John Stackhouse
4 min read
Is Hell Eternal?
People don’t suffer and die in hell because God chooses to torture and kill them.
John Stackhouse
5 min read
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 Stackhouse
3 min read
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...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Eminent Scientist Concludes God Doesn’t Exist—Again
Stephen Hawking gets one more chance to give “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” in his new book, finished after his death last March by...
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
4 min read
If Sorrow Is Stalking You
Sometimes God presses us right up against the wall of what we can endure. And sometimes God smashes us right through it. I sat down with...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
What We Can Learn from Easter 2018
I write this on Good Friday 2018, but I could have written something like it on any day, any year. For the more some things change, it...
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
2 min read
Bonhoeffer on “The View from Below”
With clear recognition that the following is, for me, in the “aspiration” column rather than the “accomplishment” column, I set out for...