John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Should Tax Money Go to Religious Groups?
[This is a lightly edited version of a post that first appeared on the “Context with Lorna Dueck” website.] One hears murmurs,...
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How to End “Working Poverty” in Canada
[The following is a re-posting from my weblog “On Second Thought” posted weekly on ContextwithLornaDueck.com] There should be no such...
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Pay for Part-Time Teaching
A friend writes: I’m a full time pastor, but teach a couple of courses at small Christian colleges/seminaries. How do I begin to think...
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Big Decisions and Our Biggest Concerns
A friend has asked recently about whether he and his wife ought to keep possession of a luxurious cottage they inherited in lake country....
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St. Petersburg: Monuments to Egotism
Page through Alan Bullock’s biography of Adolf Hitler or or Li Zhishui’s reminiscences of Mao Zedong and you will need no further...
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On Honoraria for Pastors in Weddings
Today, two e-mails on exactly the same issue from two pastors in the United States, one from the Midwest and one from Texas: Pastor #1:...
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One of These Things Is Not Supposed to Be Like the Others
Having spent considerable effort demonstrating that American evangelicals are not as bad as some people (including prominent American...
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Why I Can Recommend You Buy Lots of My Books for Christmas
I’ve written seven books to date, on quite a range of subjects: evangelicalism in Canada, the problem of God and evil, defending (and...
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“Hey, Great Talk! Can I Have Your Notes and PowerPoint Slides?” (Revised Version)
UPDATE: Apparently some friends have misunderstood what I was trying to say here, and I can see why they would, so I’ve rewritten it. The...
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Time to Get Out the Cheque-Book Again
Here is the link to my latest Faith Today column, which considers how many Christian organizations have weathered (or not) the recent...
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Why Pay Someone Just to Make Art?
Two people stand before two canvases. Both are painting. One deserves to be paid, the other doesn’t. Why? This article is a particularly...
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Don't "Expect a Miracle"
Amid the many lessons people are drawing from the financial crisis we’re all enduring, one lesson emerges as particularly poignant: Don’t...
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Fair Payment for Speakers
What does your church pay for visiting preachers or camp speakers or conference leaders? What does your organization pay for theological...
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Opportunity and Responsibility in the Financial Crisis
North American Christianity faces twin crises these days. The first is a leadership crisis, and the second is a funding crisis. There...
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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...
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By Their Honoraria Ye Shall Know Them
(A number of friends have asked me to make this article–published originally in the Canadian journal ChristianWeek–available in this...
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Deferred gratification or deferred tithing?
A friend writes as follows: “In a recent discussion I brought up the idea of students being in debt, and wondered what kind of...