John Stackhouse
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"Let There Be Peace on Earth…"
As 2008 dawns in the midst of the Twelve Days of Christmas, how we long for peace: for shalom, that great Biblical word for the...
John Stackhouse
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Jesus, Muhammad, a Sudanese Teddy Bear, Irshad Manji, and Me
Irshad Manji, a Canadian activist who cajoles and confronts her fellow Muslims from the theological left of Islam, recently asked some of...
John Stackhouse
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Why I Signed the Yale Response to "A Common Word"
Over the last few weeks, various Christians have contacted me because they are troubled over encountering my name amidst dozens of other...
John Stackhouse
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Why Some Things Are Better: The Awful Possibility Ignored by Wehner and Levin
An article in this month’s Commentary, by Peter Wehner and Yuval Levin, speaks of “Crimes, Drugs, and Welfare–and Other Good News.”...
John Stackhouse
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Entering Advent: Repentance and Forgiveness (I)
As Christians enter the season of Advent—the time of the church year when we undertake an examination of our lives and repent of our sins...
John Stackhouse
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Politics, patience, and power…and theology
Politicians, we all know, are among the least respected people in our society. We assume the worst about them and nod our heads sagely as...
John Stackhouse
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"Red-Letter Christians": A Bad Idea with a Bad Name, Alas
Being a “red-letter Christian” sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? Tony Campolo, professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University,...
John Stackhouse
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Why John Tory Is Right–and Wrong–about Religious Schools
The great province of Ontario, Canada’s richest and most populous, is in the throes of an election. As many Canadians know, one of the...
John Stackhouse
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Is America/Canada/Britain/[Your country here] Going to Hell?
There is a lot of hay to be made–and book royalties, and speaking fees–with the message that one’s country is flying fast toward...
John Stackhouse
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Everything Up in (Holy) Smoke
“I wonder what would happen,” reflects author Mark Alan Powell, “if we collected the offering on Sunday morning, set the plates on the...
John Stackhouse
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Yellowstone Park and the Black Hills: Preservation versus Cultivation?
We’ve recently taken a 5000-mile road trip, from home in Vancouver, BC, to our middle son’s college in suburban Chicago. Along the way,...
John Stackhouse
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Medicine and Religion: Yes and No
Richard P. Sloan is worried about the connection of medicine and religion, as well he should be. He is Professor of Behavioral Medical...
John Stackhouse
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Overstepping? Evangelical Leaders and a Palestinian State
A number of American evangelical leaders, among whom I count several friends, recently wrote an open letter to President Bush urging a...
John Stackhouse
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The "Win–Win–Win" Scenario of Christianity
A friend writes to ask whether God “needs” us in any way, or if he remains loftily remote from us, or something in between. Another...