

Is the Term “Evangelical” Over?
The media are full of anguished testimonies of people formerly identified as “evangelical” declaring that it has been irrevocably...

John Stackhouse
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What the Governor-General Got Right
I was a bit hard on Her Majesty’s representative last week as I encouraged her to stick to what she knows and what her office...

John Stackhouse
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The Governor-General and Good Government
The furore continues over Governor-General Julie Payette’s attempt to solve several outstanding problems in one speech. She’s only one...

John Stackhouse
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Why Isn’t Christianity Simpler?
When I moved to Vancouver in 1998, once people found out I had been a guest of various radio hosts in Winnipeg and elsewhere, the...

John Stackhouse
2 min read


The New Atheists Should Get Out More
One of the more astonishing claims made over and over by Richard Dawkins (you can start with his bestseller, The God Delusion) is that...

John Stackhouse
2 min read
Which God?
Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto recently provided the stage for a debate between celebrated Christian apologist Alister...

John Stackhouse
2 min read


Faith, Foolishness, and Fanaticism
Last week I chided the CBC’s Neil Macdonald for his outburst against people of faith whom he clearly would prefer to keep out of sight in...

John Stackhouse
1 min read
Alvin Plantinga: The Atheists’ Unicorn
Alvin Plantinga, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, recently received the Templeton Prize in Religion, which “honors a...

John Stackhouse
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Simple Is Good; Oversimple Is Bad
I happen to chair the committee that coordinates the major lectureship at Regent College, the Laing Lectures. Roger Laing, our patron, is...

John Stackhouse
3 min read


What’s Good about (Bloody) Good Friday? Some Thoughts on the Atonement
A correspondent recently wrote: “I’m more baffled than ever about the Atonement. I sometimes feel like banging my head against the wall...

John Stackhouse
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