John Stackhouse
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The Bad News in the Bad News
Hurricane Florence is devastating America’s east coast while super-typhoon Mangkhut lays waste to the northern Philippines. Religious...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Body-Shaming? Or Education-Honouring?
It’s back-to-school time and, for many Canadian pupils, it’s back to the demands of school dress codes. Not just in private schools, but...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Due Process Is Boring . . . until Things Start Blowing Up
I once had a ruthless boss try to do me in… and due process, properly followed, rescued me. I was up for promotion from the rank of...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Why Christians Should Help Addicts Shoot Up…Safely
Two decades ago, a brilliant young nurse who was studying with us at Regent College asked me about the morality of offering harm...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Hey, Have You Heard the Latest?
Here’s another good reason to read the Bible regularly and think about it hard: It will help you avoid succumbing to pleasantly written...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Paige Patterson, Donald Trump, and Theological Malpractice
As Christian leaders have defended Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson over this past couple of months and President Donald Trump...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Do Atheists Love as Well as Christians?
A self-avowed atheist correspondent challenged me on a blog post which showed “Very Committed” Christians giving more to charity than...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Are Christians in Exile? Not Yet
The end of the school year nears. The disastrous decision by the Prime Minister to attach the Canada Summer Jobs program to his personal...
John Stackhouse
8 min read
Why Didn’t God Make You More Beautiful?
Perhaps you are one of the blessed few who are entirely content with their appearance. Perhaps you never stand in front of the mirror, as...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Will Canadian Christians Have to Stop Practicing Medicine?
I admit that the title of this column seems clickbait-y. But it is among the serious questions being asked in the wake of the recent...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
What Is a “Right”?
The controversy over the Summer Jobs Program continues, fuelled in part by confusion over the government’s insistence that it is merely...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Why Dig in? Clues to the Liberals’ Stubbornness over the Summer Jobs Program
There’s a lot not to like about the Summer Jobs Program fiasco. The Liberal government’s insistence that employers conform with its...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Zombies, Fear, and Hope
We have finally reached “peak zombie.” Popular culture’s fascination with the cannibalistic undead has turned a corner and maybe, as show...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Pray First, Criticize Second
In the target-rich environment that is the Trump Presidency, and as the honeymoon with our charming Prime Minister fades, it is easy to...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Successful—or Merely Popular?
The new season of “Black Mirror,” a “Twilight Zone” TV program now produced by Netflix, opens with an episode nicely terrifying for our...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Yes, but What about That?
There’s nothing like social media, and particularly Facebook and Twitter, to see how people’s minds work. Or don’t. If one can step back...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Liberals Acting Illiberally
The Liberal government of Canada recently announced new terms for the Canada Summer Jobs program (CSJ), and they are alarming. Along with...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
I’m Sorry, Patton Oswalt, but We Have to Pick
I’ve seen Patton Oswalt in lots of movies and TV shows, and so have you: “The King of Queens,” “Magnolia,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,”...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Ravi Zacharias and the Case of Christian Credential Inflation
If you listen to podcasts, you might want to take in this one. Christianity Today interviewed me recently and thus let me explain in some...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
What to Do about Martin Luther?
Reformation Day (October 31) is upon us. This 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing up the 95 theses on the castle church door in...