John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
- 6 min
The Meaning of Life? Why Should I Care?
Two emails this week, both from Australia, raise questions about doubt, belief, and the Big Questions. Indeed, their questions come at...
Re-Launching “Can I Believe?”
COVID-19 has affected matters great and small. Among the smaller matters has been the launch of my latest book, Can I Believe?...
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...
Parables & Propositions
Scholars of religion well into middle age, as I am, remember the excitement of the so-called narrative school of theology breaking over...
Stackhouse on Wolterstorff on Kant
Here and here are two recent posts, for Christian Scholar’s Review, on my recent reading of an essay by Christian philosopher Nicholas...
How Can I Block Out the Cruelty?
The stereotype of the schizophrenic is a poor soul beleaguered by a cacophony of voices telling him what to do. But we all now are...
Spiritual Gifts
Reading I Corinthians 12 this morning, under the tutelage of John Barclay’s excellent Paul and the Power of Grace, I’m reminded of my...
Write Better
At this time of year, students are receiving back papers from professors with various forms of the same advice: “Please get help for your...
3 Geniuses on Vacation
George Steiner, the literary critic, Wynton Marsalis, the celebrated trumpeter, and Doug Gilmour, the Hall-of-Fame hockey player, walk...
“The Future Is Already Here…”
So says William Gibson, the American author who followed his wife to her native Vancouver and from there has spun out his tales of the...
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...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
- 18 min
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.
Some Advice for Students at “Crunch Time”
Farmers work harder during harvest than at any other time. But they also work happier, because they see every day the literal fruit of...
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...
Reality: What a Concept
“I prefer to think of my bank account as limitless.” “I prefer to think of myself as universally charming.” “I prefer to think of traffic...
Beware the Power of “Story”
“That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.” Well, let’s see. Chip and Dan Heath, authors of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and...
Yes, It’s Out
InterVarsity Press has advised me that my new book, Partners in Christ: A Conservative Case for Egalitarianism, has been released....
The Hard Work of Prayer
Here is a lovely passage from the sprightly, charming, and ruthlessly honest testimony of English writer Jane Christmas as she considers,...
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
- 27 min
Stackhouse on Volf on “Public Faith”
Good friend Miroslav Volf published a fine book a couple of years ago on A Public Faith. The journal Political Theology has released a...
A Good Definition of Forgiveness
I have blogged about forgiveness in some detail before, notably here and here. Today I came across a particular detail that is good...