeatedly in the most selfish act one can undertake:...
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...
“The Future Is Already Here…”
So says William Gibson, the American author who followed his wife to her native Vancouver and from there has spun out his tales of the...
“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...
Spirituality and the Spa: How Did Self-Indulgence Become Impressive?
The New York Times recently featured a meditation on “The New Spiritual Consumerism: On shows like ‘Queer Eye,’ makeovers, shopping and...
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....
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