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CHRISTIANITY, THE ACADEMY, AND PUBLIC LIFE

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Universalism: Good Hope? Good Theology?

In one of the obscure books of the Bible, Second Peter, comes a verse—a single phrase, really—that lies at the heart of universalism:...

Is that why Christians are in the world?

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

7 min

ETHICS

Is that why Christians are in the world?

Did Jesus really die on a cross merely to inspire honorable, but otherwise unremarkable, lives?

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

ETHICS

Civil Disobedience for Christians

Even the movements under Gandhi and King provoked tremendous violence and highly ambiguous outcomes

Why “Mere Christianity” Should Have Bombed

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

7 min

APOLOGETICS

Why “Mere Christianity” Should Have Bombed

Sixty years ago, London publisher Geoffrey Bles first released a revision of four sets of radio talks by an Oxford literature don. The...

A Bestselling Thriller Author Gets Good Friday Wrong

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

BIBLE

A Bestselling Thriller Author Gets Good Friday Wrong

In his popular recent novel, The Order, thriller writer Daniel Silva decides in the name of Judaism to launch a missile at Christianity....

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

APOLOGETICS

The Inescapable Weirdness of Easter

The world’s most popular religion, the world’s largest social movement, the world’s most believed Theory of Everything depends on...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

ETHICS

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...

Are Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel Lost?

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

APOLOGETICS

Are Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel Lost?

One of the great obstacles to Christian faith in our time is the traditional teaching that all who have not heard and received the Gospel...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

APOLOGETICS

Don’t Ask Me to Pray

Almost 20 years ago, I published this column in Faith Today (September 2001). A reader recently wrote to the FT editors asking for its...

Franklin Graham, John MacArthur, and Church-and-State

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

APOLOGETICS

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 G. Stackhouse, Jr.

5 min

APOLOGETICS

3 Geniuses on Vacation

George Steiner, the literary critic, Wynton Marsalis, the celebrated trumpeter, and Doug Gilmour, the Hall-of-Fame hockey player, walk...

Evangelicals in Canada versus Evangelicals in the USA

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

CURRENT EVENTS

Evangelicals in Canada versus Evangelicals in the USA

I’m only going to say this one more time. Canadian evangelicals are not identical with our American cousins and not all aligned with the...

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

19 min

EVANGELICALISM

Christianity and Other Religions: Clarifying Terms & Issues

how Christians are to understand other religions, the destiny of the unevangelized, the basis for salvation, the nature of general and spec

Evangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

18 min

EVANGELICALISM

Evangelicals, World Religions, and the Destiny of the Unevangelized: What Is “Inclusivism"

What is at stake goes far beyond the question of evangelical missionary work.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

APOLOGETICS

Cracks in the Darwinist Wall

Maverick computer scientist David Gelernter set off a grenade in the faculty dining room last spring. His essay, “Giving Up Darwin,”...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

THEOLOGY

Is Christianity Anti-Semitic?

The recent synagogue shooting in Poway, California, has focused attention on an abiding question regarding Christians and Jews: Is...

In the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

In the Light of the Sri Lankan Suffering

[This was originally posted in April 2019] What’s the real story of the Sri Lankan bombings? Is it that Christians are being persecuted...

What I Actually Told “The Walrus” about John Allen Chau

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

2 min

ETHICS

What I Actually Told “The Walrus” about John Allen Chau

Canada’s aspiring magazine of ideas, The Walrus, recently printed a bowdlerized version of a letter I sent to them. To clip letters is...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

4 min

APOLOGETICS

Easter: Who Needs It?

The world’s great religions offer what millions of people want: a sensible, straightforward path to life. That’s why those religions are...

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

3 min

THEOLOGY

What in Hell Is Going on?

The Walrus, a magazine not renowned for a sustained interest in Christian thought, in its April number commendably features a review...

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NEW BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!

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A brief and balanced introduction and response to the culture of "woke" for busy people.

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