John Stackhouse
6 min read
Gender & Realized or Over-Realized Eschatology
What would our understanding of gender look like, however, if we took the “already, but not yet” principle seriously?
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Southern Baptists Expand the “Baptist Faith and Message”
LOUISVILLE, KY — (Baptist Press) Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, CEO, and Oracle of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Throw Away All Your Ravi Zacharias Books? Or All Your Luther?
A friend grieves the news of a report on Ravi Zacharias’s awful sins. And there are more on the public record now that don’t show up in...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
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...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Expectations for Christian Leadership
I’ve had reason recently to consider patterns of Christian leadership among evangelicals around the world. And among fast-growing...
John Stackhouse
11 min read
The Seven Deadly Signs
Ministries that Think They Can Do No Financial Wrong Are Deceiving Themselves I published this article twenty years ago. I regret to say...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
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 Stackhouse
2 min read
Salacious Stupidity
I’d love to pile on Jerry Falwell, Jr. for engaging in, and then happily Instagramming, a yacht party (!) in which he, family members,...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Whose Issue?
City streets are filling with demonstrators on behalf of black and indigenous victims of police brutality, and against racism generally....
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Should the Statues Come Down?
It’s easy to mock all the statue-removers as crazy mobs accomplishing nothing on behalf of the real victims of racism, past and present....
John Stackhouse
3 min read
“I (Don’t) Like the Leader” Isn’t the Way to Vote
Sadly, of course, both political parties and the political press insist on characterizing modern elections in just this way. Leaders, not...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
The Perils of Public Prayer
According to The Washington Post, “State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz was on the ninth ‘Jesus’ of her opening prayer in the Pennsylvania...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
A Bribe by Any Other Name Would Smell…
I’ve got some hard things to say, so let’s get a couple of things straight before I say them. First, I am not writing out of...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Evangelicals, Ethics, and Supporting Donald Trump
Evangelicals—at least, we white ones—are having a hard time in the public eye these days. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Jerry Falwell, Jr.,...
John Stackhouse
5 min read
Gretta Vosper and the United Church of Canada: What’s Going on?
Self-declared atheist Gretta Vosper held on to her pulpit in the United Church of Canada last week as denominational executives decided...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Scandals, Scandals Everywhere: What Can Be Done?
It’s been a bad season for Catholics and evangelicals. Catholics are embroiled in a global scandal about who knew and did what about...
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
3 min read
Does Your Board Know Its Business?
As the controversy continues surrounding Willow Creek Community Church’s pastor Bill Hybels, its Board of Elders has offered a public...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Canadian Christians’ Trumpian Moment
“Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time...